Bamboo Texts of Guodian

Bamboo Texts of Guodian
Part of the Bamboo Texts of Guodian: "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
Location
Discovery

The Bamboo Texts of Guodian (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.

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