CSSN-New series in ancient bamboo strips published

New series in ancient bamboo strips published

Author : Chao Tianyi, Ma Nan Source : Chinese Social Sciences Today 2015-04-24

Warring States Bamboo Strips Collected by Tsinghua (Series Five) was unveiled in Beijing on April 9, with more than 60 experts and scholars from universities and institutions engaged in archaeology and museology attending its launch ceremony. Compiling work began in 2008, when Tsinghua University received into its collection 2,500 bamboo strips dating back to the Warring States period (475-221 BC) that had previously been smuggled out of China. The artifacts were arranged and their quantity calculated for the series. The first series of reports was published in 2010, with a total of 15 series to be published at a rate of one per year. The fifth series contains six bamboo strips.

The Chinese version appeared in Chinese Social Sciences Today, No. 724, April 10, 2015.

The Chinese link: http://news.cssn.cn/lsx/slcz/201504/t20150410_1581293.shtml

　　Translated by Du Mei

Editor: Chen Meina