Chapter 2 Section 1 Animal and Plant Knowledge in Oracle Bone Inscriptions

Oracle bone inscriptions are a kind of writing used in the Yin and Shang Dynasties of my country.Many of these hieroglyphs carved on animal bones reflect people's thinking about the biological world three or four thousand years ago.Wo character written in oracle bone inscriptions Deer was the most important object of ancient hunting.Therefore, ancient people were very familiar with the living habits of deer.There are foot characters in oracle bone inscriptions, and the shape is 99lib•net="inner" src="http://www.99lib.net/book/plate.pic/plate_170777_3.jpg" />, like a deer in the middle of the woods.Deer like to live in the mountains and forests, and the deer inhabiting in the favorite woods to represent the foothills is exactly the original meaning of the ancient man-made characters, and it also reflects the ancient people's understanding of the relationship between creatures and the environment.