Comprehensive Studies in Pre-Qin Intellectual History as Reflected in Bamboo Manuscripts from the Warring States Period

通过分析近年来在中华人民共和国出土的材料（竹条），古代中国的思想世界现在以一种完全不同的方式呈现出来。除了在日本境内定期举行专门讨论这一问题的会议外，我们还经常前往收藏竹手稿的博物馆和其他机构，并亲自检查相关材料。因此，我们对区域汉字有了更深入的了解，因为它们在秦始皇的书写系统标准化之前就存在了，而且很明显，古代中国文本生产的多样性，以及同一集中包含的文本的多样性，比以前想象的要大得多。

By analyzing materials (bamboo strips) that have been excavated in the People's Republic in recent years, the world of thought of ancient China now presents itself in a completely different light.In addition to regularly held conferences dedicated to the subject within Japan, we have undertaken frequent excursions to the museums and other institutions that house bamboo manuscripts and not failed to examine the relevant materials personally.As a result, we have gained a deeper understanding of regional Chinese scripts as they existed prior to the standardization of the writing system under the first Qin emperor, and it has become evident that the diversity of textual production in ancient China, as well as the variety of texts included in one and the same collection was much greater than previously imagined.