Treasure Types · TT500

Books & Documents

Oracle bones, bamboo slips and silk texts, manuscripts, rare books, maps and archives

96treasures

6sub-types

13dynasties

Representative treasures

96 treasures
Late Warring States to Qin · Bamboo Slips & Silk TextsShuihudi Qin Bamboo SlipsThe law books a Qin clerk took to his graveHubei Provincial MuseumTE10041Mid Warring States period · Bamboo Slips & Silk TextsGuodian Chu SlipsThe Laozi as it was read over two thousand years agoJingmen MuseumTE10042Early Western Han dynasty · Bamboo Slips & Silk TextsMawangdui Silk TextsA library on silk from a Han tombHunan MuseumTE10043Ming dynasty, Jiajing reign (copied 1562-1567) · ManuscriptsYongle Encyclopedia, Jiajing Copy Volumes in the National Library of ChinaSurviving volumes of the greatest Chinese encyclopediaNational Library of ChinaTE10044Qing dynasty · ManuscriptsSiku Quanshu, Wenyuan Pavilion CopyThe imperial library of the Forbidden City's Wenyuan PavilionNational Palace MuseumTE10045Tang dynasty (868) · Rare Printed BooksDiamond Sutra of 868A Buddhist sutra printed in the year 868British LibraryTE10046Northern Song dynasty · Ritual JadesJade Book for the Earth Sacrifice of Emperor Zhenzong of Song, First Year of Dazhong Xiangfu, with 52 Casket InlaysJade tablets from a Song imperial riteNational Palace MuseumTE10110Tang dynasty · Ritual JadesJade Book for the Earth Sacrifice of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Thirteenth Year of KaiyuanThe jade book of Tang Xuanzong's Mount Tai riteNational Palace MuseumTE10111Tang dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsXu Hao, Patent of Office for Zhu JuchuanA Tang official's letter of appointmentNational Palace MuseumTE10213Tang dynasty, dated 648 · Calligraphy OriginalsGuo Quan, Sudassana VinayaA complete Tang sutra copy of 648Palace MuseumTE10216Southern Song dynasty, 1137 · Calligraphy OriginalsEmperor Gaozong of Song, Edict to Yue FeiAn emperor's own letter to Yue FeiNational Palace MuseumTE10231Late Shang dynasty · Oracle BonesInscribed Ox AstragalusA Shang record on a tiny ankle boneInstitute of History and Philology, Academia SinicaTE10508

Sub-types by dynasty

Where each sub-type's treasures fall across the dynasties; click an ink dot to open that sub-type at that dynasty.

Books & Documents · Sub-types by dynasty
ShangZhouQinHanThree KingdomsNorthern and SouthernSuiTangTen KingdomsSongYuanMingQing
Oracle Bones3
Bamboo Slips & Silk Texts10
Manuscripts42
Rare Printed Books28
Historical Maps3
Archives & Documents14
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