Several Problems Qin Shu Chu Relations

Shu and Chu, together as a crucial cultural region of the Yangtze River, both madegreat contributions to the Chinese civilization. However, in either Shu CulturalHistory Study or its Chu equivalent, only scraps of records or notes have survivedfrom the long history, having been causing a great deal of difficulties for theresearches on their correlation. Nowadays, correlation studies between the twocultures have taken a leap, owing to the increasing archaeological discoveries, as wellas intensive studies on both. Based on the fundamental fruition of precedentresearches, the author made comparisons between the two during the pre-qin period,as a supplement to former studies on the same subject.The first chapter, also the introduction part, has reviewed the current achievementson the correlation study of Shu and Chu during the pre-qin period, and furthermore,briefly stated the writing intention, structure of the article and its basic researchmethods.By referencing the natural conditions of Shu and Chu, the following chapter hasanalyzed the prerequisites for the cultural origins of both, on the basis of which afurther analysis on their ethnic origins was made, laying the cornerstone for thecomparisons between the two in chapter3.The third chapter carried on the analysis of the second. A contrast between thenatural environments and ethnic origins was made, leading to the conclusion that thereason of the close relationship between the two civilizations resides in their similarcultural roots. Then, the author discovered that the cultural analysis for Ba, anupstream area of the Yangtze River between the two nations, is unavoidable, hence thefollowing brief demonstration of the relationship between Ba and the other twocultures. Finally, the author chose the bronze ware and lacquer ware as representativeartifacts to further evince the interactive processes between Shu and Chu during thepre-qin period.Chapter iv Apart from the internal contacts and influences between Shu and Chu,interactive activities are also found between the duet and some western civilizations.Based on the glass beads transported from the western nations, the author offered asynopsis for the diplomatic activities across the border in the pre-qin period and itsreasons.The fifth chapter, the last part of the article, not only made a conclusion forchapter2,3,4altogether, but also illustrated respectively the related issues of theformer discussion, which,all in all, played a general instruction of the whole article.