Li Youxi, a young woman from Tonglu in China, got famous for using a very old kind of writing in her stories. This old writing is called oracle bone script ( 甲骨文 ), which was first discovered in the late Qing Dynasty. It was the main form of writing during the late Shang Dynasty. Li Youxi put her stories on Douyin. Douyin is a place on the Internet where you can watch videos. Lots of people liked her stories. Li Youxi learned about the Chinese language and old writing in college. She liked learning about stories and writing years ago.
After college, Li Youxi had to change her jobs a few times because she was sick. Then, she decided to start her own work. She wanted to teach people about the old oracle bone script. She wanted to show them why it ' s special.
Li Youxi made videos to help people learn oracle bone script. She told them that this script has many characters, but people use only some of them now. She showed how these old words can be used today.
Her videos also talked about people from the Shang Dynasty. One was Fu Hao, a very important woman back then, who is the first female hero in Chinese history. Li Youxi ' s videos made these old stories exciting and new.
Li Youxi also wants to write a book. She plans to use oracle bone script to tell more stories from the Shang Dynasty. Some publishers think her stories are really interesting. They want to help her share them with more people.
