Bamboo and Silk創刊啟事

　　Bamboo and Silk是由同行專家匿名評審的英文學術期刊，由武漢大學簡帛研究中心主持編輯，國際出版商Brill (博睿)出版發行，武漢大學陳偉教授、芝加哥大學Edward L.Shaughnessy（夏含夷）教授主編。
　　Bamboo and Silk以紙質與電子版本發行。第一期2017年10月面世，詳見：http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/24689246。
　　Bamboo and Silk關注中國先秦、秦漢、魏晉時期的出土簡帛文獻，主要涉及文字考釋、文本復原，簡帛文獻所見社會、政治、經濟、法律制度與思想、文化、語言等領城的探討，發表研究性論文、相關綜述及書評，反映中國簡帛文獻的最新發現與國際學界研究的最新進展。每年出版兩期，每期約180頁，以2006年創刊的中文《簡帛》集刊爲依托，選擇《簡帛》已刊中文文章翻譯成英文刊載，同時接受尚未發表過的英文文章直接投稿。
　　我們衷心希望得到海內外同行的支持，誠請海內外同行惠賜英文稿件。您可以提交稿件電子版至編輯部郵箱BambooandSilk@whu.edu.cn，也可以通過Brill的在綫投稿系統Editorial Manager（EM）提交稿件，地址是：http://www.editorialmanager.com/bsms/default.asp。
　　有關投稿的詳細信息，請參看《Bamboo and Silk作者指南》。咨詢刊物信息，請聯繫Brill的姜琴博士（郵箱higley@brill.com）；或查詢：www.brill.com/bsms。征訂刊物，請聯繫Brill期刊銷售客服部：brill@turpin-distribution.com，T: +44 (0)1767 604 954 (歐洲、中東、非洲和東亞)；或brillna@turpin-distribution.com， T: (844) 232 3707 (美國和加拿大)，T: +1 (860) 350 0041 (美洲)。

Bamboo and Silk作者指南

一、刊物範圍
Bamboo and Silk 是由同行專家評審的英文學術期刊，由武漢大學簡帛研究中心主持編輯，Brill出版。本刊關注中國先秦、秦漢、魏晉時期的出土簡帛文獻，主要涉及文字考釋、文本復原，簡帛文獻所見社會、政治、經濟、法律制度與思想、文化、語言及其他相關方面的研究，發表研究性論文、相關綜述與書評，反映中國簡帛文獻的最新發現與國際學界研究的最新進展。Bamboo and Silk 每年出版兩期，以2006年創刊的《簡帛》集刊爲依托，選擇《簡帛》已刊中文文章翻譯成英文刊載，同時接受尚未發表過的英文文章直接投稿。所有文章都經由同行專家匿名審查。

二、道德與法律條款
作者投稿本刊時，就意味著已經閱讀並同意遵守Brill的《道德與法律條款》，請參看brill.com/downloads/conditions.pdf。
 
三、投稿
Bamboo and Silk長年接受英文投稿。電子文稿請提交DOC（DOCX）和PDF兩種格式，發至編輯部投稿信箱BambooandSilk@whu.edu.cn。稿件正文與注釋中請勿包含與作者信息有關的內容。所提交稿件應包含兩個獨立文檔：（1）論文題目、作者姓名、工作或學習單位與通信地址、電子郵箱。（2）論文題目、中英文摘要（中文60-100字，英文50-70字）、中英文關鍵字（3-5個），以及論文正文。
自接到稿件之日起3日內通知作者收到文稿；30日內通知作者是否通過初審。通過初審的稿件將納入正式審查程序，三個月內通知作者審稿結果，通過審查的文稿可能會被要求作進一步修訂。
同一審稿周期內只受理同一作者的一篇來稿。請勿一稿多投。稿件體例、格式請遵從Bamboo and Silk《作者指南》（Instruction for Authors），同時儘量避免打印和引文錯誤。
 
四、在綫投稿
作者也可以通過在綫投稿系統Editorial Manager（EM）提交稿件，地址是：http://www.editorialmanager.com/bsms/default.aspx。首次使用需要註冊。打開網站點擊登錄功能表的“Register Now”，填寫需要的信息。
註冊後，選擇電子郵箱作爲您的首選聯繫方式。成功註冊後，您會收到一封含有您的用戶名和密碼的電子郵件。如果您忘記了用戶名和密碼，在登錄區點擊“Send Username/Password”，然後輸入您在註冊時所用姓、名和電子郵箱地址，密碼就會用電子郵件發到您的郵箱。
投稿前，建議閱讀本《作者指南》（Instruction for Authors）。通過網站投稿時，您會在逐步的指導下創建和上傳多種文件。所有的通信，包括編輯對修改的要求和最後的決定，都通過電子郵件進行。
修訂稿的上傳方式與初次投稿相同。系統會自動產生一個PDF格式的樣本，用於評審需要。
 
