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Decipher an oracle bone character, earn $14,700

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-10/28/content_27203697.htm

by seesomesense • 10 years ago

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seesomesense• 10 years ago

"The oracle bone script (jiǎgǔ wén 甲骨文), which dates to around 1200 BC, represents the first-known stage of the Chinese writing system. Mysteriously, it seems to have arisen full-blown, without any as yet identifiable local precursors.

The two concluding paragraphs of the China Daily article offer both encouragement and a warning:

[The museum] encourages oracle bone enthusiasts to use cloud computing and Big Data to analyze and support their interpretation of a particular character."http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=29069#comments

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