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To Turn Soybeans into Gold: a Case Study of Mortuary Documents from Ancient China 化大豆为黄金:以中国古代墓葬文献为例

Bamboo and Silk Pub Date : 2019-09-24 DOI: 10.1163/24689246-00201003

J. Wen

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From “Clothing Strips” to Clothing Lists: Tomb Inventories and Western Han Funerary Ritual 从“衣带”到衣单：墓葬盘点与西汉丧葬仪式

Bamboo and Silk Pub Date : 2019-09-24 DOI: 10.1163/24689246-00201004

Tian Tian

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Western Han Funerary Relocation Documents and the Making of the Dead in Early Imperial China 西汉迁葬文献与中国早期的亡灵制作

Bamboo and Silk Pub Date : 2019-04-09 DOI: 10.1163/24689246-00202001

Guo Jue

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Bunken to ibutsu no kyōkai: Chūgoku shutsudo kandoku shiryō no seitaiteki kenkyū 文献と遺物の境界：中国出土簡牘史料の生態的研究, edited by Momiyama Akira 籾山明; Satō Makoto 佐藤信 Bunken to ibutsu no kyōkai: Chūgoku shutsudo kandoku shiryō no seitaiteki kenkyū 文献と遺物の境界：中国出土簡牘史料の生態的研究, edited by Momiyama Akira 籾山明; Satō Makoto 佐藤信

Bamboo and Silk Pub Date : 2019-04-09 DOI: 10.1163/24689246-00202008

Guo Wei-tao

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Bamboo and Silk Pub Date : 2019-04-09 DOI: 10.1163/24689246-00202009

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Three Research Notes on the Silk Manuscript *Tianwen qixiang zazhan 天文氣象雜占帛书研究札记三篇天文氣象雜占

Bamboo and Silk Pub Date : 2019-04-09 DOI: 10.1163/24689246-00202002

Chen Songchang

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