雙向匿名同行評審
Bamboo and Silk實行雙向匿名同行評審制度。通過EM系統投稿時，請單獨上傳一份包含稿件完整篇名、作者姓名和聯繫方式的文件。這份文件以及作者信息不會被透露給審稿人。其他文件（文稿、圖、表等）請勿包含有關作者姓名、單位等的任何信息。文件名和文件的信息也應該符合匿名評審的這一原則。

聯繫地址
如果有關於稿件的問題，請聯繫本刊編輯部BambooandSilk@whu.edu.cn。關於EM系統的問題，作者可以聯繫Brill的EM技術部門 em@brill.com。
 
五、投稿要求
語言
稿件請用英語書寫，標點、拼寫採用美式英文。
 
拼寫
本刊使用羅馬字母（即拉丁字母）。中文詞語和姓名用中文拼音。除引文外，同一詞語的拼寫要保持統一。
 
連字符
名詞不使用連字符，名詞之前綴以形容詞時通常使用連字符，中文拼音一般不使用連字符。例如：Xi Zhou（Western Zhou）; pre-Qin; Qing dynasty; Dong Han (Eastern Han)。
 
漢字
一般來說，漢字僅在某個詞語或名字第一次出現時標注於其後。原則上使用繁體字（即使是引用簡體字出版物）。在使用縮進格式引述成段中文文獻並且給出完整的英文譯文時,只需要寫出中文文獻和英語譯文（中文引文在上，譯文在下），無需標注拼音。请在漢字和羅馬字符之間加一個空格。
 
日文詞語和表達方式
日語中的長母音應在字母上面加短劃綫，例如：chūgoku；kenkyū。
 
字體
英文字體用Times New Roman，中文字體用Mingliu、PMingliu或SimSun（方正超大字符集）。日文字體用Mincho MS。正文字體用12號字，註腳字體用10號字。
中文和日文不使用斜體。
不要制作或用圖片代替字符集中已有的字。SimSun方正超大字符集擴展版包括很多生僻字，已超過7萬個統一中文字符。可參看unicode.org/charts/unihanrsindex.html。
古文字原形，請以圖片形式嵌入正文，並另外提供TIFF或JPEG格式的圖片。古文字原形圖片，要求達到600dpi的精度。
非統一編碼的字符，請用造字或描摹的方式，提供清晰、準確的圖片，以便統一造字。
 
六、稿件結構
本刊體例參照《芝加哥手冊》（the Chicago Manual of style,chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html)，具體包括以下內容：
Microsoft Word編輯，正文和註腳爲雙倍行距。
不用非常規的文字處理形式，比如底綫、交叉參考的命令等，但使用通用的功能比如斜體字、居中功能等。每個段落的開頭用Tab鍵縮進，不要用空白鍵縮進。成段的引文作爲一個整體縮進，並且在引文前後各留一行空白。
 
篇題
篇題之下寫明作者姓名（包括中文名），所屬單位、城市和電子郵箱。篇題後加上*號作爲第一個註腳：（1）如果是譯文，注明此前發表的信息；（2）相關研究項目和基金信息；（3）譯者的英、中文姓名。
 
標題
一級標題請用黑體字。標題的號碼要左對齊。
 
摘要和關鍵詞
中英文摘要：中文60-100字，英文50-70字。中英文關鍵詞3-5個。
 
數字和時間
起訖頁碼、年代的前後兩個數字之間用短劃綫連接。頁碼格式如下：

注意：有三位數字變化的四位數，必須寫出全部數字。如：1496-1504。
 
年代數字格式如下：
the war of 1914-18；the years 1597-1601
the winter of 1900-1901；fiscal year 1975-76
325-27 C.E.; 300-325 C.E.；327-325 B.C.E
注意本刊選擇用B.C.E.（公元前）和C.E.（公元）。
 
標題中的日期數字不能簡省，如：
An English Mission to Muscovy, 1589-1591
 
在位時間
標示古代統治者的在位時間時，先用拼音寫出統治者的名字，然後寫出漢字名，再在圓括號中注明時間，時間之前用“r”代表“reign”。例如：
King Huiwen of Qin 秦惠文王 (r. 337-311 B.C.E.)
 
