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The 48 pages that link to Shang dynasty, each with the reason it gives.

• Chinese charactersRelated: Shang divination inscriptions establish the earliest extensive record of Chinese writing.

• BronzeRelated: Shang foundries produced large, technically sophisticated bronze ritual vessels.

• Chinese New YearRelated: Oracle-bone records from this period document early seasonal rites, though not the festival in its present form.

• Chinese mythologyRelated: Shang ritual and ancestral practices form part of the historical background to later myths.

• Bamboo AnnalsRelated: Its rulers appear in the annalistic sequence between the Xia and Zhou periods.

• Classical Chinese proseRelated: Shang inscriptions and bronze texts form part of the early record that shaped later ideas of antiquity.

• HuaxiaRelated: Its oracle-bone inscriptions offer early evidence for communities and political worlds later associated with Huaxia.

• Investiture of the GodsRelated: The novel’s doomed royal house is the Shang court.

• Wang GuoweiRelated: Wang's research used inscriptions to clarify the dynasty's history and political structure.

• Chinese archaeologyRelated: Yinxu archaeology connected material evidence with written records of Shang rule.

• Chinese jadeRelated: Shang workshops produced jade tools, ornaments, and ritual objects alongside bronze.

• ShangqiuRelated: Ancient tradition associates Shangqiu with the origins of the Shang royal house.

• XingtaiRelated: The Xingtai area has archaeological associations with Shang-period settlement.