China's culture is broad and profound, and according to historical records and modern research, Chinese characters are the only chinese characters that have lasted for thousands of years and have continued to the present, And Chinese characters currently occupy a very important position in the world, especially oracle bones are worshipped by Western countries, and their worship is the "worship" of action. We all know that oracle bone is the originator of Chinese characters, is the earliest script found so far, but because of the age, research is difficult, so in modern times we have to invite some Western scholars to participate in research work, it is precisely because of the contact of Westerners that led to a large number of oracle bone outflow.
In modern China, the situation has suddenly changed, from the powerful Dynasties of the Central Plains to the corruption and incompetence of the late Qing Dynasty, internal warlord strife, the great powers are waiting for opportunities, at this time many people care about their own safety, and the power of those countries and those precious cultural relics were ignored in the chaotic times, leading to those great powers taking advantage of the opportunity to steal. Some people do not hesitate to rob tombs to excavate cultural relics for a few oceans, and then sell them, and they may not know until they die, and in the future, we need to spend tens of times and hundreds of times to recover these cultural relics.
The resale of Dunhuang cultural relics is a bloody example in history, among the many Western bandits, there is a missionary from Canada, who knows how to cherish cultural relics more than the thugs who only have interests in their eyes. Ming Yishi came to China from the 19th century, has been living in China, deeply influenced by Chinese culture, he bought a large number of oracle bones in the folk when he was in China, according to his own account, there are more than 50,000 oracle bone fragments, has been committed to the study of oracle bones.
However, after the outbreak of World War II, for the safety of his family, he still decided to return to Canada, but this walk did not come back, after he returned to Canada, he wrote to the embassy people, let them give the oracle bone fragments they once collected to Qilu University to continue research, he knew that this is a Chinese cultural relic, although he did not give up, but one day it will return to the hands of Chinese. But the embassy carried the oracles to Toronto behind his back, causing a massive exodus of oracle bone fragments, and after Ming Yishi's death in 1957, his son sent all of his father's research on oracle bones to China.
After that, this batch of oracle bone fragments that were exiled overseas was transferred many times, all of which became items for profit, and oracle bones appeared in many Western countries, which also set off a climax of studying oracle bones, and this large-scale study certainly promoted the research speed of oracle bones, but it was a big loss for China. Ming Yishi was a good man, but it was also because he caused a large number of Oracle fragments to flow out, and his evaluation of him in China was also quite controversial.