參考文獻
注釋採用腳註，採用WORD默認的阿拉伯數字1、2、3等連續編號，置於正文的標點（如逗號、句號、引號等）之後。第一次引用時提供著作的完整信息，之後省略作者中文姓名漢字和出版信息（出版者的地點和名稱、年份等）。
引用同一期刊的多篇文章，在每篇第一次引用時提供完整出版信息，包括漢字。如果多次引用同一出版物，而作者或編者是某個機構，該機構名稱的拼音和漢字、篇題的漢字只在第一次引用時列出，之後省略。
參考文獻的中文文獻（包括香港、澳門和台灣），一般不使用書名號。如果題目上還包括其他文獻名（包括書、論文和出土文獻），則在其外加中文雙書名號“《》”。使用日語、韓語等非中文資料，使用其原本的論文號、書刊名號，如「  」、『』。
Wang Su 王素 and Song Shaohua 宋少華, “Changsha Wujian Lüshi yuan Pan Wanbai wei kaoshi li Xu Di ge yong yu mi shi shiwen buzheng” 長沙吳簡《錄事掾潘琬白爲考實吏許迪割用餘米事》釋文補正, Wenshi 文史, 2015.1, 279–282.
 
引用前文的注釋，格式是：See n. 16 above。
稿件最後附正文的參考文獻，標題爲“References”。參考文獻以作者姓氏字母排序，同一作者，以出版年份排序。
 
省略表述與縮略語
一般不使用省略表述和縮略語，如ibid（同上）、op. cit（同上）、SJZY（Shiji zheng yi《史記·正義》）。
 
著作
引用書籍的內容時，依次寫出作者、書名，然後在括弧內注明出版社所在地、出版社名稱以及出版年份，最後注明頁碼。例如：
Henan sheng wenwu yanjiusuo 河南省文物研究所, Xinyang Chu mu 信陽楚墓 (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1986), 102
Li Ling 李零, Changsha Zidanku Zhanguo Chu boshu yanjiu 長沙子彈庫戰國楚帛書研究 (Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1986).
Zhongguo Shehui kexueyuan Kaogu yanjiusuo中國社會科學院考古研究所 ed., Yinxu Huayuanzhuang dongdi jiagu 殷墟花園莊東地甲骨 (Kunming: Yunnan Renmin chubanshe, 2003).
Li Xueqin李學勤, “Kong Meng zhi jian yu Lao Zhuang zhi jian” 孔孟之間與老莊之間, in Li Xueqin 李學勤, Wenwu zhong de gu wenming文物中的古文明 (Beijing: Shangwu yinshuguan, 2008), 400–407.
 
簡牘帛書報告
引用簡（含牘）帛報告中的原始資料時，依次寫出作者、書名，然後在括弧內注明出版社所在地、出版社名稱以及出版時間，最後寫出頁碼、圖版號、簡號或帛書行號。例如：
Hubei sheng Jing Sha tielu kaogudui 湖北省荊沙鐵路考古隊, Baoshan Chu jian 包山楚簡 (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1991), 124, fig. 54.
Hunan sheng wenwu kaogu yanjiusuo 湖南省文物考古研究所, ed., Liye Qin jian里耶秦簡Vol.1 (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 2012), plate 16, slips 8-19.
 
期刊文章
引用期刊文章時，格式如下：
Qiu Xigui 裘錫圭, “Tantan Suixian Zenghou Yi mu de wenzi ziliao” 談談隨縣曾侯乙墓的文字資料, Wenwu 文物1979.7, 25-33.
Gao Ming 高明, “Lun Qiang pan mingwen zhong de Wei shi jiazu” 論牆盤銘文中的微氏家族, Kaogu 考古2013.3, 54-61.
Edward L. Shaughnessy, “An Overview of Western Sinologists’ Studies of Chinese Paleography” 西方漢學家中國古文字研究概要, Jianbo 簡帛9 (2014), 369-94.
Wang Kaibo王凱博, “Shanghai bowuguan cang zhanguo chuzhushu (jiu) yanjiu er ti” 上海博物館藏戰國楚竹書(九)研究二題, Zhongguo Wenzi 中國文字 (Xin 新) 41 (2015), 219-26.
Yang Hua 楊華, “Baoshan jian 155 hao suojian chudi sangzang zhidu” 包山簡155號所見楚地喪葬制度, Jianbo yanjiu 簡帛研究 (Qiudong Juan秋冬卷2015), 61-70.
 
