董作斌

董作斌 is named in 57.说解汉字：屎尿屁为啥是“尸”字头？ through 《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 《说文解字》 remains important but not unchallengeable.

Connections

• 《甲骨文的故事》 - book associated with Dong Zuobin in the source.
• 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.