The Complete Works of Guo Moruo, Volume 9: Archaeology

Author: Guo Moruo
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Publishing Date: 2002-10-01
Features: The first edition of Research on Shigudu Characters was published by the Commercial Press in 1939 and reprinted by the People's Press in 1954. In 1959, the author wrote a preface for the third edition. This time, some characters were corrected, and the scale of the accompanying illustrations was revised. An Examination of the Inscriptions on the Zuchu Stele was published in 1947. It has now been revised. Among the stone inscriptions handed down in China, Shigudu Characters is the earliest, followed by Zuchu Inscriptions, both of which are stone carvings from the Eastern Zhou period in Qin. The author separately examined the inscriptions of these two steles anded their dates. These two works are now combined into one volume. In Research on Shigudu Characters, the author published the Ming-era "Xianfeng Edition" of Shigudu Characters from the collection of Angu, making the best-known printing available for circulation. An Examination of the Inscriptions on the Zuchu Stele was finalized based on the "Wu Edition of the Qin Zuchu Inscriptions" published in the early years of the Yuan Dynasty. This edition is now photocopied at the end of the text for reference.