The Body accessory in the Shang Dynasty of Ancient China Represented in Oracle Bone Scripts

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 29-48
Author(s):  
Young hyun Kim
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Shang Dynasty ◽  
Ancient China

City drainage in ancient China

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 753-764 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Du ◽  
X. Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Song Dynasty ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Drainage System ◽  
Water Systems ◽  
Shang Dynasty ◽  
Ancient China ◽  
Ancient City ◽  
Northern Song ◽  
City Water ◽  
Planning And Construction

This paper gives an overview of the evolution of city drainage in ancient China, and analyzes the achievement of drainage of such cities as Pingliangtai in Henan province, Xibo of Shang Dynasty, Linzi, the capital of the State of Qi, Chang'an, the capital of Han and Tang Dynasties, Kaifeng, the Eastern Capital of Northern Song Dynasty, Ganzhou, Dadu, the capital of Yuan Dynasty; and Beijing, the capital of Ming and Qing Dynasties. This paper also sums up the characteristics and the management experiences of the drainage facilities of ancient Chinese cities, including drainage system management methods, rules and laws about drainage in different eras, and overall principles of ancient city water systems. At present, most major cities in China are facing issues relating to drainage systems and city water systems. These cities are often bothered by floods and other water-related problems. Learning from the ancestors' experience would be important and necessary for modern planners and decision makers. Therefore this paper may be used for reference in modern city planning and construction.

scholarly journals Principle of Number Six in Ancient Indian and Chinese Philosophy

2020 ◽  
pp. 64-67
Author(s):  
Vladimir Yurievich Yurinov ◽  
Artur Ravilevich Karimov
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Indian Philosophy ◽  
Chinese Philosophy ◽  
The Body ◽  
Ancient China ◽  
Special Significance ◽  
Ancient India ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Ancient Chinese

The paper discusses the role of the principle of the number six in the Vedic corps of ancient Indian phi-losophy and in the philosophy of ancient China. It is shown that number, counting, numerology in the culture of Ancient India and Ancient China played an important, metaphysical role. It justifies why in an-cient Indian philosophy there could be exactly six darshanas, since they exhausted the body of Vedic philosophy (astics). The rest of the schools of an-cient Indian philosophy, therefore, could not claim the status of darshan. The special significance of the number six for Chinese philosophy is also asso-ciated with the presence of six schools and with the Yin symbolism. Since the link «yin» – «yang» is im-portant for the ancient Chinese culture, the number «nine» (the symbol «yang») also acquires special significance for the ancient Chinese culture. It is assumed that together the numbers «nine» and «six» in Chinese culture mean «the number of the Sage».

scholarly journals RADIOCARBON DATING OF ORACLE BONES OF LATE SHANG PERIOD IN ANCIENT CHINA

Radiocarbon ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kexin Liu ◽  
Xiaohong Wu ◽  
Zhiyu Guo ◽  
Sixun Yuan ◽  
Xingfang Ding ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radiocarbon Dating ◽  
Writing System ◽  
Shang Dynasty ◽  
Ancient China ◽  
Sequential Samples ◽  
Oracle Bones

ABSTRACT Oracle bone script developed into a sophisticated writing system in Shang Dynasty of China more than 3000 years ago. The systematic scientific dating of oracle bones had not been previously reported. Here we present radiocarbon (14C) dates measured from the sequential samples of oracle bones that pertain to the Shang kings. The results indicate that King Wu Ding (who is called Wu Ting in some literature) reigned during 1254 BC to 1197 BC, and the Shang Dynasty terminated around 1041 BC. It also points that the Li group in the sequence of oracle bones is most probably related to the time of King Wu Ding and Zu Geng.

HAIL TO THE KING: A REVIEW OF TWO BOOKS BY DAVID N. KEIGHTLEY

Early China ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 567-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magnus Fiskesjö
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Doctoral Dissertation ◽  
Forced Labor ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
Shang Dynasty ◽  
Ancient China ◽  
Public Work ◽  
Ancestral Landscape ◽  
The Bronze Age ◽  
Looking Back

Twelve years after Professor Keightley published The Ancestral Landscape, which was a fascinating, elegant summary of decades of investigations of the Bronze-Age Late Shang dynasty, he has now published another wonderful book on the same era, under the title Working for His Majesty. As the title suggests, and as he recounts in a highly personal preface looking back at the origins of this work, he returns in this book to the topic of his doctoral dissertation on Shang labor (Public Work in Ancient China: A Study of Forced Labor in the Shang and Western Chou, Columbia University, 1969).

Chinese Religion

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
The State ◽  
Chinese Religion ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Shang Dynasty ◽  
Ancient China ◽  
The World ◽  
Zhou Dynasty ◽  
Jesuit Missionaries ◽  
The Universe

The first religion proper is that of ancient China. Hegel’s analysis, while mentioning Taoism and Confucianism, seems primarily to be concerned with the state religion that was introduced by the Zhou Dynasty, which ruled ancient China from 1045 BC to 256 BC. The Zhou defeated the Shang Dynasty and instituted a number of religious reforms. They introduced the idea of an impersonal deity named Tian, which represents a universal force of nature or the universe. In an effort to claim a special divine mandate for their dynasty, the Zhou conceived the emperor as having a unique relation to this deity, which had entrusted him with ruling the world. The emperor is thus regarded as the “Son of Heaven.” Chapter 3 explores Hegel’s critical analysis of this religion and his numerous sources of information about it, which for the most part come from Jesuit missionaries.

Art. XV.—Description of Ancient Chinese Vases; with Inscriptions illustrative of the History of the Shang Dynasty of Chinese Sovereigns, who reigned from about 1756 to 1112b.c.

1835 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 276-287
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Shang Dynasty ◽  
History Of ◽  
Sacred Dance ◽  
The Sacrifice

The vessel on the opposite page, including the cover, measured in height, twelve Chinese inches and four-tenths; its containing depth, seven inches and five-tenths; the length of the neck, four inches and eight-tenths; that of the body, eight inches and six-tenths; and the circumference, seven inches and two-tenths. It weighed nine Chinese pounds and twelve ounces. The inscription, which was engraved on the cover, and on the vessel, is, by the moderns written Sun, tsŏ tsoo yĭh paou tsun e, “The descendants make this beautiful or valuable vessel in veneration of their ancestor Tsoo-Yĭh.” From the form of the first ancient character, a hand grasping a missile weapon, this vessel has been denominated the Chetaou, or grasping a missile vase. The emperor Tsoo-Yĭh reigned 1496 b.c., and was the son of Ho-tan-Keă; who, owing to great inundations, removed his court to Ho-chung-foo, in Honan province. The compiler here remarks, that the ancient forms of Sun almost invariably represent it as grasping a weapon; and that its meaning should then be restricted to that of a son, not grandson. It is also stated, that their ancient emperors, to encourage agriculture, set their subjects an example by annually taking hold of the plough. When sacrificing, the monarch was required to take hold of the He vessel; when preparing for the sacred feast, to take hold of the Lwan-knife; and, after feasting, when the sacred dance commenced, to raise the Kan-tsŭh banner, for it was considered indispensable that all the rites of sacrifice should be performed with dignity and promptitude; hence, all who assisted at the sacrifice had with them a knife. This is assigned as a reason why the first character is holding up a knife, or other weapon. It is said in the ancient work Le-ke, that the “usages require that the arm, while dividing the sacrifice, should be bared.” From the relief and form of the characters, there can be no doubt, say the compilers, but that the vessel is very ancient, and was the first of this kind of vessels.

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