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The Book of Poetry: Hymns of Shang: Xuan Bird is an important work that gives an account of the mythological origin of the Shang people. According to the poem, the Shang peoples’ ancestors originated from the xuan bird, but for centuries there has been no relevant physical objects in the Shang Dynasty to investigate, and this account has fallen under the interpretation of scholars of classical study.
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Ye, S. (2022). Xuan Bird from Heaven: The Owl Archetype Theory. In: A Mythological Approach to Exploring the Origins of Chinese Civilization. Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3096-6_17
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