CHIN 50W Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sanxingdui, Book Of Documents, King Wen Of Zhou
Document Summary
Not large, cultural influence extended (in terms of religion) Shrines, some people living in temples some in the city. Cowbones, heat would be applied to crack it. Shang would record whether predictions were right/wrong and would be engraved on bone. One of 64 consorts the king had. Her tomb contained 16 corpses, 500 bone hairpins, 500 jade object,23 bronze bells, 130 bronze weapons. Beginning of shang there were one to two sacrifices. Near the end, there were up to a hundred. Sanxingdui, other cultures still existed at the same time. Constant appearance of these masks, assumed they were a part of a ritual. Shujing, book of documents: history of shang through zhou perspective. No more sacrifices, no more oracle bones. Divination outlined in the book of changes. Heaven has a role in deciding who rules. If heaven approves, good things will happen, and if it disapproves, calamities will happen and someone new will arise.
