简介:OnJuly15,2008,TsinghuaUniversityreceivedintoitscollectionabatchofWarringStatesBambooslipsdatingtoaround300BCEthathadbeenpreviouslysmuggledoutofChina.Knownasthe‘TsinghuaBambooSlips’清華簡(TBS),theyformagroupofbamboomanuscriptswithtraditionalChinesetexts,categorizedas‘Classics’Jīng(經)and‘Histories’Shǐ(史),suchastheShangshu尚書(‘ClassicofDocuments’),theShijing詩經(‘ClassicofSongs’)andtheYijing易經(‘ClassicofChanges’).Themajorityofthemanuscriptsalsocontaintextspreviouslyunknownformorethantwothousandyears,andtheyare,therefore,trulyprecioushistoricalartifactsofthehighestscholarlyvalue.