北京大学藏西汉竹书概说

A General Survey of the Western Han Bamboo Slips Collected by Peking University

北京大学藏西汉竹书共有竹简3346枚,大约抄写于西汉中期。这批竹简形制多样,修治工巧,书法精美,保存状况极佳。竹简背面多有较浅的斜直划痕,可以作为简序复原的参考。竹书内容极为丰富,包含有《苍颉篇》、《赵正书》、《老子〉、《周驯》、《妄稽》、《反淫》、《日书》、《堪舆》、《雨书》、《六博》、《荆决》和医书等近20种古代文献,具有十分重要的学术价值。它的发现、整理与研究,将在历史学、文献学、考古学、古文字学以及文学和书法艺术等多个方面,提供宝贵的新资料和新认识。

There are 3346 bamboo slips of the middle Western Han in the collection of Peking University. These slips are well-made, various in forms and calligraphic style, and well-preserved. Shallow and sloping cuts can be found on the back of most slips. These cuts are helpful in restoring the sequence of the slips. There are nearly 20 texts on the slips, including Cang Jie Plan, Lao Zi, Zhao Zheng Shu, Zhou Xun, Wang Ji, Fan Yin, Ri Shu, Kan Yu, Yu Shu, Liu Bo, Jing Jue, and medical texts. All of the texts are of important academic value. Discovery, classifying, and study of these slips will provide new valuable materials and new information of many areas, such as history, philology, archaeology, palaeography, literature, calligra- phy, and so on.