简介：MostoftheTsinghuaBambooSlips(TBS)textsdatefromtheWarringStatesperiodandtheyareeitherworksofthe(so-called)Classics(jing,經)orHistoricalbooks(shi,史).OneoftheTBStexts,whichfeaturesprominentlyinthecollectionasaparticularlywell-preservedpiece,isahistoricalworkin23chaptersand132bambooslips,whichhasbeenprovisionallytitledXinian繫年(‘Chronicles’).ThehistoricaleventsrecordedthereinrangefromtheperiodwhenKingWu(Wuwang,武王),thefounderoftheZhouDynasty,conqueredZhòu(紂)ofShang,totheearlyWarringStatesPeriod.TheeditedtextoftheXinianhasbeenpublishedinthesecondvolumeofthe‘BambooManuscriptsoftheWarringStatesPeriodintheTsinghuaUniversityCollection’(QinghuaDaxuecangZhanguozhujian清華大學藏戰國竹簡).1