# Qiu Xigui · Person

> Palaeographer at Peking and Fudan Universities whose Wenzixue gaiyao (1988; English Chinese Writing, 2000) set out the structure of Chinese graphs and…

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# Qiu Xigui

Palaeographer at Peking and Fudan Universities whose Wenzixue gaiyao (1988; English Chinese Writing, 2000) set out the structure of Chinese graphs and the method of identifying oracle-bone graphs through later forms; he led the Fudan centre whose members have won the Anyang bounty. **1935–2025.**

[The unread oracle bone characters](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oracle-bone-undeciphered)[2 sources]

Qiu Xigui is palaeographer, author of Chinese Writing, and leader of the Fudan excavated-texts centre. (1935–2025), and appears in the record of unread oracle bone characters as palaeographer at Peking and Fudan Universities whose Wenzixue gaiyao (1988; English Chinese Writing, 2000) set out the structure of Chinese graphs and the method of identifying oracle-bone graphs through later forms; he led the Fudan centre whose members have won the Anyang bounty.

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## In the mysteries

**The unread oracle bone characters**

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

## Sources 2

[Chinese Writing (Wenzixue gaiyao), translated by Gilbert L. Mattos and Jerry Norman](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDFXKZ1AH3/chinese-writing-wenzixue-gaiyao-translated-by-gilbert-l)

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[Fudan scholars honoured for oracle bone interpretations (China Daily, 11 April 2024)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDH8230WQM/fudan-scholars-honoured-for-oracle-bone-interpretations)

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1935-07-13

Died

2025-05-08

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palaeographer

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Palaeographer, author of Chinese Writing, and leader of the Fudan excavated-texts centre.

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