The writing system of scribe Zhou: evidence from late pre-imperial Chinese manuscripts and inscriptions (5th-3rd centuries BCE) - volume 4

This volume investigates the nature of regional variation in the early Chinese writing system.

Based on palaeographical and phonological examinations, it proposes that all the late pre-imperial regional scripts (5th-3rd centuries BCE) derived from a kind of orthographic meta-system reflecting one spoken standard.

The conclusions of this book have further implications on reading and understanding manuscript texts in general.