Title: FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE AUTHENTICATION OF THE PEKING UNIVERSITY <i>CANG JIE PIAN</i>: WITH BRIEF DIGRESSION ON THE SO-CALLED “HAN BOARD” WITNESS
Abstract:Abstract Over the past few years, additional evidence has surfaced that supplements my prior authentication of the Peking University Han strips, and in particular the * Cang Jie pian 蒼頡篇 manuscript fr...Abstract Over the past few years, additional evidence has surfaced that supplements my prior authentication of the Peking University Han strips, and in particular the * Cang Jie pian 蒼頡篇 manuscript from this collection. The present article surveys this fresh evidence, including confirmation of spiraling verso lines on the archaeologically excavated Shuihudi 睡虎地 Han strips, as well as further textual parallels, both with a previously unidentified Cang Jie pian strip from Niya 尼雅, and also with newly published content from the Shuiquanzi 水泉子 * Cang Jie pian . The article also critically examines in greater detail the methodology previously employed to authenticate the Peking University Han strips. Limitations are acknowledged, both in regard to supporting negative appraisals, and in the determination of “novelty” for manuscript features. To demonstrate these issues, the article analyzes a conflict between the Peking University and Shuiquanzi Cang Jie pian manuscripts and introduces the publication of the so-called “Han board” * Cang Jie pian witness largely unknown to the field before.Read More