Oracle

===China===
{{Main|Oracle bone|I Ching}}
[[File:Shang dynasty inscribed scapula.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Oracle bone]] of the [[Shang dynasty]], ancient China]]
In China, [[oracle bones]] were used for divination in the late [[Shang dynasty]], (c. 1600–1046 BC). Diviners applied heat to these bones, usually ox scapulae or tortoise plastrons, and interpreted the resulting cracks.

A different divining method, using the stalks of the [[Achillea millefolium|yarrow plant]], was practiced in the subsequent [[Zhou dynasty]] (1046–256 BC).  Around the late 9th century BC, the divination system was recorded in the ''[[I Ching]]'', or "Book of Changes", a collection of linear signs used as oracles. In addition to its oracular power, the ''I Ching'' has had a major influence on the philosophy, literature and statecraft of China since the Zhou period.
Description	What you type	What you get
Italic	''Italic text''	Italic text
Bold	'''Bold text'''	Bold text
Bold & italic	'''''Bold & italic text'''''	*Bold & italic text*
Description	What you type	What you get
Reference	Page text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>	Page text.^[1]
Named reference	Page text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>	Page text.^[2]
Additional use of the same reference	Page text.<ref name="test" />	Page text.^[2]
Display references	<references />	↑ Link text, additional text. ↑ Link text