“角笔”的发现与研究

The discovery of Jiaobis and the Research

角笔是一种２０世纪６０年代才被重新发现的古老的书写工具，在中、韩、日等国的文献中，都有使用角笔的文献发现。角笔用象牙、木、竹等制成，以在纸上划出凹痕的形式记录信息。在日本，角笔最早见于奈良时代，主要用于在“训点”读佛经、汉诗文等时加注各种训读符号。角笔的渊源，则可以追溯到唐代以前的中国，但中国角笔实物的发现，则待进一步的调查。

This paper gives a brief account of Jiaobis with respect to their shape, the quality of the wood from which they are made, the nominal changes that have taken place through- out their history, the scope of their application and the features of the writing written with them, as well as the discovery of ancient documents written with Jiaobis. In addition, this paper elaborates upon the characteristics of these ancient documents and outlines the signify- cance of research into them. The direction of current research into Jiaobis and their historical are also discussed in the paper.