Tsinghua bamboo slips
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Tsinghua bamboo slips are a collection of Warring States–period bamboo manuscripts acquired by Tsinghua University that have significantly advanced the study of early Chinese history, philosophy, and textual transmission.
All labels observed (1)
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| Tsinghua bamboo slips canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tsinghua bamboo slips Context triple: [Chu bamboo slips, relatedTo, Tsinghua bamboo slips]
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Chu bamboo slips
Chu bamboo slips are ancient Chinese bamboo manuscripts from the Warring States–era State of Chu, preserving early texts on philosophy, history, and administration.
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Chu silk manuscripts
The Chu silk manuscripts are ancient Chinese texts from the Warring States period, written on silk and notable for their early depictions of cosmology, mythology, and divination practices.
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Turfan manuscripts
The Turfan manuscripts are a significant collection of ancient Central Asian texts, preserving religious, literary, and administrative writings in multiple languages and scripts that illuminate the cultural and linguistic history of the Silk Road region.
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D.
Han dynasty jade burial suit
The Han dynasty jade burial suit is an ancient Chinese funerary garment made of thousands of jade plaques sewn together, used to encase the bodies of elite nobles in the belief that jade could preserve the corpse and confer immortality.
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E.
Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng
The Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng is a lavish Warring States–period burial site in present-day Hubei, China, famed for its exceptionally well-preserved bronze bells and other ritual artifacts that illuminate ancient Chinese music and court culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tsinghua bamboo slips Target entity description: Tsinghua bamboo slips are a collection of Warring States–period bamboo manuscripts acquired by Tsinghua University that have significantly advanced the study of early Chinese history, philosophy, and textual transmission.
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A.
Chu bamboo slips
Chu bamboo slips are ancient Chinese bamboo manuscripts from the Warring States–era State of Chu, preserving early texts on philosophy, history, and administration.
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B.
Chu silk manuscripts
The Chu silk manuscripts are ancient Chinese texts from the Warring States period, written on silk and notable for their early depictions of cosmology, mythology, and divination practices.
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C.
Turfan manuscripts
The Turfan manuscripts are a significant collection of ancient Central Asian texts, preserving religious, literary, and administrative writings in multiple languages and scripts that illuminate the cultural and linguistic history of the Silk Road region.
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D.
Han dynasty jade burial suit
The Han dynasty jade burial suit is an ancient Chinese funerary garment made of thousands of jade plaques sewn together, used to encase the bodies of elite nobles in the belief that jade could preserve the corpse and confer immortality.
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E.
Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng
The Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng is a lavish Warring States–period burial site in present-day Hubei, China, famed for its exceptionally well-preserved bronze bells and other ritual artifacts that illuminate ancient Chinese music and court culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Chinese textual corpus
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Warring States–period manuscript ⓘ bamboo manuscript collection ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Tsinghua University ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 2008 ⓘ |
| approximateDateRange |
3rd century BCE
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4th century BCE ⓘ |
| associatedState | State of Chu ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | under conservation at Tsinghua University ⓘ |
| containsWork |
alternative versions of received classics
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previously unknown historical texts ⓘ previously unknown philosophical texts ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| curatedBy | Tsinghua University Center for Excavated Texts and Ancient Characters ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Warring States period ⓘ |
| influenced |
debates on early Chinese canon formation
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scholarship on the Book of Changes ⓘ scholarship on the Book of Documents ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Tsinghua University ⓘ |
| provenance | illicitly excavated manuscripts ⓘ |
| publicationForm |
annotated editions
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photographic facsimiles ⓘ scholarly transcription ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| relatedCollection |
Baoshan Chu slips
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Guodian Chu slips ⓘ Shanghai Museum bamboo slips ⓘ |
| researchField |
early Chinese history
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early Chinese philosophy ⓘ paleography ⓘ philology ⓘ textual transmission studies ⓘ |
| script | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| significance |
advanced understanding of Warring States intellectual history
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important source for the study of early Chinese chronology ⓘ important source for the study of early Chinese mathematics ⓘ important source for the study of early Chinese political thought ⓘ important source for the study of early Chinese ritual ⓘ provide early versions of canonical texts ⓘ shed light on formation of the Chinese classics ⓘ |
| usedBy |
historians of early China
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paleographers ⓘ philologists ⓘ philosophers of early Chinese thought ⓘ textual critics ⓘ |
| writingMaterial | bamboo slips ⓘ |
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Subject: Tsinghua bamboo slips Description of subject: Tsinghua bamboo slips are a collection of Warring States–period bamboo manuscripts acquired by Tsinghua University that have significantly advanced the study of early Chinese history, philosophy, and textual transmission.
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