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<p>suggested that these symbols were precursors to Chinese writing. However, the palaeographer <a href="page.php?w=David_Keightley">David Keightley</a> argues instead that the time gap is too great to establish any connection.From the <a href="page.php?w=Late_Shang">Late Shang</a> period , Chinese writing evolved into the form found in <a href="page.php?w=Chinese_bronze_inscriptions">cast inscriptions</a> on ritual bronzes made during the <a href="page.php?w=Western_Zhou">Western Zhou</a> dynasty (771&nbsp;BCE) and the <a href="page.php?w=Spring_and_Autumn_period">Spring and Autumn period</a></p><p>
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