The scholars at Shandong University's Department of History believe the first character in the second row from the right is the character 夔 (k'uei--a kind of strange beast) seen in oracle bone script (or could be interpreted as < img src = ".. / Wordgif / fc4a.GIF" border = "0" > (ch'un). This character appears in oracle bone script in connection with sacrifices offered to ancestors.
山東大學歷史系的看法則是，右數第二行第一個字，跟甲骨文中的「夔」字（或釋為），在甲骨文中，是作為祭祀高祖而出現的。