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Additional Examples for the Way of Numbering the Days by Earthly Branches in Oracle-bone Scriptures

Lu Gan

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The way of numbering the days in Oracle-bone Scriptures was the circle of sixty years composed by the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. Sometimes, it only used the Heavenly Stems to number the days. But it seldom used the Earthly Branches. There exist several omits in Studies on Calendar of Shang Dynasty, written by Chang Yu-zhi, the first copy of detailed analysis in example sentences in Oracle-bone Scriptures. This paper expecting to give some additional remarks, by the way of thoroughly investigating on the 66000 pieces Oracle-bones Scriptures in the Collections of Oracle-bone Scriptures.

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The way of numbering the days in Oracle-bone Scriptures was the circle of sixty years composed by the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. Sometimes, it only used the Heavenly Stems to number the days. But it seldom used the Earthly Branches. There exist several omits in Studies on Calendar of Shang Dynasty, written by Chang Yu-zhi, the first copy of detailed analysis in example sentences in Oracle-bone Scriptures. This paper expecting to give some additional remarks, by the way of thoroughly investigating on the 66000 pieces Oracle-bones Scriptures in the Collections of Oracle-bone Scriptures.

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The way of numbering the days in Oracle-bone Scriptures was the circle of sixty years composed by the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. Sometimes, it only used the Heavenly Stems to number the days. But it seldom used the Earthly Branches. There exist several omits in Studies on Calendar of Shang Dynasty, written by Chang Yu-zhi, the first copy of detailed analysis in example sentences in Oracle-bone Scriptures. This paper expecting to give some additional remarks, by the way of thoroughly investigating on the 66000 pieces Oracle-bones Scriptures in the Collections of Oracle-bone Scriptures.

Key concepts: Numbering, Oracle, Literature, Ancient history, History, Classics, Art, Computer science

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