清代末年的北京,已是风雨飘摇。1899年的秋天,家住北京东安锡拉胡同的金石学家王懿荣,身患疟疾。一位老中医开出了含有“龙骨”的一剂药方。王懿荣惊奇地发现,所谓的“龙骨”上隐约地刻着一些符号。也正是这些符号,使得王懿荣成为中国古代最早的文字甲骨文的发现者。在这些甲骨文中,就记录了“孝”这个汉字。考古学者在众多甲骨文中发现了“老”和“子”组成的一个汉字,这个字即为现在的“孝”字。从字 Beijing in the late Qing Dynasty is precarious. In the autumn of 1899, Wang Yirong, a petrologist who lives in Sira alley, Dong’an, Beijing, was suffering from malaria. An old Chinese medicine out with a “keel” a prescription. Wang Yi Rong surprised to find that the so-called “keel ” inscribed some symbols on the vague. It is these symbols that make Wang Yirong the discoverer of the earliest written Oracle in ancient China. In these Oracle, the Chinese character “孝” is recorded. Archeologists have found in many oracles a Chinese character consisting of “老” and “子”, the word “孝” now. From the word