The character creation characteristics of oracle bone inscriptions in the seventh grade volume are as follows:
The character creation characteristics of oracle bone inscriptions are mainly the use of the "six books" character creation method: pictograms, meanings, meanings, and pictophonetics , transfer, borrow.
The character creation characteristics of oracle bone inscriptions have an important influence on the formation and development of Chinese characters, and have a profound impact on cultural dissemination and social development as well as on the art of traditional Chinese calligraphy.
The method of creating characters in "Six Books":
1. Refers to something. The person who refers to something can be recognized at a glance, and the meaning can be seen through observation, giving people a sense of spatial orientation. Lai
2. Pictograms. Pictograms are drawn into objects, and the sun and the moon are drawn according to the body. Pictogram has three meanings: image object, image thing, and image meaning.
3. The phonetic sound, the phonetic sound is named after something, and the example is used to complement each other, such as rivers. There are also semi-shapes and semi-tones that are combined together. It can be seen that pictophonetic characters account for the largest proportion among the six character-making methods. Lai
4. Understanding, understanding, analogy to Heyi, in order to see the command. Wu and Xin are also. The word that combines two or more pictographic characters is called Huiyi. Another example is the word "xiu", which means "rest" when leaning against a tree.
5. Transfer bets, those who transfer bets, build a similar song, agree to love each other, and test always. Zhuanzhi characters are also found in half-form and half-tone characters, so people mostly attribute them to the pictophonetic characters, such as miao, xiao, and 杪.
6. Pretend, the person who borrows can be said to be a pure-yin character, one word with multiple sounds, and it can be used to express different meanings, such as walking, industry; length, age; happiness, music, etc.
Introduction to oracle bone inscriptions:
Oracle bone inscriptions are an ancient Chinese writing. They mainly refer to the writings engraved on tortoise shells or animal bones used by the Chinese royal family in the late Shang Dynasty for divination and recording events. The earliest mature Chinese characters we can see are also the earliest known systematic carrier of Shang Dynasty writing in China and East Asia. It was first discovered by Wang Yirong.
Oracle bone inscriptions have a symmetrical and stable pattern and possess the three elements of calligraphy, namely the use of pens, knots and composition. It was successfully selected into the "Memory of the World Register" on November 24, 2017.
The National Museum of China has the largest collection of oracle bones in China and even in the world, with a total collection of 35,651 pieces. Most of them are donated by famous people or purchased from private individuals and shops. Among them, Mr. Liu Tizhi's collection has the largest number, containing more than 28,000 pieces in 150 boxes. The oracle bones collected by the National Library have also been recorded in Luo Zhenyu's "Book Deeds of Yin Ruins", Hu Houxuan's "Collection of Oracle Bones Newly Obtained from Beijing and Tianjin after the War", Guo Moruo's "Yin Qi Cui Bian", and Guo Ruoyu's "Yin Qi Collection".