引用刊物某一特殊刊號的文章時，依次寫出作者名、文章名、期刊名、卷號、期號和出版時間（寫在括弧中），最後是頁碼。例如：
Schuyler Cammann, “The ‘TLV’ Pattern on Cosmic Mirrors of the Han Dynasty,” Journal of the American Oriental Society 68.3-4 (1948), 159-67.
 
中文刊物名稱
引用中文刊物時，格式如下：
Chutu wenxian yanjiu 出土文獻研究
Guwenzi yanjiu古文字研究
Lishi yanjiu歷史研究
 
網络論文
引用網络論文時，格式如下：
Hsing I-tien邢義田, “Zailun Sanbianquan” 再論三辨券, Wuhan daxue Jianbo wang 武漢大學簡帛網, July 15, 2016, http://www.bsm.org.cn/show_article.php?id=2579.
Chen Jian 陳劍, “Wangji Fanyin jiaozi shiyi” 《妄稽》《反淫》校字拾遺, Fudan daxue Chutu Wenxian yu Guwenzi yanjiu zhongxin wang 復旦大學出土文獻與古文字研究中心網, July 04, 2016,http://www.gwz.fudan.edu.cn/Web/Show/2850.
 
引用傳世古籍的格式
下面是傳世古籍的標準名稱：
Chun qiu 春秋
Chu ci 楚辭
Daode jing 道德經
Du duan 獨斷
Gongyang 公羊
Guliang 榖梁
Guo yu 國語
Guanzi 管子
Han shu 漢書
Han Feizi 韓非子
Heguanzi 鶡冠子
Hou Han shu 後漢書
Huainanzi 淮南子
Huangdi neijing 黃帝內經
Huangdi sijing 黃帝四經
Lienü zhuan 列女傳
Lun heng 論衡
Lun yu 論語
Lüshi chunqiu 呂氏春秋
Mao shi 毛詩
Mengzi 孟子
Mu tianzi zhuan 穆天子傳
San guo zhi三國志
Shanhai jing zhushu 山海經注疏
Shang shu 尚書
Shang shu dazhuan 尚書大傳
Shangjun shu 商君書
Shi ji 史記
Shi jing 詩經
Shisan jing zhushu 十三經注疏
Shizi 尸子
Shu jing 書經
Shuijing zhu 水經注
Shuowen 說文
Shuowen jiezi 說文解字
Xunzi 荀子
Xunzi jijie 荀子集解
Yantie lun 鹽鐵論
Yanzi chunqiu 晏子春秋
Yi jing 易經
Yin Wenzi 尹文子
Zhanguo ce 戰國策
Zhou Yi 周易
引用現代版古籍時，首先寫出文獻名，然後括注出版信息（城市：出版社、年份），然後是英文逗號、卷數、句號和頁碼。如果一卷被分成上、中、下三部分，在卷號後加上A/B/C來表示。章節或段落的名稱寫在頁碼後面的括弧裡。如果引用某條注釋，寫在最後。例如：
Shi ji 史記 (Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1959), 28.1401.
Hou Han shu 後漢書 (Zhonghua shuju 1965), 60B.1980.
Ying Shao 應劭, Fengsu tongyi jiaoshi 風俗通義校釋, ed. Wu Shuping 吳樹平. (Tianjin: Tianjin renmin chubanshe, 1980), 10.366 (“Wu yue” 五嶽).
Lü Buwei 呂不韋, Lüshi chunqiu xin jiaoshi 呂氏春秋新校釋, ed. Chen Qiyou 陳奇猷 (Shanghai: Shanghai guji chubanshe, 2002), 2.98 (“Dang ran” 當染), n. 1.
引用舊式頁碼的文獻時，格式如下：
Guanzi 管子 (Sibu beiyao 四部備要 ed.), 15. 6a-b.
Yi li zhushu 儀禮注疏 (Shisan jing zhushu 十三經注疏 ed., 1815; rpt. Taipei: Yiwen yinshuguan, 1997), 28. 337-34. 407.
 
