The shape of Dunhuang Han bamboo slips is roughly the same as that of Juyan Han bamboo slips, including bamboo slips, bamboo slips, bamboo slips and seals. There are many official and folk documents in Dunhuang Han bamboo slips. Official documents include imperial edicts, decrees, judicial documents, contracts, symbols, biographies, daily official documents and various books, while private documents include sales contracts and letters. The content of Dunhuang Han bamboo slips is mostly related to the garrison. Wang Guowei, a modern scholar, restored the beacon tower series at that time according to the records in bamboo slips, which has certain reference value. The Han bamboo slips unearthed in recent years provide new data for this study.
After Stein discovered Han bamboo slips near Dunhuang in 1907, he discovered about 170 Han bamboo slips in Dunhuang, Anxi, Jiuquan and Ding Xin (Mao Mu) in Gansu Province in 19 14. During the period of 1944, Xia Nai and others visited the frontier fortress site of Han Dynasty in the east of Xiaofangcheng, Dunhuang, and found 43 Han bamboo slips. 1979, archaeologists found 1200 pieces of Han bamboo slips in Ma Quan Bay, west of Xiaofang Town, Dunhuang. This is the largest number of Han bamboo slips in Dunhuang.
The contents contained in Dunhuang Han bamboo slips
Dunhuang Han bamboo slips also include Cang Xie Pian, Ji Jiu Pian, Li Mu, Jiu Jiu Shu, Li Shu, doctors' prescriptions, and books about showing respect to Shan Jian and horses. Among the well-preserved genealogies, there are three years of Yuankang (63 BC) and Shenjue (59 BC).
The content of Dunhuang Han bamboo slips is mostly related to the garrison. Wang Guowei, a modern scholar, restored the beacon tower series at that time according to the records in bamboo slips, which has certain reference value. The Han bamboo slips unearthed in recent years provide new data for this study. Butter soil Dunhuang shorthand "April 5, a school in central Dunhuang Wei Guolun, words look flat, break Hu, swallow Hu, long live for the official to write a serious case, waiting for the official pavilion." It shows the names and sequences of four waiting officials under a surname in central Dunhuang.