Research On Some Issues Of Qin Bamboo Slips And Wooden Tablets System

Since the Qin slips were first unearthed in 1975,13 batches of them have been discovered so far,and the total quantity of them is quite considerable.In the past,the research on slips and tablets system was mainly about the study of slips system.And the research on the system of slips was mostly a comprehensive study of the slips of warring States,Qin,Han and Jin dynasties.With the publication of a large number of Qin bamboo slips and wooden tablets one after another,the discovery of laws and documents related to the shape system of Qin bamboo slips and wooden tablets and the deepening of research,it is very necessary to study the shape system of Qin bambooslips separately.The contents of the system of qin slips are very rich.Generally speaking,the material,length,width,writing format,characters,punctuation marks and so on have been discussed by predecessors.Combined with the newly issued slips,the length of Qin bamboo slips and wooden tablets are still worth further discussion.Bamboo slips and wooden slips are the conventional names in academic circles.However,an in-depth investigation of the self-names of unearthed Qin slips will bring a new understanding to the concept of bamboo slips in the usual sense.For example,we usually refer to the slips produced by Liye as Liye Qin Slips or Liye Qin slips and tablets.However,if we study these slips carefully,we will find that " tablets " and "die" are the main writing carriers in the official documents system of Qin Dynasty.Their self-names were " tablets " or " Die" in Liye Qin slips,but no one calls themselves "Slips".That is to say,the single slips in the common sense are called die in Liye Qin Slips,and die also refers to the slips in common sense.Through the interpretation of the form information of twelve batches of Qin slips,we can draw the following conclusions:First,the length of the Qin slips fluctuates roughly between the Qin one foot and two feet,in particular,one foot and one foot two inches are more simple,and there is no obvious difference in length due to the nature of the contents contained in the Qin slips.That is to say,the correlation between " exalted-low " and "length" of the Qin slips is not obvious yet.Secondly,the use of Qin tablets has been institutionalized and regulated by qin regulations.According to the relevant provisions of the laws and regulations of the Qin Dynasty and the actual investigation of unearthed Qin tablets,it can be found that the Qin tablets mainly include six different sizes: one foot,one foot two inches a feet six inches,two feet,three feet.In practice,the length of the wooden tablets is closely related to its nature.The use of one foot six-inch and two feet tablets is mainly from the practical point of view,that is to say,there is also no obvious correlation between "superior and inferior" and "long and short" in Qin tablets.Thirdly,tablets with one foot long were often used,it is also the benchmark of the Qin system.Prison case documents and documents,General document,related to the assessment of officials were all written on them.The Regulations of the Qin Dynasty also stipulated that the "Shu Shu",as a kind of book keeping,the length,width and thickness are the same as the general document,was also used in the form of one foot wooden tablets.The "day book" of the document recording the labors of a slave,"month book",household registration and other "Shu Shu" are all with two feet,which are changed based on the one foot.It is worth noting that private letters,"Zhi Ri" wooden tablets,"Jiu Jiu Shu" wooden slips,medical wooden tablets,etc.were also used in Qin Dynasty,which is the imitation and borrowing of the official wooden tablet swith one foot system,indicating the popularity of the wooden tablets with one foot long.Fourthly,one foot six inches was mainly used for official documents,and the system was strictly implemented in the Qin Dynasty.Official documents has nicked tooth,and the number of lines,characters and width of official vouchers were unified.It should be pointed out that,from the perspective of shape and structure,the use of Jiao Quan in Qin dynasty without teeth is not equivalent to official vouchers,so we should distinguish between them when studying the form of Qin slips and official documents systemFifthly,it is recorded in the Regulations of The Qin Dynasty that the emperor used a foot one inch tablet for his special purpose.At present,there has not been the wooden tablet unearthed or related to it.But that length wooden tablet for the emperor’s special In the Han dynasty,should be from the Qin system.In addition,a foot two inches and three feet wooden tablet copes recorded in the Qin regulations have not been found in the unearthed Qin slips.Sixth,the length of qin slips is consistent with the length of Qin tablet and the length of Qin slips stipulated in the regulations.The difference between the two is that the length of Qin tablets are closely related to its nature,while the Qin slips have no similar correlation.At present,the length of Qin slips unearthed from tombs may imitate the system of Qin tablet,but there is no fixed relationship between the content of copying and the length of the slips used.