這是一部吞卵而生商的神話，「天命玄鳥，降而生商。」，出自 《詩經．商頌．玄鳥》。《詩經》這部中國最早的純文學總集，也是從玄鳥開始講述的，構建了商朝始祖誕生的神話學。

This is the tale of how Shang （商）Dynasty (1600-1056 BC) was born through a legendary event: "The heavenly mandated mysterious Xuan Bird （玄鳥）(a bird in black) descended to give birth to Shang Dynasty," as mentioned in the "Book of Poetry, Shang Song, Xuan Bird." 《詩經．商頌．玄鳥》 The "Book of Poetry" 《詩經》 is China's earliest collection of pure literature, and it all begins with the Xuan Bird, which forms the basis of the mythological history of the Shang Dynasty.

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       相傳契的母親簡狄吃了一顆玄鳥之卵，生下契，他輔助大禹治水有功，被冊封於商，號曰商族。

Legend has it that Qi's （契）mother (Qi (dates unknown) was the earliest ancestor of the Shang Dynasty), Jiandi （簡狄）, consumed an egg of the Xuan Bird, and as a result, she gave birth to Qi. He played a significant role in helping Yu the Great （大禹）（Yu the Great was a legendary king in  Ancient China who was famed for "the first successful state efforts at flood control”, his establishment of the Xia （夏）Dynasty which inaugurated dynastic rule in China manage floods and was rewarded by being granted the title of "Shang," which leads the Shang Clans.

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       甲骨文於1899年於河南省安陽市殷都區出土後，還原了商朝始祖契的出生真相。商朝人是玄鳥傳人的真實，以甲骨文深深的刻在商周的青銅文明中。

In 1899, the discovery of oracle bone script in Anyang （安陽）, Henan Province （河南省）, unveiled the true story of Qi, the first ancestor of the Shang Dynasty. This revelation showed that the Shang people were indeed descendants of the Xuan Bird, and this lineage was deeply etched into the bronze civilization of the Shang and Zhou eras through oracle bone script.

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       「婦好」夔足銅方鼎的夔紋，以甲骨文字描繪著一人側立俯首吞物的狀態。商人相信生命破殼而生由玄鳥開始，玄鳥被封為神鳥，是商部族的崇拜圖騰，也從此開啟了神獸圖騰的文化。

A motif called “Fu Hao”（婦好）found on a bronze square cauldron depicts a person standing sideways, bowing, and swallowing something, and it is described using oracle bone script. Merchants of that time believed that life began with breaking out of the shell, starting with the Xuan Bird. This bird was highly revered as a divine creature and became the symbol of the Shang clan, ushering in a cultural era of mythical beast symbolism.

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       後世的史家將「玄鳥生商」記入正史中，比如《史記·殷本紀》、《尚書•中侯》、《呂氏春秋•仲春紀》，將神話帶到永恆史實中。

In later years, historians officially documented "Xuan Bird gives birth to Shang" in texts like "Records of the Grand Historian·Annals of Yin," 《史記·殷本紀》"Book of Documents·Zhong Hou," 《尚書•中侯》 and "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals·Zhong Chun Ji," 《呂氏春秋•仲春紀》 thus incorporating this myth into the annals of enduring historical facts.

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       讓我帶各位從甲骨文，易經，山海經，圖騰等古文化中追尋曾經消失的時空。

Let's explore this fascinating journey through ancient cultures, including oracle bone script （甲骨文）, the Book of Changes (I Ching) （易經）, the Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shan Hai Jing) （山海經）, and totemism, all of which have faded with time.

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       當最古老的文字遇上最先進的科技時，甲骨文不再僅僅是關於龜殼和獸骨的文字和文化解讀。代表未來的人工智能技術能夠理解3600年前古人的語言，將考古研究變為時尚，傳統的中國古文字引領未來的語言演進。