出土文獻的格式
出土文獻自題的篇名，以斜體、拼音表示，後面寫出漢字，如：
Zhou Wu Wang you ji Zhou Gong suo zi yi dai wang zhi zhi周武王有疾周公所自以代王之志
出土文獻原無篇名、由研究者擬名的，在篇名前加*號表示，後面寫出漢字，如：
*Xinian 繫年
 
圖片
圖片格式爲TIFF或JPEG。一般圖片必須達到300dpi以上的分辨率。彩色圖片在印刷時會轉化爲灰度的版本，作者要確保彩色圖片轉成灰度後不會降低其清晰度。作者要保證使用相關資料不會引起版權糾紛。
 
七、出版
校對
被採用的稿件，以電子郵件的方式發送PDF校樣給作者審校。作者有責任校對稿件，強烈建議使用Comment & Markup直接在校樣上記錄校訂的內容。這個階段只允許修改小的錯誤，替換原來的稿件會導致出版延誤，所以不被允許，除非作者願意承擔由此產生的費用。校樣不僅寄回Brill校樣編輯，也要寄回Bamboo and Silk編輯處。
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Scope

Bamboo and Silk is a peer-reviewed, academic journal in English published by Brill with editorship based at the Center of Bamboo and Silk Manuscripts of Wuhan University. The journal focuses on excavated bamboo and silk documents from China’s Pre-Qin, Qin, Han, and Wei-Jin periods with a main emphasis on paleography and textual editing and related research on society, politics, economy, legal system, ideology, culture, language habits, among other topics. The journal publishes research articles on bamboo and silk documents, related syntheses, and book reviews, all of which reflect the most recent discoveries of Chinese bamboo and silk documents and the most recent developments in the international academic community in the field.  Bamboo and Silk, published twice a year, has been formed on the basis of the Chinese publication Jianbo 簡帛, which started in 2006. Some articles in Bamboo and Silk will be Chinese-to-English translations of selected articles previously published in Jianbo簡帛. Previously unpublished English language submissions are also welcome. All articles are subject to anonymous peer review.
 
Ethical and Legal Conditions
 
Please note that submission of an article for publication in any of Brill’s journals implies that you have read and agreed to Brill’s Ethical and Legal Conditions. The Ethical and Legal Conditions can be found here: brill.com/downloads/conditions.pdf.

Submission

Bamboo and Silk welcomes English language submissions throughout the year. To deliver submissions by e-mail, please send manuscripts in both DOC (DOCX) and PDF electronic formats to BambooandSilk@whu.edu.cn. Please do not include any information about the author in the text and/or notes of the manuscript. Therefore, in submitting the manuscript, please provide the content in the two separate documents:
(1) the title of the paper, the author's full name, work or study unit, and contact information.
(2) the title of the paper, Chinese and English abstracts (60-100 Chinese characters, 50-70 English words), Chinese and English keywords (3-5), the paper itself. 

Online Submission
 
Authors may also submit their manuscript online via the Editorial Manager (EM) online submission system at: editorialmanager.com/bsms. First-time users of EM need to register first. Go to the website and click on the “Register Now” link in the login menu. Enter the information requested.
When you register, select e-mail as your preferred method of contact. Upon successful registration, you will receive an e-mail message containing your Username and Password. If you should forget your Username and Password, click on the “Send Username/Password” link in the login section, and enter your first name, last name and email address exactly as you had entered it when you registered. Your access codes will then be e-mailed to you.
Prior to submission, authors are encouraged to read the ‘Instructions for Authors’. When submitting via the website, you will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of the various files.
A revised document is uploaded the same way as the initial submission. The system automatically generates an electronic (PDF) proof, which is then used for reviewing purposes. All correspondence, including the editor’s request for revision and final decision, is sent by e-mail.
The author should expect to receive a notification within 3 days of the submission, and an answer within 30 days of whether or not the submission has passed the preliminary evaluation stage. Once through the preliminary evaluation, the submission will enter the formal review process. The author shall be notified of the review results within 90 days, and those submissions that pass the review might be advised to make revisions.
Bamboo and Silk only accepts one article at a time by the same author. Kindly do not submit the same article to two separate journals. Please use this Bamboo and Silk Instructions for Authors for submission guidelines and best practices. Make every effort to avoid typos and incorrect citations.
 
Double-blinded Peer Review
Bamboo and Silk uses a double-blind peer review system, which means that manuscript author(s) do not know who the reviewers are, and that reviewers do not know the names of the author(s). When you submit your article via Editorial Manager, you will be asked to submit a separate title page which includes the full title of the manuscript plus the names and complete contact details of all authors. This page as well as biographical details will not be accessible to the referees. All other files (manuscript, figures, tables, etc.) should not contain any information concerning author names, institutions, etc. The names of these files and the document properties should also be anonymized.

