In the seventh year of the reign of Emperor Wen of the Western Han dynasty, wooden slip, unearthed in 1993 at the No. 18 tomb in Gaotai, Jingzhou, Hubei Province, now collected in the Jingzhou Museum. The tomb was a special one in the early Western Han dynasty in Jiangling area, the excavations from which had some characters of both Qin and Chu cultures. The unearthed 4 pieces of wooden slips were well preserved in golden color, with clear handwriting and traces of the silk binding.
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Han woodenslips in Gaotai
