News from the Beijing News (reporter Feng Qi) "This time, five kinds of bamboo slips were collected and eight pieces were collected, all of which are unprecedented lost texts..." On November 20, the release conference of "(Shi)" was unearthed for the first time in Tsinghua University The new site of the Document Research and Preservation Center was held. Since
these 2,000-year-old Warring States bamboo slips entered Tibet in Tsinghua University in 2008, the results of "deciphering" have been compiled into the tenth series, and each series contains important discoveries.
"Bamboo Slips of the Warring States Period Collected by Tsinghua University" (1) - (Ten) Book Shadow
The reporter learned that next year (2021) on the occasion of the 110th anniversary exhibition of Tsinghua University, a batch of Tsinghua bamboo slips and high-level replicas will appear in Tsinghua University In the school history museum.
Bamboo slips of the Warring States period entered Tsinghua University and "deciphered" for more than ten years with fruitful results
In July 2008, nearly 2,500 precious bamboo slips of the Warring States period donated by Tsinghua alumni were collected in Tsinghua Garden. They became known as "Tsinghua Slips".
At that time, according to expert appraisal, these Tsinghua bamboo slips were over 2,300 years old, their lengths ranged from 10 centimeters to 47.9 centimeters, and their average thickness was only 1 millimeter. In order to better protect the bamboo slips, they were soaked in distilled water, with the side with the characters facing down and facing away from the light.
It has been identified that the characters on the bamboo slips are Chu characters from the Warring States Period, which have been lost. Most of its contents are classics and history related to the core content of traditional Chinese culture. Most of them have never been seen in the pre-Qin bamboo slips that have been discovered, and they have extremely high academic value.
In August of that year, while carrying out rescue cleaning and protection of the bamboo slips, Tsinghua University decided to establish a research and protection center for unearthed documents to undertake the protection, sorting and research of the bamboo slips.
In 2018, Tsinghua bamboo slips entered Tibet for ten years at Tsinghua University. During this period, the research results were released one after another, which enriched the system construction of ancient characters and ancient sounds, enriched the academic circle’s understanding of ancient characters, the shape and system of bamboo slips, and the circulation of ancient books, and promoted several aspects of pre-Qin history. Research on major issues, such as the origin of the Qin people, the residences of the kings of the Chu State, the history of the Zheng State during the two weeks, the history of Chu and Yue in the early Warring States period, etc.
As of November 2020, with the efforts of the Tsinghua Jane research team, the research results of Tsinghua Jane have been compiled into the tenth series, and each series contains important discoveries.
The results of the tenth series include five kinds of eight pieces, all of which have never been seen before
""Bamboo Slips of the Warring States Period Collected by Tsinghua University (Take)" contains a total of five kinds of eight pieces of bamboo slips, all of which are unprecedented lost texts..." November 20 At the press conference, Huang Dekuan, director of Tsinghua University’s Excavated Document Research and Protection Center, introduced that the eight articles are "Four Reports" (four articles), "Four Seasons", "Si Sui", "Xing Ming", "Sick Prescription".
The most important of these is the "Four Reports". There are fifty bamboo slips in the whole article, which are the farewells of Zhou Gongdan, Zhou Gong's son Boqin, Zhou Mu Wangman, and Zhao Bohu. There are four in total.
"They are all prayers. There is a sentence in the familiar "Zuo Zhuan" that "the major event of the country is the sacrificial offering and the army". In the pre-Qin period, worshiping was as important to the country as war. Therefore, The prayers during the sacrifice will also be recorded as important documents," explained Cheng Hao, an associate professor at the Center for Research and Protection of Unearthed Documents at Tsinghua University.
"The "Four Reports" involves important historical figures in the early Zhou Dynasty, and it is quite valuable for the study of the history of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the formation of books and documents." Huang Dekuan said.
Among them, the first is Zhou Gong’s farewell to Gaotao’s blessing; the second is Boqin’s first seal in Lu, praying for no faults and long-term protection of Lubang; Tian, a prayer to pray for peace of mind; the fourth part is a prayer to call Bohu to pray for him to get rid of the disaster and heir to the state forever because he hoped that the owl would be gathered in the Xiangong's sleeping temple.
In addition to "Four Announcements", "Four Seasons", "Si Sui" and "Xing Cheng" are literatures on mathematics; "Bingfang" is a literature on prescriptions. Huang Dekuan pointed out that "Four Seasons" involves very complicated knowledge of astronomy, including the names of astrology and records of movement, which are brand new and await further research by astronomy historians; This kind belongs to wine preparation, and the last one is decoction. It is the earliest prescription literature that has been copied so far.
Tsinghua Jane's collation has entered a critical stage, facing the "hard nut to crack"
Tsinghua Jane's collation, and each issue has encountered many difficulties. Huang Dekuan pointed out that during the finishing process of the tenth series, many difficulties were encountered. in terms of wordsSome very ancient words and usages are difficult issues; the content covers a wide range, including astronomy, calendar, and prescriptions in addition to historical content... "We sometimes feel at a loss in the process of sorting out."
Huang Dekuan Said that the "Four Reports" was originally planned to be released in the eighth series in 2018, but at the time it felt immature. "There are still many problems that have not been resolved, so I will release it later." Only released today. But despite this, there are still differences in understanding of many difficult words.
In Huang Dekuan's view, every piece of Tsinghua University needs to be explained briefly and thoroughly, and it takes hard work, and there are still many problems that cannot be solved immediately, and require long-term research. Reporter
learned that the current Tsinghua Jane research and collation team has gradually formed an academic echelon combining old, middle-aged and young people.
"The back is hard bones, it's hard to chew." At the press conference, Huang Dekuan said that Tsinghua Jane's collation has entered a critical stage, and the team will overcome difficulties to ensure the publication progress of one volume per year, and release this batch of important materials to the society and society as soon as possible. published by academia.
Regarding the desire of many traditional culture lovers in society to see Tsinghua bamboo slips, Huang Dekuan responded, "Unfortunately, Tsinghua bamboo slips are very fragile, and their protection requires a unique environment. As an important national cultural relic, we cannot The Tsinghua bamboo slips were exposed in an inappropriate environment for viewing, so the original exhibition cannot be realized.” The reporter learned that in order to make up for this regret, next year (2021) on the occasion of the 110th anniversary exhibition of Tsinghua University, a group of The same size and lifelike high-end replicas of the original Jane will appear in the Tsinghua University History Museum, and all the original research reports on the Tsinghua Jane will also be exhibited together.
Beijing News reporter Feng Qi, editor Miao Chenxia, proofreader Zhang Yanjun