Contact Address
For any questions or problems relating to your manuscript please contact the Editors at: BambooandSilk@whu.edu.cn For eventual questions about Editorial Manager, authors can also contact the Brill EM Support Department at: em@brill.com.

Submission Requirements

Language
Manuscripts should be written in English. Spelling (American) should be consistent throughout.

Spelling
This publication uses the Roman alphabet (i.e., the Latin alphabet). As such, use Chinese pinyin for Chinese words and names. Citations aside, the spelling of the same word should be consistent throughout the document.
 
Hyphens
Nouns do not use hyphens, while adjectives preceding nouns usually do. Hyphens are typically not used in Chinese pinyin spelling. Some examples are: Xi Zhou (i.e. Western Zhou), pre-Qin; Qing dynasty; Dong Han (i.e. Eastern Han).
 
Chinese Characters
Generally speaking, Chinese characters are only used to mark the first appearance of a word or name. In principle, please use traditional Chinese characters, even for manuscripts originally published in simplified Chinese. When indenting to cite a complete passage in Chinese, only provide Chinese text and English translation (Chinese above with the English translation below it). No pinyin is needed. Please add a space between Chinese characters and Roman script.
 
Japanese Words and Expressions
Japanese words with long vowels should be marked with a short line above the letter, for example: chūgoku; kenkyū.
 
Font
Use Times New Roman font for English, MingLiu, PMingLiu or SimSun (Founder Extended) font for Chinese, and Mincho MS font for Japanese. The text size is 12 points, footnotes 10 point.
Do not italicize Chinese and Japanese characters.
Do not create characters or use pictures for characters already in Unicode. Fonts such as SimSun Founder Extended (宋體—方正超大字符集) feature multiple extensions which include many rare characters. Including extended characters, there are now more than 70,000 encoded Chinese characters; refer to unicode.org/charts/unihanrsindex.html.
For characters not in Unicode, to use primary character forms cut out from an original document, in addition to embedding the images directly into the essay, please also be sure to provide each image in a separate file in .tif or .jpg. The resolution for these types of images should be at least 600 d.p.i. For characters not found in Unicode, please either create or trace the character with a computer program and provide a clear and accurate image, to be consistent with other characters.
 
Manuscript Structure
 
Formatting and style requirements are based on The Chicago Manual of Style chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html.
Use Microsoft Word Editor. Double space text and footnotes.
Do not use non-conventional word processing forms, such as underline, cross reference command, and so on, but please use common functions such as italics, centering function, etc. Indent every new paragraph once using the TAB key, do not manually add spaces with the spacebar. Indent block quotes as a whole, and leave an empty line before and after the block quote.

Title
Underneath the title write name (including Chinese name), institutional affiliation and city, and email address.  After the name add an asterisk * as first footnote. In the footnote provide 1) details of the original publication in the case of translated pieces, 2) information on the project funding of the research where relevant, 3) the name of the translator. Names should be given in both English and Chinese.
 
Headings
The text may be broken by headings to facilitate reading. Please use boldface for first-level headings. All heading numbers should be set flush left.
 
Abstract and Keywords
Authors should submit Chinese and English abstracts (60-100 Chinese characters, 50-70 English words), and Chinese and English keywords (3-5). 

Numbers and Time
Use a dash between beginning and ending page and year numbers. The page number format is as follows:
 

 
Note: Write the complete number when the last three digits of a four-digit number change. For instance: 1496-1504.
 
The format for year date numbers is as follows:
·the war of 1914-18; the years 1597-1601
·the winter of 1900-1901; fiscal year 1975-76
·325-27 C.E.; 300-325 C.E.; 327-325 B.C.E.
Note: The journal uses B.C.E. (公元前) and C.E.(公元).
 
Year dates in a title should not be omitted, for instance:
An English Mission to Muscovy, 1589-1591

Reign Lengths
When noting the reign length of an ancient ruler, first write the person’s name in pinyin, and then write the corresponding Chinese character(s), with the reign years marked in parentheses and preceded by an “r” for “reign.” For instance:
King Huiwen of Qin秦惠文王 (r. 337-311 B.C.E.)

