Evolution Dataset of Oracle Bone Characters

This repository contains a dataset for the evolution of Oracle Bone Characters.

Download the EVOBC Dataset

Dataset Structure

The dataset is organized into the following directory structure:

.
├── Data
│   ├── EVOBC
│   │   ├── ID1
│   │   │   ├── ID1_Source_Era_Another_numbers.jpg
│   │   │   └── ...
│   │   ├── ID2
│   │   │   ├── ID2_Source_Era_Another_numbers.jpg
│   │   │   └── ...
│   │   └── ...
│   └── OBC
│       ├── ID1
│       │   ├── ID1_Source_Era_Another_numbers.jpg
│       │   └── ...
│       └── ...
└── ...

Character Script Shorthands

The dataset includes characters from various historical periods. Here are the shorthands used in the dataset:

Shorthand	Full Name	Period
OBC	Oracle Bone Characters	15th century B.C.
BI	Bronze Inscriptions	13th to 221 B.C.
SS	Seal Script	11th to 8th centuries B.C.
SAC	Spring and Autumn period Characters	770 to 476 B.C.
WSC	Warring States period Characters	475 B.C. to 221 B.C.
CS	Clerical Script	221 B.C. to 220 A.D.

JSON File Descriptions

The repository includes JSON files to help you work with the dataset:

• Key&Value.json: This file maps the character IDs to their corresponding Chinese labels.
• List_of_EVOBC.json: This file contains the storage paths for all the images in the EVOBC dataset.

To-Do List

• 公开数据处理代码