The many purposes and functions of ancient manuscripts from early 2nd-century BC China

New book by Luke Waring: Writing and Materiality in Ancient China:  The Textual Culture of the Mawangdui Tombs (Columbia University Press, December 2025) Publisher's description: Excavations at the famous Mawangdui tomb site in south-central China (early to mid-second century BCE) have unearthed many kinds of writing, including documents made of silk, wood, and bamboo as […]