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    A Modern Memo

    Apr 28, 2022 4 minutes
    By Li Xiaoyang
    Copyedited by Elsbeth van Paridon

    With a history spanning nearly three millennia, oracle bone inscriptions, the earliest-known Chinese characters engraved on tortoise shells and animal bones, today have made their way into modern life. Chen Nan, a professor in his 40s with the Academy of Arts and Design at Tsinghua University, is among those responsible for their resuscitation. Having worked on oracle bone script designs since 1999, he has been bringing the pictographs back to life through emojis and different spin-off products.

    The inscriptions recorded the life and history of the Shang Dynasty (around 1600-1046 B.C.), including divination practices,

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