Professor Michiharu Ito of Kansai Foreign Languages University believes that the figures inscribed on the Dinggong pot are basically creatures similar to humans, apes or monkeys, which can stand on two legs. This is very similar to the "spirit names" found in oracle bone inscriptions, which depict the spirits of mountains.
日本關西外語大學教授伊藤道治就認為，丁公陶文刻的基本上是人類或猿猴等可以兩腳站立的動物，極似甲骨文中描繪山岳神的「神名表」。