Chu script
The Chu script (English Chu script ) is a collective term for old Chinese scripts, which were found on many recently discovered text documents (Chujian 楚 简), often written on bamboo or wooden tablets, but also on silk etc. They provide important information about the process of Chinese script standardization in the Qin and Han periods.
Most of them come from the area of the old Chu State from the Warring States period . Examples of documents handed down in Chu script are Guodian Chujian , Baoshan Chujian , Wangshan Chujian , Xinyang Chujian and the like. a.
Overview
- Baoshan Chujian包 山 楚 简 (Hubei, 1986, 1987)
- Changsha Wulipai Chujian长沙 五里 牌 楚 简 (Hunan, 1951)
- Changsha Yangjiawan Chujian长沙 杨家湾 楚 简 (Hunan, 1953)
- Changsha Yangtianhu Chujian长沙 仰天湖 楚 简 (Hunan, 1953)
- Cili Shibancun Chujian慈利 石板 村 楚 简 (Hunan, 1988)
- Deshan Xiyangpo Chujian德 山 夕阳 坡 楚 简 (Henan, 1983)
- Guodian Chujian郭店楚简 (Hubei, 1993)
- Jiangling Jiudian Chujian江陵 九 店 楚 简 (Hubei, 1981 and 1989)
- Jiangling Mashan Chujian 江陵 马 山 楚 简
- Jiangling Qinjiazui Chujian江陵 秦 家嘴 楚 简 (Hubei, 1986, 1987)
- Jiangling Tengdian Chumu江陵 藤 店 楚墓 (Hubei, 1973)
- Jiangling Tianhuangguan Chujian江陵 天 星 观 楚 简 (Hubei, 1978)
- Shanghai bowuguan cang Chujian上海 博物馆 藏 楚 简 (unclear)
- Suixian Leigudun Zeng hou Yi jian 随 县 擂鼓 墩 曾侯乙 简 (Hubei, 1978)
- Wangshan Chujian望 山 楚 简 (Hubei, 1965)
- Xincai Chujian新 蔡楚 简 (Henan, 1994)
- Xinyang Changtaiguan Chujian信阳 长 台 关 楚 简 (Hunan, 1957)
literature
- Chén Zhāoróng (陳昭容) Research on the Qín (Ch'in) Lineage of Writing: An Examination from the Perspective of the History of Chinese Writing (秦 系 文字 研究 ﹕ 从 漢字 史 的 角度 考察) (2003). Academia Sinica, Institute of History and Philology Monograph (中央研究院 歷史 語言 研究所 專刊). ISBN 957-671-995-X (chin.)