Yinqueshan Han Slips

The tablets contain many writings that were not previously known or shed new light on the ancient versions of classic texts.

The Yinqueshan Han Tombs were accidentally unearthed by construction workers on April 10, 1972.

1 were 4942 bamboo strips covered in closely written words and included portions of known texts, as well as a number of previously unknown military and divination texts, some of which were shown to resemble chapters in Guanzi and Mozi.

After restoration and arrangement, the slips were organised into a sequential order of nine groups and 154 sections.

(13 chapters) More than 38% of slips (1887 out of total 4942) were heavily damaged, which made the texts' reconstruction a very difficult task.