RELG 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Yellow Emperor, Shang Dynasty, Scapula

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 253
• Professor: Victor Soﾍgen Hori

Document Summary

Bu is the cracking in the bone that is read by the diviner to. Question asked 2ice; once written in a positive was the other in a. Oracle bones: used in divination during shang dynasty. Recorder: write and record the decision. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) of bones used: turtle sell or scapula bone of a cow (connect the shoulder to the back). Make nice surface on the back of the bone, make holes that not (cid:1) go trough. On the front of the bone, the diviner writes the questions he wants an answer. With heat (cid:1) give an answer. (cid:1) negative way. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) ideas or images. Beginning of recorded history. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) profiles looking at the center, 2 combined form a face that looks like you. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) is in between and can be in both. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) of zeng in 433bc. 1978, tomb was opened, found 65 bells in it.