# Wang Guowei 1917: Yin buci zhong suojian xiangong xianwang kao (The Predynastic Ancestors and Kings Seen in the Yin Divination Inscriptions)

> Wang Guowei, 1917. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Identified 31 Shang ancestors and kings as sacrifice recipients in the inscriptions and…

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# Yin buci zhong suojian xiangong xianwang kao (The Predynastic Ancestors and Kings Seen in the Yin Divination Inscriptions)

Wang Guowei, 1917.

**Unread oracle bone characters** Article0

## What it's used for here

Identified 31 Shang ancestors and kings as sacrifice recipients in the inscriptions and showed that Sima Qian's king list in the Shiji was largely correct, with corrections. This is the check that fixed the inscriptions as Shang royal records. Pointer page used for the bibliographic data.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[Wang Guowei matches the ancestors named in the inscriptions to the Shiji king list](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oracle-bone-undeciphered/events/EVT0DEDMTQ8CQNX/wang-guowei-matches-the-ancestors-named-in-the-inscriptions)

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[Wang Guowei](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDJMCDJZ2K/wang-guowei)

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

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## Cite it

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Wang Guowei (1917). Yin buci zhong suojian xiangong xianwang kao (The Predynastic Ancestors and Kings Seen in the Yin Divination Inscriptions). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Guowei
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[Find it at en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Guowei)

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