3.6 Shang Religion
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2010
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An overview of ancestral and non-ancestral deities encountered in the Shang oracle texts, illustrated by translated individual divinations. The nature of scholarly debate on proper understanding of religious divinations is illustrated through an analysis of differing interpretations of the term di, signifying the apex of the Shang pantheon.
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Course text chapter on early Chinese history
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China, history, Shang, Shang Dynasty, religion, ancestral sacrifice, oracle texts, Di
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