Chapter 33 Unreturned Juyan wooden slips preserved in the United States for a long time

Unreturned Juyan wooden slips preserved in the United States for a long time Due to the relationship of the Anti-Japanese War, the Chinese culture deposited by the academic institutions of our country at the time in the Library of Congress The national treasures are still unwilling to return, except for a large number of benefactors from the former Beijing Library and Nanjing Central Library. In addition to this rare book, there are also a large number of wooden slips deposited by the former Central Institute of History and Linguistics.this is one nine The number of wooden slips of the Han Dynasty discovered by the Northwest Scientific Expedition Group in the ruins of the Yanbian Fortress, an ancient residence in the Northwest in 1930

There are so many, more than 10,000 pieces in total.At that time, it was a major event that aroused the world's academic circles. This batch of national treasures was transported to Hong Kong during the early period of the Anti-Japanese War, and special personnel were engaged in the work of photographic plate making and numbering. On the eve of the outbreak of the Pacific War, for the sake of security, they hurriedly transported from Hong Kong to the United States, hoping to escape the Japanese militarism. clutches of doctrine.Unexpectedly, the clutches of Japan escaped, and this batch of cultural treasures fell into another pair of greedy hands.

hands. When this batch of wooden slips was transported to Hong Kong, they were handed over to the Hong Kong Commercial Press for photography and plate making. Mr. Shen Zhongzhang from Academia Sinica was sent to preside over this work.He borrowed from the University of Hong Kong at that time Mrs. Marty, who teaches French, lives in a three-story building on Pok Fu Lam Road. The bungalow, the environment is very good, Mrs. Marty lives downstairs, and gave a room to Zhongzhang, the second floor is the Dai Wangshu.So it has become a place I often go to.Zhongzhang is very talkative and humorous,

In addition to his main work, he also pays attention to the history and geography of Hong Kong.We really envied him Work leisurely and stable.Sometimes I also saw photos of the wooden slips that he brought back from the North Point commercial factory and sorted them out. Xi had never followed him to visit this batch of wooden slips, and thinking about it now, it was really a missed opportunity. The so-called wooden slips are the ones that people used for writing before paper was invented and popularized in our country. Kinds of wood chips and bamboo chips.Because this is a relic of the Han Dynasty, it is generally called "Han Bamboo".Originally, in Juyan

Before a large number of wooden slips were discovered, Stein and Pelliot had already discovered some in the Dunhuang area. After they were bundled to Europe, the obtained materials were handed over to French sinologist Chavan for research. In 913, he wrote a monograph, which was the first monograph on the study of ancient Chinese characters and writing tools.No The materials available at that time were very limited.When the Northwest Scientific Expedition Group was in the ruins of the Juyan Frontier Fortress, After discovering many batches of wooden slips in succession, with a total of more than 10,000 pieces, it was only then that we mastered the incomparably rich research

material. The things written on these wooden slips are all the official documents, private letters and slips of the troops stationed at that time. And transcribed books, accounting contracts, etc.There was no paper at that time, and there were no "books" as we today call them. "Book", the writing and reading tools are all these wood chips and bamboo chips, and these wood chips are connected with cowhide ropes and straw ropes Wearing them together becomes a so-called "book".The things written on these wooden tablets are extremely precious and reliable. Studying the materials of our country's ancient social, economic and cultural life, at the same time, these wooden slips are also a study of our

An important source of information on the evolution of books and writing instruments.