Connotation of the Oracle character peng

Connotation of the character peng (甲骨文朋) in Oracle script: it means friend, it means to form a party, it has the meaning of Lunbi, and it is a family name.

I. Definition of Oracle Bone Script

Oracle Bone Script, also known as "Qiwen", "Oracle Bone Divination", "Yinxu Script" or "Tortoise Animal Bone Script". "It is the earliest mature writing system found in China so far, and is the source of Chinese characters and the root of Chinese traditional culture.

The background of the birth of oracle bone writing

The royalty in the Shang Dynasty, from the state affairs to the private life, such as sacrifices, climate, harvests, conquests, hunts, illnesses, births, and going out, etc., did not fail to ask the gods for divination, in order to learn about the good fortune and bad fortune to decide to act. As a result, divination became a major event in the political life of the country, and the imperial court set up specialized institutions and divining officials.

The oracle bones with inscriptions were kept as national archives and piled up in vaults. Therefore, the divinations on the oracle bones became the first-hand materials for the study of the history of the Shang Dynasty, which reflected all aspects of social life from 1300 BC to 1000 BC.

Characteristics of Oracle Bone Script:

1. Strokes

Oracle Bone Script is characterized by thin and strong strokes, even thickness, and the use of straight lines, which give it a tall and thin form. The oracle bone inscriptions are engraved on hard tortoise shells or animal bones with knives, so they are engraved with straight lines, and the curves are also engraved by short straight lines. The thickness of the strokes is also mostly uniform.

2, the word

Oracle bone inscriptions are mainly rectangular, or a few square, with symmetrical beauty or the beauty of the change of a word in multiple shapes. The combination of square and round, and the structure of opening and closing, make some characters have more or less traces of pictograms, showing the childishness and vividness of the initial development stage of the characters.

3, chapter

Oracle Bone Script in the chapter, although affected by the size and shape of bone fragments, but still shows the skills of engraving and the art of writing. The text is arranged in a staggered manner, some complex strokes of the word, through deliberate changes in the stroke, so that it reflects the sparse and dense, up and down, left and right echo of the situation, so as to get a lively and lively artistic interest.