A quantity of jade zhang-knife (with a pointed tip) with characters in red on them were unearthed from the Shang tombs at Liujiazhuang village in Anyang in 1985. This paper makes a detail introduciton on the materials...A quantity of jade zhang-knife (with a pointed tip) with characters in red on them were unearthed from the Shang tombs at Liujiazhuang village in Anyang in 1985. This paper makes a detail introduciton on the materials and discusses the calligraphy of the characters and the function of the zhang-knifes. It is believed that the characters in red are one of the three types of the calligraphy of the Shang Dynasty, the others are those of oracle bone incriptions and inscriptions on bronze vessels. It further believes that the brush writing is the foundation of the calligraphy. The Jade zhang-knife is both a ritual jade and a burial jade and is connected with the status of the tomb owner.展开更多
文摘A quantity of jade zhang-knife (with a pointed tip) with characters in red on them were unearthed from the Shang tombs at Liujiazhuang village in Anyang in 1985. This paper makes a detail introduciton on the materials and discusses the calligraphy of the characters and the function of the zhang-knifes. It is believed that the characters in red are one of the three types of the calligraphy of the Shang Dynasty, the others are those of oracle bone incriptions and inscriptions on bronze vessels. It further believes that the brush writing is the foundation of the calligraphy. The Jade zhang-knife is both a ritual jade and a burial jade and is connected with the status of the tomb owner.