References
Please use footnotes, and write out the complete information for all works cited. Footnotes should be numbered consecutively throughout the essay using WORD default Arabic numbers 1, 2, 3, and so on, and be placed after a complete grammatical unit of punctuation (e.g., comma, period, quotation marks, etc.).
Complete bibliographic information should only be provided at the first instance. Thereafter omit the author’s name in Chinese characters and the publication information (publisher’s location and name, year, etc.).
If referencing multiple articles from the same journal or periodical, provide complete publication information with Chinese characters at each first instance. If referencing the same source publication multiple times, and where the author or editor is an institution, the institution’s name in pinyin and Chinese characters, and the Characters for the title are omitted after the first citation.
In referencing Chinese language (including Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan) materials do not use Chinese quotation marks. Only when the reference incorporates another title of a book or text within its title use the following quotation marks for books, articles and manuscript texts:《》. For non-Chinese (i.e. Japanese, Korean, etc,) language materials use the quotations marks used in the original publication, such as: 「」,『』).
Wang Su 王素 and Song Shaohua 宋少華, “Changsha Wujian Lüshi yuan Pan Wanbai wei kaoshi li Xu Di ge yong yu mi shi shiwen buzheng” 長沙吳簡《錄事掾潘琬白爲考實吏許迪割用餘米事》釋文補正, Wenshi 文史, 2015.1, 279–282.
 
When referencing an earlier annotation, the form is: See n. 16 above.
List all items alphabetically by author and, within author, by year of publication, at the end of the manuscript, entitled “References.”

Ellipsis and Abbreviations
In general, do not use ellipsis and abbreviations, such as ibid (同上), op. cit.  (同上), SJZY (for Shi ji zheng yi史記正義).
 
Books
When referencing a book, write the author and title (City: Publisher, year), followed by the relevant page number(s).
Henan sheng wenwu yanjiusuo 河南省文物研究所, Xinyang Chu mu 信陽楚墓 (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1986), 102.
Li Ling 李零, Changsha Zidanku Zhanguo Chu boshu yanjiu 長沙子彈庫戰國楚帛書研究 (Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1986).
Zhongguo Shehui kexueyuan Kaogu yanjiusuo中國社會科學院考古研究所ed., Yinxu Huayuanzhuang dongdi jiagu 殷墟花園莊東地甲骨 (Kunming: Yunnan Renmin chubanshe, 2003).
Li Xueqin李學勤, “Kong Meng zhi jian yu Lao Zhuang zhi jian” 孔孟之間與老莊之間, in Li Xueqin 李學勤, Wenwu zhong de gu wenming文物中的古文明 (Beijing: Shangwu yinshuguan, 2008), 400–407.
 
 
Slips including Boards and Silk
When referencing slips (including boards) and silk in a report, first write the author(s) and the title of the book, then in parenthesis write the place of publication, name of publisher, and date, followed by the page, figure, plate, slip, or line (for silk manuscript) number(s) out of parentheses.
Hubei sheng Jing Sha tielu kaogudui 湖北省荊沙鐵路考古隊, Baoshan Chu jian 包山楚簡 (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1991),124, fig. 54.
Hunan sheng wenwu kaogu yanjiusuo 湖南省文物考古研究所 ed., Liye Qin jian里耶秦簡, Vol.1 (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 2012), plate 16, slips 8-19.

Journal Articles
When referencing an article in a periodical, the form is as follows:
Qiu Xigui 裘錫圭, “Tantan Suixian Zenghou Yi mu de wenzi ziliao” 談談隨縣曾侯乙墓的文字資料, Wenwu 文物1979.7, 25-33.
Gao Ming 高明, “Lun Qiang pan mingwen zhong de Wei shi jiazu” 論牆盤銘文中的微氏家族, Kaogu 考古2013.3, 54-61.
Xia Hanyi 夏含夷 (Edward L. Shaughnessy), “Xifang Hanxuejia Zhongguo guwenzi yanjiu gaiyao” 西方漢學家中國古文字研究概要, Jianbo 簡帛9 (2014), 369-94.
Wang Kaibo王凱博, “Shanghai bowuguan cang zhanguo chuzhushu (jiu) yanjiu er ti” 《上海博物館藏戰國楚竹書(九) 》研究二題, Zhongguo Wenzi 中國文字 (Xin 新) 41 (2015), 219-26.
Yang Hua 楊華, “Baoshan jian 155 hao suojian chudi sangzang zhidu” 包山簡155號所見楚地喪葬制度, Jianbo yanjiu 簡帛研究 (Qiudong Juan秋冬卷2015), 61-70.
 
When referencing an article in a particular issue of a publication, write the name of the author, the name of the essay, the name of the journal, volume and issue numbers with publication year (in parentheses), followed by the page number.
Schuyler Cammann, “The ‘TLV’ Pattern on Cosmic Mirrors of the Han Dynasty,” Journal of the American Oriental Society 68.3-4 (1948), 159-67.
 
