甲骨文中的各种“丝”，形状均似丝线缠绕。“缫”字中有水、缫釜及蚕茧，属象形字。此外，还有续丝的“续”、断丝的“断”，束丝的“束”、用丝线钓鱼的“钓”、以丝线作琴弦的“乐”，以及用丝帛制成的“衣”、“巾”等字，它们的字形或造字本义都与丝有关，属会意字。有些如“幽”、“幼”，则是由丝线的细微含义引申而来。

        甲骨文中的“桑”以桑树为形，往往用作地名。先秦史籍曾记载：商代开国君主成汤在位时，七年大旱，成汤于桑林中以身祷雨，后人称为“成汤祷雨”。成汤的名相伊尹，曾是空桑之中的弃婴，被一采桑女所得。从这些文字记载可推测出商代已大量种植桑树。

        目前，一些学者对甲骨文中的“蚕”字有不同的解释，他们认为那不是“蚕”字，而是“蛇”字的象形文字。其实，这些“蚕”字的构形虽有变化，但都突出表现其多环节的生理特征，是对蚕的生动写照。

        “蚕神”是古人崇拜的神灵之一。祭祀蚕神称为“蚕示”，或用三牛、三牢，或用羌（被杀死的奴隶），典祀十分隆重。由每年祭祀蚕神以求丰收的行为可知，蚕桑也属重要的农业收成。商代后期一个叫武丁的国王曾为派人察看蚕事而九次占卜，说明当时的统治者对蚕桑业极为重视。

        丝绸具有轻盈、舒适、光亮等神奇特性，这是其他织物所没有的。在“无私耕私织，共寒其寒”的原始社会中，由全体氏族成员共同生产和使用；进入奴隶社会之后，便成为贵族的专用物品。统治者为了满足奢侈生活的需要或炫耀其显赫的地位，桑蚕丝织生产倍受重视。蚕的形象还不断出现在奴隶主礼器的装饰纹样中。从出土文物可知，奴隶主死后，其墓葬极为奢华，甚至在陪葬品青铜器外包上精美的丝织品，以显示经济实力。由于埋葬于地下数千年，丝绸逐渐被青铜器的铜酸腐蚀，后人只能从考古发掘出的粘附于商周青铜器上的丝绸印痕中窥测当时丝绸的生产水平。目前所能见到的商周丝绸大多为附着在青铜器上的印痕，考古出土的实物极为少见。www.mingliuqipao.com（整理编辑)

Oracle first unearthed in the Yin Ruins in Anyang, Henan Xiaozhun Cun, was discovered in 1899. Yin Ruins is the late Shang Dynasty capital in ruins, since the destruction of Pan Geng moved the capital until the Shang Zhou Li 273. Nearly a century bones unearthed in the hundreds of thousands of films, many of which are documented with the silkworm, mulberry, silk and sericulture in the matter and text. Visible, silk has long been a time of material and spiritual life is an important part.
        Oracle in a variety of "silk" were like silk winding shape. "Reeling" Characters water kettle and reeling cocoon, is a pictographic character. In addition, there continued thread of "continued", broken wire in the "off" beam filaments "beam", with silk fishing, "fishing" to silk for strings, "Music", and made with Sibo The "clothes", "towel" and other words, the original meaning of their shape or created characters with the wire is related to an Associative. Some, such as "quiet", "child" is derived from the meaning from the fine silk.

        Oracle in the "Sang" to Mulberry for the shape, often used as names. Qin history books have recorded: Shang Cheng Tang founding monarch reign, the seven drought, Cheng Tang body in mulberry grove to pray in the rain, later known as the "Cheng Tang Prayer for Rain." Cheng Tang's name with Yi Yin, who is among the empty San abandoned, by a woman from Mulberry. From these written records can be presumed that the Shang Dynasty have been a lot of planting mulberry trees.

        At present, some scholars Oracle in the "Silkworm" have different interpretations of the word, they think it is not a "silkworm" word, but "snake" hieroglyphic characters. In fact, these "silkworm" Although the word configuration changes, but they highlight the many aspects of its physiological performance characteristics, is a vivid portrayal of the silkworm.

        "Silkworm God" is one of the ancients worshiped the gods. Silkworm worship of God known as "silkworm" is shown, or three cows, three prison, or Qiang (slaves were killed), Ceremonies are very grand. By the annual sacrifice of God in order to harvest the behavior of silkworm known, sericulture is also an important agricultural crop. The late Shang Dynasty King Wu Ding called silkworm things and who have sent people to look at nine divination, indicating that they attached great importance to the rulers of the sericulture industry.

        Silk is light, comfortable, light and other amazing features, this is not the other fabrics. In the "selfless cultivation of private organizations, were cold the cold" in primitive societies, shared by all the clan members of the production and use; into the slave society, they will become the exclusive nobility items. Rulers in order to meet the needs of luxury living, or to show off its prominent position, silk weaving production becomes more important. Silkworm's image is also emerging in the master patterns of ritual decoration. Known from archaeological finds, master's death, his burial is extremely luxurious, even in the Bronze funerary outsourcing on the delicate fabric, to show economic strength. Because buried in the ground thousands of years, silk gradually acid corrosion of copper bronze, and their descendants only from archaeological excavations in the adhesion of the Shang and Zhou bronzes silk prints in silk production at the level of the concrete numbers. Present can see the Shang and Zhou bronze silk mostly attached to the prints, the excavation of in-kind are extremely rare. www.mingliuqipao.com (finishing editor)