The value of Baoshan Chu bamboo slips

Most of the bamboo slips in Baoshan No.2 Chu Tomb are dated, which not only provides a batch of chronological data and historical events of Chu with exact dates, but also contains all the historical materials that can be dated.

Baoshan bamboo slips are not simple legal documents, but their documentary bamboo slips are files dealing with actual government affairs, including many complete judicial cases, and at the same time involving the social and economic situation of Chu in the Warring States period, making up for the lack of information on the political and legal system in the Warring States period in handed down books; Divination prayer is the divination record of the tomb owner during his three years (3 18 BC to 3 16 BC), mainly asking about the future and diseases. These bamboo slips have also been unearthed in Wang Shan, Tianxingguan and other Chu tombs, but they are poorly preserved. Baoshan bamboo slips recorded a complete divination procedure, retaining a large number of divination terms and gods. The Dispatching Policy records the funerary objects in detail, involving many aspects of ancient laws and regulations, which is of great research value.

This is of great benefit to the study of the names of Chu artifacts in the Warring States period. The records of food names and cooking methods in bamboo slips provide valuable information for studying the economic life of Chu people in the Warring States period. It is also of great value to study the funeral system and sending strategy of Chu people.