Guodian Chu Slips

Guodian Chu Slips
Part of the Guodian Chu Slips: "The Great One Generates Water," held at the Hubei Provincial Museum
MaterialBamboo slips
Period/cultureCirca 300 BCE
PlaceJingmen, Hubei Province, China
Present locationHubei Provincial Museum
Discovery is located in China
Discovery
Discovery

The Guodian Chu Slips (Chinese: 郭店楚簡; pinyin: Guōdiàn Chǔjiǎn) were unearthed in October 1993 in Tomb no. 1 of the Guodian tombs in Jingmen, Hubei Province and dated to the latter half of the Warring States period. Scott Cook completed a study and translation of all the manuscript of this corpus.[1]

  1. ^ Cook, Scott Bradley (2012). The bamboo texts of Guodian: a study & complete translation. Cornell East Asia series. New York: Cornell University. ISBN 978-1-933947-84-6.