Appreciation of Bamboo Slips Calligraphy Works

Before the invention of paper, bamboo slips were the most important form of China's books, which had a far-reaching influence on the book system of later generations. Today, the terminology, writing format and writing method of books still inherit the tradition formed during the bamboo slips period. The following are the calligraphy works of bamboo slips I arranged for you, I hope they are useful to you!

Appreciation of Bamboo Slips Calligraphy Works

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The content of bamboo slips

Judging from the unearthed bamboo slips, they can be divided into two categories: one is literature and the other is works.

Document class

Most of the bamboo slips unearthed before the 1940s belong to this category, except the books in the wall of the old house of Confucius and those found in the Western Jin Dynasty. Bamboo slips unearthed from Chu tombs in the Warring States Period are almost all lists of funerary objects. Yunmeng Qin bamboo slips are mostly legal documents. Because all the codes before Tang Dynasty in China have been lost except some articles quoted in ancient books, these Qin bamboo slips are the only materials for studying Qin law. Imperial edicts and some documents issued by the central government and organizations at all levels (such as wanted orders, notices of border guards, regulations on beacon signals, official documents for appointment and dismissal of officials, etc.). ) It was unearthed in Juyan and Dunhuang. Some official documents submitted to superiors (such as "Sick Dragon Disease Book") and official documents between organizations at the same level (such as "Frontier Fire Bundle") were unearthed at the Ruins of Broken City.

Category of works

Content: China ancient documents recorded with updated bamboo and wood. ? Jane? It is a long strip cut from bamboo and wood; ? Hey? This is a plate made of wood or bamboo. The words on it are written with a brush. Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Jin Wenzhong already have the word "book", so some scholars think that bamboo slips were used as writing materials in the Shang Dynasty. The earliest discovered Jane was in the early Warring States period. According to documents and archaeological findings, bamboo slips were popular in the pre-Qin period and reached its peak in the Han Dynasty. It was not until the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty that they were replaced by paper documents that had been invented for four or five hundred years. As the main document form, they have been used in China for more than 1000 years.