Review of: Adam C. Schwartz. The Oracle Bone Inscriptions from Huayuanzhuang East. Boston/Berlin: Walter de Gruyter Inc., 2019. Divinatory Inscriptions from the Eastern Sector of Huayuanzhuang in Yinxu

This review considers the book of American sinologist A. Schwartz “The Oracle Bone Inscriptions from Huayuanzhuang East. Translated with an Introduction and Commentary” was published in 2019. The is a commented translation study inscriptions on divination bones (turtle shields bull shoulder blades) eastern sector Yinxu (Anyang, Henan). epigraphic monument dates back to turn 13th–12th centuries BC currently represents most complete interesting corpus divinatory inscriptions. Despite fact that under consideration cover relatively short period time, they contain many details, which, as if piece by piece, form general picture Shan reality. It noteworthy customer these divinations not Shang ruler, but figure his inner circle — Zi, who presumably son wang. After thorough analysis inscriptions, offers reconstruction various aspects daily activities, rituals, life elite society wang, reigning wife, prince, persons are their subordination. basis Schwartz’s research into English, so this focuses problems interpreting important terms found Eastern Sector.