1st Edition

A Study of Excavated Documents in China

By Wang Guiyuan Copyright 2024
186 Pages 217 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 217 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 217 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

As the second volume of a two-volume set on Chinese ancient characters and unearthed literature, this book brings together the author’s scholarly works on Chinese scripts studies and unearthed materials. In this volume, the author scrutinizes manuscripts unearthed from archaeological findings, including silk books and bamboo slips discovered in ancient tombs that date back to the Warring States... Read more

1. Problems and Prospect of Chinese Vocabulary Research from Unearthed Documents  2. Mu Guan (木关) and Guan Li (关戾) on Han Slips  3. Xing Sheng (行胜) and Chang Wei (常韦) on Han Slips  4. Interpretation of Four Phrases from Qin Slips  5. Interpretation of Words on Zhangjiashan Han Slips  6. Interpretation of Bamboo Slips from No.1 Han Tomb, Huxishan, Yuanling  7. Interpretation of Words on Bamboo Slips from Mawangdui No.1 Han Tomb  8. Die (牒) on Slips from Mawangdui No.1 Han Tomb  9. Interpretation of Slips from Mawangdui No.3 Han Tomb  10. Analysis of Character Structure of Silk Manuscripts from Han Tombs  11. Examination and Interpretation of Words on Mawangdui Silk Manuscripts  12. Exploration of Some Words on Mawangdui Silk Manuscripts  13. Examination of Wooden Slips from Tianchang Han Tomb in Anhui Province  14. Interpretation of Zhoujiatai Qin Tomb Slips  15. Reading Notes on Kongjiapo Han Slips  16. Interpretation of Words of the Gaodice from Xiejiaqiao No.1 Han Tomb  17. Interpretation of Words on Wooden Slips from Luobowan No.1 Han Tomb, Gui County, Guangxi  18. Two Notes on Shangbowu  19. Quantity Expressions and Quantifiers of Warring States Bamboo Slips  20. Quantity Expressions and Quantifiers of Lists of Burial Articles in Han Slips  21. Exploration of the Origin of the Chinese Zodiac  22. Study on Jijiupian with Ancient Notes Unearthed in Turpan

Biography

Wang Guiyuan is Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Literature at Renmin University of China. He is a leading scholar in the field of Chinese palaeography and lexicology.