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Luo Zhenyu

Collector and palaeographer who traced the bones to Anyang, published large sets of rubbings, and in Yinxu shuqi kaoshi (1914) read several hundred graphs and identified the Shang royal names. 1866–1940.

Luo Zhenyu is palaeographer whose 1914 Yinxu shuqi kaoshi was the first large systematic reading of oracle-bone graphs. (1866–1940), and appears in the record of unread oracle bone characters as collector and palaeographer who traced the bones to Anyang, published large sets of rubbings, and in Yinxu shuqi kaoshi (1914) read several hundred graphs and identified the Shang royal names.

One event on the site involves Zhenyu: Luo Zhenyu publishes Yinxu shuqi kaoshi, reading several hundred graphs through bronze and seal forms (1914).

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Luo Zhenyu [Person FIG0DEDJM7VWF81]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/FIG0DEDJM7VWF81
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