Foundations of Eastern Civilization. Episode 5, The Shang and Writing for the Gods.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 6808618 | KanopyPublisher: The Great Courses, 2013Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
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Craig G. Benjamin
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2013.
In this second lecture on the Shang dynasty, learn about the enigmatic "oracle bones" and the origins of Chinese writing. Then turn to the Shang society's social organization, religious practices, and cosmology, and find out how one of the core cultural and philosophical beliefs of Eastern civilization - the concept of yin and yang - emerged during the Shang dynasty.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English