Oracle Bone Inscriptions can be regarded as the earliest practical writing in China so far, right?

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First of all, practical writing is a style formed by human beings in long-term social practice, and it is a tool for people to transmit information, handle affairs and exchange feelings. Some practical articles are also used as vouchers and basis, which are written to deal with practical things in life, study and work. They have practical characteristics and form articles in a conventional format. And prose (prose; Prose is a kind of literary genre, also known as poetry, novel and drama. Prose that does not pay attention to rhythm, including essays, essays and travel notes. It is the freest style, without paying attention to phonemes, parallelism and any restrictions. It is also the earliest style of writing in China. The earliest source of China's prose can be traced back to Oracle Bone Inscriptions. take for example

I have made a prediction that my shell is destroyed. I lost the game for ten days (strange), I said, (there is) (special), it (has) come (difficult). On the fifth day of gas (reaching), Ding You promised (having) to (being difficult) from the west. Guan Gao said, "The earth is in the east of my city. (Miyaguchi) also smashed the field to the west of me. " (Guo Moruo's Oracle Bone Inscriptions, article 5 12).

Oracle Bone Inscriptions has a certain format. A complete Oracle Bone Inscriptions can be divided into former Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Foreword, also called recitation, records the time and name of divination. Numerology refers to divination. Write down the divination results shown in the signs. What comes true after looking up words and remembering things.

Therefore, Oracle Bone Inscriptions only has the form of practical writing, but the content is a prose that does not pay attention to rhythm. It can only be regarded as a budding prose style, not a practical writing.