Abstract

Western Zhou Dynasty unearthed Qishan Zhougongmiao Oracle, related to the nature of the site,'s inquiry by academia and the public's attention. Only been published in four visits, we can see some of them certainly belong to the Western Zhou Dynasty, and may have some relationship with the Duke once; some of "Duke" for the divination of the main, though can not prove that the Duke of Zhou Dan, but also is the Western Zhou Dynasty early stage. In general, all aspects of BU characteristics have a similar Qishan Feng Chu Bu A, which is what the early Western Zhou Dynasty. The oracle inscriptions of the Western Zhou Dynasty on tortoiseshells unearthed at the relics of Zhougong Temple in Qishan, Shaanxi Province, which are related with the feature of the relics and the probing of its age, have been widely noticed by the academia and the public. According to the examination on the four published pieces of oracle inscriptions, we may know that some of them surely belong to the early period of the Western Zhou Dynasty and have something to do with Zhougongdan; the others regarded Zhougong Emperor as the main body of divination . Although these pieces can not be proved to be Zhougongdan, they also belong to the early phase of the Western Zhou Dynasty. In a word, all the characteristics of the oracle inscriptions on tortoiseshells are similar to those of the oracle inscriptions unearthed at Fengchu, Qishen, which definitely belong to the early stage of the western Zhou Dynasty