The Research Of Official Documents On Warring States Period To The Early Han Dynasty

Information on Bamboo Slips and Wooden Tablets has been found continually in recentyears, and many official documents of slips about the warring states period to the early HanDynasty have been left. All of those are important information on researching the officialdocuments and its operation of that period. The Official documents were mainly carried bybamboo slips and wooden slips and finally sealed after finishing writing. The officialdocuments can be divided into imperial edicts, official documents, record books, vouchers,"Qi Ju" documents and other categories. The operation of the official documents being issuedto the lower levels，high levels and between the rulers. Mail transfers and pavilions wereofficial documents transmission mechanism. The official document transfer time and safetyhave been required in slips by posting, walking, handing on and other ways. Governmentoffices, Book houses and other document management institutions were set, and the relatedstaffs are asked to sign after receiving the official documents. There were lots of rules havebeen made to punish related crime in the Slips, such as fabricating losing, transferringdocuments, sending anonymous letters in order to reach the purpose of maintaining themonarchy and the state power.By comparing the official documents about Chu Documents Writing and slips of thewarring states, we can see the differences of official dispatch and words from that of warringstates period to the early Han dynasty. Different time backgrounds and the inheritancerelationship between them are also different. Official treaties in slips have some things incommon as those in handed-down documents, and as well as being different. Thedevelopment of official documents and the system Official document system of the warringstates period to the early Han is conducive to the development of close political ties betweenthe regions, and to improve the efficiency of the government, at the same time, has afar-reaching influence on later generations.