It has all along been a controversial issue in academic circles how to denominate grave goods recording slips and tablets. According to textual records, scholars usually call them “qiance 遣策，” i.e. slips with lis...It has all along been a controversial issue in academic circles how to denominate grave goods recording slips and tablets. According to textual records, scholars usually call them “qiance 遣策，” i.e. slips with lists of tomb furniture and the names of donors. Combining literary records with archaeological finds, the author of this paper points out the limitation of this denomination, and, on the basis of archaeological discoveries, puts forward the name "wushu" jiandu“物疏”简牍, or slips and tablets with lists of funeral objects. Furthermore, she discusses the shape and number of wushu jiandu, the form of writing and recording on them, and their placement in tombs, as well as the distribution of these tombs.展开更多
文摘It has all along been a controversial issue in academic circles how to denominate grave goods recording slips and tablets. According to textual records, scholars usually call them “qiance 遣策，” i.e. slips with lists of tomb furniture and the names of donors. Combining literary records with archaeological finds, the author of this paper points out the limitation of this denomination, and, on the basis of archaeological discoveries, puts forward the name "wushu" jiandu“物疏”简牍, or slips and tablets with lists of funeral objects. Furthermore, she discusses the shape and number of wushu jiandu, the form of writing and recording on them, and their placement in tombs, as well as the distribution of these tombs.
