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Claim Text: The oracle bone inscription was of a person’s body, undergoing a painful ritual transformation of tattooing or scarification.
Simplified Text: Fact: The oracle bone inscription for the character 文 depicted a person's body undergoing ritual tattooing or scarification.
Confidence Score: 0.900
Claim Maker: The author
Context Type: News Article
Context Details: { "subject": "Chinese character \u6587", "historical_form": "oracle bone inscription" }
Subject Tags: China History Linguistics
UUID: 03bbc1f2-c97c-4420-8d32-b5081b8ca346
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Created: September 18, 2026 at 6:45 AM (3 weeks ago)
Last Updated: September 18, 2026 at 6:45 AM (3 weeks ago)

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