| It has become conventional-almost expected-that we should play the role of seer, cast the oracle bones, and examine the entrails of animals. |
| Guwen is close in appearance to jiaguwen, the ancient pictographic script found on oracle bones and turtle shells. |
| The main principles for composing Chinese characters had already been established in inscriptions on oracle bones and shells. |
| The late Shang is well known from oracle bones recovered from the site of the last Shang capital, near Anyang. |
| Then, in 1899, Shang oracle bones extensively inscribed with the name of the High God, Di, were unearthed. |
| He spent most of his time studying the inscriptions on ancient bronzes and oracle bones. |