Name Formatting for Chinese Language Periodicals
Chutu wenxian yanjiu 出土文獻研究
Guwenzi yanjiu 古文字研究
Lishi yanjiu 歷史研究

Essays on Websites
Hsing I-tien邢義田, “Zailun Sanbianquan” 再論三辨券,Wuhan daxue Jianbo wang 武漢大學簡帛網, July 15, 2016, http://www.bsm.org.cn/show_article.php?id=2579.
Chen Jian 陳劍, “Wangji, Fanyin jiaozi shiyi” 《妄稽》《反淫》校字拾遺, Fudan daxue Chutu Wenxian yu Guwenzi yanjiu zhongxin wang 復旦大學出土文獻與古文字研究中心網, July 04, 2016,
http://www.gwz.fudan.edu.cn/src="/article_pics/pic18/181116/01/image format is TIFF or JPEG. In general, the resolution of an image must be at least 300 d.p.i. Color images, when printed, convert to grayscale versions, so the author needs to ensure that the converted color image will not lose resolution. Authors should ensure that the use of relevant data does not cause copyright disputes.
 
Citing Transmitted Literature
Standard spellings for the following received classics are as follows:
Chun qiu 春秋
Chu ci 楚辭
Daode jing 道德經
Du duan 獨斷
Gongyang 公羊
Guliang 榖梁
Guo yu 國語
Guanzi 管子
Han shu 漢書
Han Feizi 韓非子
Heguanzi 鶡冠子
Hou Han shu 後漢書
Huainanzi 淮南子
Huangdi neijing 黃帝內經
Huangdi sijing 黃帝四經
Lienü zhuan 列女傳
Lun heng 論衡
Lun yu 論語
Lüshi chunqiu 呂氏春秋
Mao shi 毛詩
Mengzi 孟子
Mu tianzi zhuan 穆天子傳
San guo zhi三國志
Shanhai jing zhushu 山海經注疏
Shang shu 尚書
Shang shu dazhuan 尚書大傳
Shangjun shu 商君書
Shi ji 史記
Shi jing 詩經
Shisan jing zhushu 十三經注疏
Shizi 尸子
Shu jing 書經
Shuijing zhu 水經注
Shuowen 說文
Shuowen jiezi 說文解字
Xunzi 荀子
Xunzi jijie 荀子集解
Yantie lun 鹽鐵論
Yanzi chunqiu 晏子春秋
Yi jing 易經
Yin Wenzi 尹文子
Zhanguo ce 戰國策
Zhou Yi 周易

When citing a modern edition of a classical work, write the title of the text followed in parenthesis by the publishing information (City: Publisher, year), followed by a comma, the volume number (卷號), a full stop, and the page number(s). When a volume is divided into upper/middle/lower sections, this is indicated by A/B/C after the volume number. The name of a specific chapter or section can be written after the page number in parenthesis. Citation of specific annotations is cited at the end. Some examples are:
Shi ji史記 (Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1959), 28.1401.
Hou Han shu後漢書 (Zhonghua shuju 1965), 60B.1980.
Ying Shao 應劭, Fengsu tongyi jiaoshi風俗通義校釋, ed. Wu Shuping 吳樹平. (Tianjin: Tianjin renmin chubanshe, 1980), 10.366 (“Wu yue” 五嶽).
Lü Buwei 呂不韋, Lüshi chunqiu xin jiaoshi呂氏春秋新校釋, ed. Chen Qiyou 陳奇猷 (Shanghai: Shanghai guji chubanshe, 2002), 2.98 (“Dang ran” 當染), n. 1.

When citing a traditional style page number in a classical work, the form is as follows:
Guanzi 管子 (Sibu beiyao 四部備要 ed.), 15.6a-b.
Yi li zhushu 儀禮注疏 (Shisan jing zhushu 十三經注疏ed., 1815; rpt. Taipei: Yiwen yinshuguan, 1997), 28.337-34.407.

Citing Excavated Texts

(1) Titles present on the manuscript itself are spelled in italics, followed by Chinese characters as follows:
Zhou Wu Wang you ji Zhou Gong suo zi yi dai wang zhi zhi 周武王有疾周公所自以代王之志

(2) Titles not present on the manuscript itself but added by researchers should be in italics and preceded by an asterisk *, followed by Chinese characters, as in the following example:
*Xinian 繫年

Figures
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