The Writing Materials Wood, Bamboo, Silk and Paper in Ancient China
(B09)
Subject Area
Asian Studies
Term
from 2015 to 2023
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 178035969
The project reconstructs practices or patterns of use relating to ancient and medieval Chinese manuscripts and investigates in particular the influence the materiality of different writing materials (wood, bamboo, silk, paper) had on the formation and change of these practices and patterns. During the upcoming period, the project will focus on the ways in which technical knowledge – astrological, arithmetic and medical, among others – was organized in manuscripts, how they were used and what differences can be detected in manuscripts of antiquity, late antiquity and the middle ages.
DFG Programme
Collaborative Research Centres
