Liturgical year of sacrifice
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| In every day of a Shang week, a deceased ancestor would be chosen to be the recipient of specific sacrifices. On the ''guǐ'' day, the weekend, the reigning king and his assistants specialized in rituals would make a typical inscription that announced the sacrifices for the next day.{{sfnb|Nivison|1999}} A year was sectioned into three periods, filled with ''ji'', ''zai'', ''xie'', ''yong'' and ''yi'' sacrifices.{{sfnb|Nivison|1999}}<ref>{{citation|author=[[Li Feng (sinologist)|Li Feng]]|title=Early China: A Social and Cultural History|publisher=New York, Cambridge University Press|year=2013|page=367|isbn=978-0-521-71981-0|url=https://books.google.com.vn/books/about/Early_China.html?id=TQNaAQAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y}}</ref> The first third was to perform ''ji'', ''zai'' and ''xie'' sacrifices, the second for ''yong'' sacrifice, and the last for ''yi'' sacrifice. At the beginning of each third, a common ceremony honoring all the targeted recipients (''gong dian'') was held.{{sfnb|Nivison|1999}} Some argue that ''ji'' was the opening ritual.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Hu Houxuan|author2=Hu Zhenyu|title=Yin Shang shi|pages=166–167}}</ref> | In every day of a Shang week, a deceased ancestor would be chosen to be the recipient of specific sacrifices. On the ''guǐ'' day, the weekend, the reigning king and his assistants specialized in rituals would make a typical inscription that announced the sacrifices for the next day.{{sfnb|Nivison|1999}} A year was sectioned into three periods, filled with ''ji'', ''zai'', ''xie'', ''yong'' and ''yi'' sacrifices.{{sfnb|Nivison|1999}} The first third was to perform ''ji'', ''zai'' and ''xie'' sacrifices, the second for ''yong'' sacrifice, and the last for ''yi'' sacrifice. At the beginning of each third, a common ceremony honoring all the targeted recipients (''gong dian'') was held.{{sfnb|Nivison|1999}} Some argue that ''ji'' was the opening ritual.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Hu Houxuan|author2=Hu Zhenyu|title=Yin Shang shi|pages=166–167}}</ref> |
| In his 2011 work, Adam Smith tabled the sacrificial schedule of the late Shang practitioners, inscribed on a group of oracle bones by Huáng, a scribe living during the reign of the last three kings.{{sfnp|Smith|2011a}} During this period, the Shang's planned sacrifices evolved into a liturgical year of 36 weeks. Five "opening" weeks were intended to announce upcoming rituals. Each sacrifice commenced the week right after the announcing one. The thirty-sixth week was left blank as to prepare for a new offering cycle.<ref>{{cite book|last=Chang|first=Yuzhi|author-mask=Chang Yuzhi (常玉芝)|year=1987|title=Shangdai zhouji zhidu 商代周祭制度 (Sacrificial system of the Shang dynasty)|publisher=Zhongguo shehui kexue chubanshe|location=Beijing|lang=zh|isbn=9787500400424}}</ref> | In his 2011 work, Adam Smith tabled the sacrificial schedule of the late Shang practitioners, inscribed on a group of oracle bones by Huáng, a scribe living during the reign of the last three kings.{{sfnp|Smith|2011a}} During this period, the Shang's planned sacrifices evolved into a liturgical year of 36 weeks. Five "opening" weeks were intended to announce upcoming rituals. Each sacrifice commenced the week right after the announcing one. The thirty-sixth week was left blank as to prepare for a new offering cycle.<ref>{{cite book|last=Chang|first=Yuzhi|author-mask=Chang Yuzhi (常玉芝)|year=1987|title=Shangdai zhouji zhidu 商代周祭制度 (Sacrificial system of the Shang dynasty)|publisher=Zhongguo shehui kexue chubanshe|location=Beijing|lang=zh|isbn=9787500400424}}</ref> |
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