1. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, August 3, 2017) Period one changed from "Late Shang dynasty" to "Middle Shang dynasty"; date changed from "ca. 1300-1050 BCE" to "ca. 1400-ca. 1300 BCE"; and removed "Anyang period" from period two.
2. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, December 12, 2018) Added translation by Jingmin Zhang.
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