The Shang and Writing for the Gods

The Shang and Writing for the Gods

Available on Prime Video, The Great Courses Signature Collection
S1 E5: 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.