There are 93 groups of characters in the Chu bamboo slips of Mingxun that have different forms with traditional charac-ters used latter.The 93 groups of characters can be divided into 4 types.Among them Type 1,the int...There are 93 groups of characters in the Chu bamboo slips of Mingxun that have different forms with traditional charac-ters used latter.The 93 groups of characters can be divided into 4 types.Among them Type 1,the interchangeable characters,ac-count for 72.0%in total.The statistics reveal that it was so common to use different forms of characters during the Warring States period and this is a characteristic of the Chu bamboo slips.Besides,the statistics emphasize the importance of phonic sign in the character.展开更多
文摘There are 93 groups of characters in the Chu bamboo slips of Mingxun that have different forms with traditional charac-ters used latter.The 93 groups of characters can be divided into 4 types.Among them Type 1,the interchangeable characters,ac-count for 72.0%in total.The statistics reveal that it was so common to use different forms of characters during the Warring States period and this is a characteristic of the Chu bamboo slips.Besides,the statistics emphasize the importance of phonic sign in the character.