A Study Of Unearthed Petit Sigillaires Of Qin-Han ERA In Recent Four Decades

The thesis collected unearthed petit sigillaires of Qin-Han era which reported in Periodicals including Archiaeology, Cultural Relics, Relics and Museolgy, Acta Archaeological Sinica, Huaxia Archaeology, Jianghan Archaeology, Relics from South, Southeast Culture, Cultural Relics of Central China, Northern Cultural Relics, Archaeology and Cultural Relics, Journal of National Museum of China, Journal of Northwest University(Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), Hunan Archaeology since 1972 and obtained 830 head words which have more than 4000 variant shapes by virtue of computer. Each variant shape was designated its source, carriers and age before it was compiled into Collection of Petit Sigillaires in Qin-Han Era. It compared font styles among unearthed petit sigillaires of Qin era, petit sigillaires of Han era and their counterparts in Shuowenjiezi (说文解字) from individual and overall levels. Two conclutions were made in the thesis. Firstly, although about ten percent Han petit sigillaires are different from Qin, Han petit sigillaire is undoubtedly successor of Qin in general.Secondly, almost half petit sigillaires in Shuowenjiezi differ from their unearthed counterparts in Qin-Han era, but the difference is so limited that scholors can study ancient Chinese character by virtue of Shuowenjiezi.Apart from the introduction and two informative appendices, the text goes in three parts. Chapter one has a talk of comparing among unearthed petit sigillaires of Qin and Han era and their counterparts in Shuowenjiezi. Chapter two studied 30 special petit sigillaires in Shuowenjiezi by researching their evolution process. Chapter three is Collection of Petit Sigillaires in Qin-Han Era.