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List of ancient Chinese manuscripts

This page lists discoveries of ancient Chinese manuscripts. The timeframe is Eastern Zhou dynasty to Eastern Han dynasty. The focus is on bamboo and silk manuscripts. The table complements the Manuscript Database by the University of Heidelberg, which currently covers discoveries to 2015 (the table supplies discoveries that predate 2015 and that are not listed in the database). It aims to provide an overview and references to an Anglophone audience of major discoveries in the last 10 years.

Table listing discoveries of ancient Chinese manuscripts

Overview of contents

Wangjiazui strips

  • One manuscript reproduces the “Guo feng” 國風 section of the Book of Odes;
  • A manuscript titled by the editors *Confucius said 孔子曰 collects sayings attributed to Confucius.
  • A text is an annotation of what appears to be a music score.

Zaozhi strips

  • One manuscript is "Words from the Shi and the Shu" 詩書之言, a text that collects citations of texts known to use from the 詩經, 尚書, and 墨子.
  • A manuscript of 99 strips has been titled *Duke Huan of Qi returns to Qi from Ju 《齊桓公自莒返于齊》. This narrative was previously attested in the Speeches of the States 國語 and Guanzi 管子.
  • A manuscript titled 《吳王夫差起師伐越》, which parallels the Tsinghua manuscript 《越公其事》, hence confirming the authenticity of the latter corpus, which has been unfortunately looted and purchased by Tsinghua University in 2008 to preserve it. Li Hong 李泓 has discussed a few differences in terminology.

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