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mysterious text unearthed from the pits in the
before a more mature Oracle text
Today, more than 400 invaluable relics will be concentrated in the first Expo appearance. Which almost seven heritage, are the first to meet with the public. Yesterday,Nike Air Jordan 2010 shoes, the first Expo exhibit hall has been completed. Reporters on the scene saw a flat pot pieces lie on the glass case (see right). Experts said the pot on the flat brush on the book, will be the focus of the exhibit. It is written with brush then find witnesses, Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences researcher Gao Wei introduction, this heritage is important to the history of Chinese writing samples, it found that the history of Chinese characters will move forward nearly 800 years.
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1984, a kind of similar to Oracle’s mysterious text – written with brush flat pot, in the Shanxi Xiangfen Relics were found. Identified by experts, which is earlier than Oracle’s mature writing system around 4000 years ago. Yesterday, over seventy years of age of Mr. Gao Wei, mention the excavation process, still could not conceal his excitement.
high-old recalls, he was in the original Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Archaeology, Shanxi team worked, over Xiangfen Relics of the first phase of excavations. One day at noon, two of his colleagues in high-Chamberlain, Mr. Li Jianmin,wholesale air force one shoes, the pits in the No. H3403 found a broken ceramic pot flat. Flat side to muster the pot, one side straight. In the muster of the side, high-Chamberlain found a red stamp. Brush to the surface of surface dust, surprised Xianchu Oracle in a similar \Subsequently, the two again in straight flat side of pot found a strange symbol. High Chamberlain now called high-Wei as a witness, several experts on site to confirm that this is an early text.
found that such an important heritage, few people are very excited. Have not eaten in a good lunch, then back to the pits continue to look for. But several people in the pits once the soil had a sieve, and no longer found in new writing.
However, these characters have been enough research on the ancient writing a huge shock.
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Zhu flat brush pot on the book will be the focus of this exhibition
According to the venerable high for the Taosi flat pot on the text, to muster the side of the character has been identified as \The other side of the strange characters that are still debated, and even whether a word or two words, no method to confirm.
journalists in the old high-copy map provided that this strange character does not circle above is not a party symbol, a cross following a break under a question mark though. This character,Gucci Jeans, indeed to the archaeologists had left a puzzling question mark.
high old explained that there are three kinds of speculation on this text. The first is that the word reading, with the \The second is that the word is \Some people have speculated that Yao’s capital Taosi area. The third is that the word for \Flat pot before and after the \
doubt these three have a lot of speculation. High-old said, written with brush on the Taosi may have to argue, might not even be the result. However, the value of brush on the book itself will not be forgotten.
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Archaeology, Information Center Director Zhu Naicheng said that this has long been debated in the academic community to the public display of characters, is to lead to broader discussions, more interested in the ancient text people come together to solve the riddle.
Morning News reporter Wang Qifeng / text
Mr. Gao Wei told reporters that 50’s of last century, archaeologists have proposed a Shanxi , may be buried Xiangfen Taosi areas of cultural sites during the Xia Dynasty.
1978 年 to 1985, the original Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Archaeology, Relics of the first phase of the excavation. Relics of the original excavation of the Xia culture in order. But with the advance of excavation, archaeologists found that the cultural characteristics of early and mid Taosi and Xia culture is obviously different, similar to late stage of the Xia Culture. Taosi written with brush pot flat is belonging to the late Taosi items. These results suggest that brush on the book earlier than the Shang Dynasty Oracle at least seven or eight years.
Gao Wei said that although only a few characters, but Oracle has been very close to it, indicating there was a more mature writing system. \Taosi brush Zhu Shuwen word appears, fill a gap between the two.
later, archaeological workers in different sites, were found in the same period with the brush on the text book, which demonstrates that long before the Oracle China has had more mature characters.
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still unsolved mystery of the word