≪殷虛文字丙編≫061~070譯註

Abstract

In ≪Bingbian(丙編)≫061/062, there are records of fortune-telling on the issue of association with Wangcheng(望乘), records of fortune-telling on whether it would lead to a disaster in the event of hail, and records of fortune-telling on whether a rain ritual and a fang(祊) ritual should be given. The results of the fortune-telling indicated that hail would not lead to disaster. In ≪Bingbian(丙編)≫063/064, there is a record of fortune-telling on the issue of whether five cows should be given to a liao(燎) ritual, and there is a record of fortune-telling on the issue of whether it rains on the yisi(乙巳). At the same time, there is a record of fortune-telling on whether the hunting can be captured if the Ziqiu(子求) is ordered to hunt in the east. Perhaps this buci(卜辭) appears to be the same because the weather and hunting are closely related. In ≪Bingbian(丙編)≫065/066, there is a record of whether Di(帝) should command rain or thunder, and a buci(卜辭) of whether Wang should stay in the current camp or move out of the camp. In ≪Bingbian(丙編)≫067/068, there is a record of repeatedly dotting the ce(冊) ancestral rites, a record of dotting on whether Di(帝) will bring disaster, and a record of dotting on whether Songchenghua(送 化) can win if it conquers Gong(䚗). It is presumed to have won the conquest, as there is a phrase on the back that says, “It has already been terminated huiji(惠既).” In ≪Bingbian(丙編)≫069/070, also records the buci(卜辭) of conquering the Gong(䚗) by the above contents of Songchenghua(送 化).