# Wang Yirong · Person

> Qing official and antiquarian who in 1899 first recognised the marks on the Anyang bones as ancient writing; he died in August 1900 during the occupation…

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# Wang Yirong

Qing official and antiquarian who in 1899 first recognised the marks on the Anyang bones as ancient writing; he died in August 1900 during the occupation of Beijing. **1845–1900.**

[The unread oracle bone characters](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oracle-bone-undeciphered)[1 event][1 source]

Wang Yirong is chancellor of the Imperial Academy who in 1899 recognised the oracle-bone marks as early Chinese writing. (1845–1900), and appears in the record of unread oracle bone characters as qing official and antiquarian who in 1899 first recognised the marks on the Anyang bones as ancient writing; he died in August 1900 during the occupation of Beijing.

One event on the site involves Yirong: Wang Yirong recognises the marks on bones sold in Beijing as ancient Chinese writing (1899).

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## In the mysteries

**The unread oracle bone characters**

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[The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oracle-bone-undeciphered)

## What Wang Yirong did 1

1899[Wang Yirong recognises the marks on bones sold in Beijing as ancient Chinese writing](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oracle-bone-undeciphered/events/EVT0DEDMT70B3QE/wang-yirong-recognises-the-marks-on-bones-sold-in-beijing-as)

## Sources 1

[Sources of Shang History: The Oracle-Bone Inscriptions of Bronze Age China](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDFXAMZWYF/sources-of-shang-history-the-oracle-bone-inscriptions-of)

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Person

Born

1845

Died

1900-08

Occupation

collector, antiquarian

Identity

Chancellor of the Imperial Academy who in 1899 recognised the oracle-bone marks as early Chinese writing.

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