摘要
本論文是利用包山楚簡文字材料，討論文字學史上的幾個問題。一、分析大量異體字，討論當時「文字異形」的現象，並試由其所見規律，說明除了字體多變化外，其實也存在著若干相當謹嚴的規律。二、列舉楚國特有的書寫風格和獨特字體，討論戰國楚地區域性字體。三、由包山楚簡所見隸意十足的字體，重新檢討隸書起源問題，說明楚簡文字在隸書的發展史上的重要意義。
In this paper the author uses bamboo slip characters from the State of Ch'u discovered in Pao-shan to discuss certain questions in the study of Chinese characters. (1) She analyses a large number of characters of different shapes (or styles), and discusses the phenomenon of "differently shaped characters" in that period. In addition to attempting to rely on discernible rules to explain that characters took on many different shapes, the author also establishes that there were in fact rules of considerable strictness that affected the shape of characters. (2) The author enumerates certain stylistic characteristics of Ch'u calligraphy and discusses character shapes that were unique to the Ch'u region during the Warring States period. (3) Based on the li-i shih-tsu style, the author reexamines certain questions regarding the li-shu (clerical) style, and concludes that bamboo slip characters from the State of Ch'u played an important role in the development of the li-shu style.