TY  - JOUR
SN  - 1012-4195
T1  - Further Discussion of the Arrangement of Bamboo and Wooden Slips, and the Writing Posture and Personal Habits of Scribes: Lateral Ink Lines on the Juyan Han Slips at Academia Sinica’s IHP
AU  - Sheng-shiuan Shih
Y1  - 2017/12/28
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2017/12/28
T2  - Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
JF  - Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
JO  - Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
JA  - Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
VL  - 88
IS  - 4
SP  - 643
EP  - 715
KW  - slip lateral ink lines, measuring staff slip (biaochi jian), column writing, slip arrangement, writing posture and habits
Y2  - 2017/12/28
N2  - This paper discusses the making and significance of ink lines on the sides of Han dynasty bamboo and wooden slips in the IHP’s Juyan collection. These lateral ink lines, together with the “measuring staff slip” (“biaochi jian”) show reference to two kinds of writing postures in the past: respectively, with elbow and wrist suspended when writing, and leaning towards the table to write. They demarcate the start and end of writing, limit a column’s range, ensure the neat and aesthetic arrangement of slips, and improve the efficiency in counting, summarizing, and searching for information. Moreover, for researchers, the positions of these ink lines aid in restoring the correct order of the slips, as well as provide clues to the ancient personal writing habits of the scribes who produced these slips.
ER  -