Bamboo slips are mostly bamboo pieces, each piece writes a line, and all the bamboo pieces of an article are woven together, which is called "bamboo slips". This is the earliest book form in ancient China, and the wood chips used for writing characters are called wooden slips, which are mostly used for writing short articles.

Bamboo slips are the main materials for ancient China ancestors to write books, documents and other text carriers before the invention of paper, and they are one of the oldest books in China. Bamboo slips appeared almost at the same time as Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Jinwen, and it was the most popular period from the Spring and Autumn Period to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. After the invention of paper, bamboo slips and paper went hand in hand for hundreds of years, and it was not until Heng Xuan ordered it at the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty that the bamboo slip system ended.

The influence of bamboo slips:

Bamboo slips are the longest-used book form in the history of China, the main writing tool before the invention of papermaking and the popularization of paper, the cultural preservation and communication medium determined by our ancestors after repeated comparisons and difficult choices, and an important revolution in the history of media.

For the first time, the characters were liberated from the small circle at the top of society and strode towards a broader society, which was magnificent. Therefore, bamboo slips have played a vital role in the spread of China culture. It is precisely because of its appearance that a hundred schools of thought contend, and the ideology and culture of celebrities such as Confucius and Laozi have been passed down to this day.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Bamboo Slips