Punctuation Marks and Copyists
Rereading the Yili (The Book of Etiquette and Ceremony) of the Wuwei Han Bamboo and Wooden Slips
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5260346 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tian (0000-0002-3362-8836), Tian Tian (0000-0001-8436-7739, Peking University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 132-173 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bamboo and Silk (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2468-9238 • E-ISSN: 2468-9246 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/24689246-20240006 |
| OpenAlex | W4408805953 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
The nine-chapter Book of Etiquette and Ceremony (Yili 儀禮) manuscripts found in the Han-dynasty Tomb 6 of the Mozuizi 磨咀子 Cemetery, Wuwei 武威 County contain three kinds of punctuations marks - dividers (fen'ge fu 分隔符), hooks (goushi fu 勾識符), and the signaling markers placed at the upper edges of the slips (jiantou tishi fu 簡頭提示符). These punctuation marks reveal that the text has undergone a complicated copying and transmission process. Copyists used dividers and hooks to separate the text into different layers to demonstrate their interpretations, thus making punctuation marks a medium that embodied their understanding. In addition, various ways of placing punctuation marks make it possible for classical interpretations to have great fluidity
Archaeology · Art · Bamboo · Ceremony · Etiquette · Linguistics · Literature · Punctuation · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |