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The 36 pages that link to Oracle bone script, each with the reason it gives.

• Chinese astronomyRelated: Its inscriptions preserve early reports of eclipses and other sky phenomena.

• DivinationRelated: Its inscriptions preserve the questions and results of divination at the Shang court.

• Chinese mythologyRelated: Its ritual questions offer evidence for early beliefs about ancestors and divine powers.

• Bamboo AnnalsRelated: Its contemporary records offer evidence against which the chronicle’s Shang-era claims can be assessed.

• I ChingRelated: It provides evidence for earlier divination practices distinct from the I Ching’s hexagram system.

• Old ChineseRelated: Its inscriptions document language from the earliest period associated with Old Chinese.

• AnyangRelated: Inscriptions from Anyang preserve the script in its earliest extensive form.

• Battle of MuyeRelated: Shang inscriptions provide contemporary evidence for royal warfare, unlike later battle narratives.

• Qiang peopleRelated: Its inscriptions record Qiang in Shang-era divinations and military contexts.

• Wang GuoweiRelated: Wang used its decipherment to investigate Shang history and ancient institutions.

• Xia dynastyRelated: Its inscriptions document Shang rulers, providing an evidentiary benchmark for assessing Xia claims.

• YinxuRelated: Yinxu yielded the largest known corpus, making the site central to studying early Chinese writing.

• Yellow EmperorRelated: These inscriptions provide direct evidence for Shang-era beliefs, unlike the much earlier Huangdi stories.

• History of ChinaRelated: These inscriptions anchor written history in the Shang period.

• Wu DingRelated: Inscriptions from his reign record royal questions, rituals, and campaigns.

• Di XinRelated: Contemporary inscriptions provide evidence about the Shang state beyond later stories about Di Xin.

• Xu ShenRelated: Its discovery revealed forms much older than the scripts available to Xu Shen.