Unearthed divination texts and Ancient Chinese Society

2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02909
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of Asia and Africa
• Research Institution: Seijo University
• Principal Investigator: MORI Masashi 成城大学, 民俗学研究所, 研究員 (10367146)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: 中国古代

Outline of Final Research Achievements

First, I created "Rishu" database in Excel, classified a wide variety of dibination by using its database, and The trends of individual materials were analyzed. And I considerd divinations of Temperament and story of Resurrection of the dead that only seen in Fangmatan "Rishu", revealed its characteristics and funeral customs. Further I considerd Five elements theory in "Rishu",it was revealed that divinations based on the five-element theory is surprisingly small.

Free Research Field

史学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究で行った分類は一つ一つの「日書」の全体像を見通すことができると同時に、複数の「日書」を通貫できるもので、今後資料増が見込まれる「日書」分析の基礎になり得るものである。また「日書」中の五行説に対する私見や墓での哭礼・沃祭、さらに『史記』日者列伝の再検討は、いずれも従来の見解とは異なり、それらの見直しを迫るという点で学術的意義があると思われる。