Resource Identifier:
R044358

Description:
This divination concerns ritual offerings to the ancestors and Niaohsing for unusual meteorological phenomena. The characters chiu, mao, and refer to actions in rituals. Niaohsing most likely indicates the recipient of the sacrifice, but some interpret it to mean (the weather) “will clear soon”.

Date:

late shang

Coverage:
site: YH127, Hsiao-t'un, Henon, China

Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica

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