The Shanghai Museum bamboo strips (Chinese: 上海博物館藏戰國楚竹書; pinyin: Shànghǎi Bówùguǎn cáng Zhànguó Chǔ zhúshū; lit.

The texts originated through illegal excavation, probably of a tomb in Hubei or Hunan province.

They appeared on the Hong Kong market in 1994, and were acquired by the Shanghai Museum.

The manuscripts have been published in nine volumes by the Shanghai Museum starting in 2001, under the supervision of Ma Chengyuan (Chinese: 馬承源).

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