殷墟甲骨的发现和鉴定,迄今已九十年,由董作宾《甲骨文断代研究例》奠立基础的甲骨分期研究,也已经有五十多年的历史了。分期是甲骨研究最基本最重要的工作之一,有许多学者从事,持不同意见的各家都对研究的进展有所贡献。由于探讨的深入,问题越来越繁细,有关论作都较专门,广大读者很难利用,这对甲骨研究以至商代文化的探索是不利的。我们写作本文的用意,就是以简明的方式,将甲骨分期研究的新论点介绍给读者,使大家都能使用,从而判断其是非优劣。不过在成稿之后,却发现还是只适合对分期问题已有一定了解的朋友阅读。这 The discovery and identification of the oracle bones of the Yin Ruins have been going on for 90 years. The research on the oracle bone staging, which was based on the case study of the Oracle Clone Period, has been going on for more than 50 years. Staging is one of the most basic and important tasks in the study of oracle bone. Many scholars hold different opinions and each contributes to the progress of the research. Due to the deepening of the discussion, the problems are getting more and more elaborate, the related works are more specialized and the readers are hard to use. This exploration of the study of the oracle bone and the culture of the Shang Dynasty is unfavorable. Our intention in writing this article is to introduce the reader to the new idea of ​​oracle bone staging in a concise manner so that everyone can use it to judge whether it is a pros and cons. However, after the manuscript, but found only suitable for staging problems have a certain understanding of friends to read. This