Newly unearthed documents by Rao Zongyi

Author: Shen Jianhua
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: The collection "Rao Zongyi—Newly Excavated Documents and Arguments" (Exquisite Edition) presented to you embodies the latest ideas and creative academic thoughts of Mr. Rao in recent years. To ensure perfection, all papers have been thoroughly re-examined, annotations have been added, and it basically gathers Mr. Rao's recent research on newly unearthed documents from archaeological discoveries across various regions. In the past two decades, with the continuous discovery of underground bamboo slips and lost classics, especially the recent publication of the Guodian, Shangbo Batch 3 Chu Bamboo Slips, and the inscriptions on the Bin Gong Hu, a significant impact has been made on the field of history, particularly in academic research, changing our previous perspective on ancient Chinese history. Facing the true original appearance of history and re-evaluating the academic history of the pre-Qin period can also be said to be the responsibility bestowed upon us by the times. The prerequisite for stepping out of the era of ancient studies is the need to reconstruct ancient characters. In the early 1980s of the 20th century, Mr. Rao, with his foresight, proposed: "To explore a culture, it is necessary to combine field archaeology, written records, and the study of oracle bone inscriptions into three aspects."