董作斌

董作斌 is named in 57.说解汉字：屎尿屁为啥是“尸”字头？ through [[JiaguwenDeGushi|《甲骨文的故事》]], one of the episode’s recommended references. The source uses the book to foreground oracle-bone evidence as the starting point for many Chinese-character explanations.

In the episode’s argument, Dong’s relevance is less biographical than evidentiary. Early script material helps correct attractive but unsupported modern explanations and helps explain why [[ShuowenJiezi|《说文解字》]] remains important but not unchallengeable.

Connections

• [[JiaguwenDeGushi|《甲骨文的故事》]] - book associated with Dong Zuobin in the source.
• [[DongMin|董敏]] - co-named author in the episode.
• Chinese Character Evidence Discipline - method grounded in early written evidence.
• Character Form Evolution - form sequence that begins from early evidence rather than modern shape alone.