Moreover, each archaic kingdom of current China had its own set of characters. With the development of J?nwén (Bronzeware script) and Dàzhuàn (Large Seal Script) "cursive" signs continued. During the divination ceremony, after the cracks were made, characters were written with a brush on the shell or bone to be later carved.(Keightley, 1978). Brush-written examples decay over time and have not survived. The contemporary Chinese character's set principles were clearly visible in ancient China's Ji?g?wén characters carved on ox scapulas and tortoise plastrons around 14th - 11th century BCE (Lu & Aiken 2004). The characters are mostly written singly character compounds or sentences are rarely seen. The inscriptions are written on the exterior and interior of the rim, and the exterior of the belly of the large type of vats. They were unearthed mostly in the sacrificial pits holding cow skulls and cow horns, but also in other architectural areas. The ceramic ritual vessel vats that bear these cinnabar inscriptions were all unearthed within the palace area of this site. Thus, the dates of writing in China have been confirmed for the Middle Shang period.
These writings are made in cinnabar paint. In 2003, at the site of Xiaoshuangqiao (?), about 20 km southeast of the ancient Zhengzhou Shang City, ceramic inscriptions dating to 1435-1412 BC have been found by archaeologists. Photo src: Ĭhinese characters can be retraced to 4000 BC signs (Lu & Aiken 2004).
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