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Tsinghua Bamboo Slips

c. 300 BCE · 4th century BCE · Also known as Tsinghua manuscripts

The Tsinghua Bamboo Slips are a collection of about 2,500 bamboo strips inscribed in the Chu script in the Warring States period, acquired by Tsinghua University in Beijing in 2008 after being looted from a tomb. Radiocarbon-dated to about 300 BCE, they include lost chapters of the Book of Documents, a historical chronicle and the Chu ju, an account of the residences of the early Chu rulers.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Tsinghua Bamboo Slips. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tsinghua-bamboo-slips
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“Tsinghua Bamboo Slips.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tsinghua-bamboo-slips. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Tsinghua Bamboo Slips.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tsinghua-bamboo-slips.
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