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从香港文物市场辗转归来的竹简，到今日清华大学修复保存的《清华简》，一座被遗忘的上古档案室重新开启。它们不是沉默的遗物，而是活着的记录——在竹上改写了楚人眼中的周史，也为楚国正名。在这间“上古档案室”里，历史被一片片拼回，记忆也在手指的触碰中复原。From the fragments once circulated through the Hong Kong antiquities market to the restored bamboo slips now preserved at Tsinghua University, the Tsinghua Chu Slips reopen an ancient archive once thought lost. They are not silent relics but living records—rewriting how the Chu people viewed the Zhou world and themselves. In the “Ancient Archive Room,” history is pieced together strip by strip, revealing a civilization’s effort to reclaim its name and its memory.

在楚地的泥土里，出土了一座没有屋顶的书店。墓主是一位爱读书的楚国士人，他把八百余枚竹简当作书架，将《太一生水》《五行》《老子》并列陈放。这里写着宇宙的生成，也描着修身的路径；水与德行、太一与仁义，在竹间交织成两千年前的思想森林。《郭店楚简》让思想重新生长，像春水，从竹简的纹理里缓缓流出。From the soil of ancient Chu emerged a bookstore without a roof. Its owner, a learned shi of the Chu state, arranged over 800 bamboo slips like shelves—placing Taiyi Sheng Shui, Wuxing, and Laozi side by side. Here the creation of the cosmos meets the practice of self-cultivation; water and virtue, the cosmos and humanity, intertwine into a forest of thought still alive after two millennia. The Guodian slips let philosophy breathe again—like spring water flowing through the grain of bamboo.

出土于湖北荆门包山的楚简，既是法的刻痕，也是魂的笔记。白日的楚人用律法维持秩序，夜晚的楚人以卜筮祈求庇佑；理性与神秘在同一根竹上并行，如两条永不交错的铁轨，在时间深处映照出一个文明对秩序的双重信仰。Unearthed at Baoshan in Jingmen, Hubei, the Chu bamboo slips record both the marks of law and the notes of the soul. By day, the people of Chu upheld order through legal codes; by night, they sought protection through divination. Rationality and mystery run side by side on the same bamboo line—two tracks that never cross, yet together reflect a civilization’s enduring faith in order across time.

在湖北武汉江夏丁家咀与荆州江陵望山，两批楚简出土地点相隔百里，却都写下了相同的心愿：愿神听见，愿命延长。一方是为“亲父”所设的家祭文书，一方是贵族悼固写给五位先王的求问书信。当它们被同时读起，像两封从战国寄出的信，一封写给家族祖灵，一封写给历史长河，而我们，是两千年后，在信箱前拆信的后人。In Wuhan’s Jiangxia (Dingjiazui) and Jingzhou’s Jiangling (Wangshan) in Hubei, two sets of Chu bamboo slips were unearthed, separated by a hundred li of land, yet echoing the same wish: May the spirits hear, may life be prolonged. One was a private prayer to a “dear father”; the other, a formal petition to five ancestral kings. Read together, they feel like two letters sent from the Warring States era — one addressed to a family spirit, the other to the long river of history. And we, two thousand years later, are the descendants standing before the mailbox, opening them one by one.

在楚国中层权力结构中，有一位叫“番胜”的封君，数次走进卜筮间，留下三道令人焦虑的问题——这个月侍奉楚王是否顺利？这场病会不会恶化？新宅能不能长久居住？他不是迷信，而是慎重评估一切变量，进行权力中的高压决策。天星观楚简，记录了一位战国精英的“风险控管日志”，也让我们看见：当年的贵族，就像今天的CEO，也需要一个“解忧事务所”。In the mid-tier power structure of the Chu state, there was a nobleman named Fan Sheng. He stepped into the divination chamber more than once, each time bringing a question shaped by deep anxiety: — Would his service to the King run smoothly this month? — Would his illness worsen, or pass? — Could his new residence truly become a long-term home? This was not superstition. It was a careful evaluation of shifting variables—power-bound decisions made under pressure. The Tianxingguan bamboo slips preserve his “risk management log”, showing us that even in the Warring States era, aristocrats—like today’s CEOs—needed a place to confront uncertainty. A Disquiet Affairs Office, where power meets precaution.

从九店楚简的日书出发，把“黄历小铺”作为楚人日常的时间指南：记录节令、宜忌与行止。以出土竹简为本，温柔讨论战国楚地的生活秩序与时间观。From the Daybook manuscripts among the Jiudian Chu bamboo slips, this “almanac shop” explores how the people of Warring States Chu recorded seasons, taboos, and daily conduct. Grounded in excavated texts, it reflects on the gentle rhythm of order in ancient life.