Warring States–period manuscript

C53766
concept

A Warring States–period manuscript is an ancient Chinese written document, typically inscribed on bamboo or silk between the 5th and 3rd centuries BCE, that preserves contemporary philosophical, political, legal, or literary texts from the era of competing states before imperial unification.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Warring States–period manuscript canonical 1
early Chinese text 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Warring States–period manuscript
Generated description
A Warring States–period manuscript is an ancient Chinese written document, typically inscribed on bamboo or silk between the 5th and 3rd centuries BCE, that preserves contemporary philosophical, political, legal, or literary texts from the era of competing states before imperial unification.

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
Tsinghua bamboo slips
Cangjiepian (traditionally attributed) early Chinese text