Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, volume 490 Education, Language and Inter-cultural Communication (ELIC 2020) An Overview of the Study of Interpretations on Bamboo Slips From Caifengqumu, Zhaowanghuishi & Zhaowangyugongzhitun, Jiandawangbohan in Shangbo Bamboo Slips (IV) Yanmei Zhang1,* Shaofang Wu1 1School of Foreign Languages, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China *Corresponding author. Email:
[email protected] ABSTRACT There are 9 bamboo books in the Warring States period in Shanghai Museum, which are precious historical materials for studying the characters and culture of Chu in the pre-Qin period. Since its discovery, experts and scholars have been studying it. In this paper, there are four aspects closely related to the study of interpretation, i.e. the compilation and connection of bamboo slips, the interpretation of words and sentences, the translation of interpretation, cultural background, etc. A comprehensive review of relevant studies on three bamboo slips in volume 4, i.e. Caifengqumu, Zhaowanghuishi, Jiandawangbohan, inside and outside China is conducted in this paper. Keywords: Shangbo bamboo slips (IV), Caifengqumu, Zhaowanghuishi, Jiandawangbohan There are only 6 bamboo slips in Caifengqumu, I. INTRODUCTION which is a series of songs catalogues compiled by the Chu bamboo scripts appeared in Hong Kong music officials of Chu state. There are 39 pieces of cultural relics market in 1994 which was collected by repertoires, which are classified and marked by 4 Shanghai Museum. The time and place of its excavation famous tune names of Gong, Shang, Zhi and Yu, have not been confirmed. It is said that it came from making oral literature and folk song tunes spread for a Hubei, China.