Subsequent to the epoch-making publication of The Collection of Yinzhou Bronze Inscriptions during the 1980s and early 1990s by the Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, the original authors have recently undertaken to transcribe these same bronze inscriptions into Chinese characters.

This six-volume set will be published by the Institute of Chinese Studies, and distributed by The Chinese University Press of The Chinese University of Hong Kong in October, 2001.

    1. 6 volumes; about 500 pages per volume.
    2. A total of the original 11,993 bronze artifacts from The Collection.
    3. Photo of each artifact at 1/4 of its original size with a total of 120,000 words of transcription indication the estimated date of the writing, the date of excavation and the current location of the subject.
    4. 111/4” × 81/4”, paperback.
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The content of this book is based on the Computerized Database of Oracular Inscriptions on Tortoise Shells and Bones established by the Institute of Chinese Studies of CUHK, spanning five years from 1996 to 2001. Building on the Table in Yinxu Jiagu Keci Leizuan edited by Yao Xiao Sui, the compilers re-collated and re-arranged all Jiagu characters. A number of previously unrecorded Jiagu characters were added and some mistakes were emended. The compilers strove for precision in order to provide a comprehensive resource of ancient writing and creditable data for scientific study. It is indeed indispensable tool for Jiagu scholars.

    1. 1 volume; 218 pages.
    2. Using seven mainland and overseas major collections of oracular inscriptions on approximately 50,000 pieces of original tortoise shells and bones.
    3. 230 × 170mm, paperback.
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