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The image is of relatively recent object, from a period long after (1500 years after!) bamboo/wooden slips ceased to be used for writing on a regular basis, and long after the date of the "Art of War" text. This is therefore a misleading image to use for this article. It's a bit like using a 17th or 18th century classical building to illustrate an article on Greek or Roman architecture. File:TaiYiShengShui1.jpg would be a better choice, since it does actually show real Warring States period slips, with a contemporary text on them. It is a not an especially attractive image, though. Can anyone improve on it? TheNothingNihilates (talk) 17:46, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps the ideal solution would be to upload an entirely new image at Wikimedia Commons. However, most 3D images found on the web or in books (i.e. which you can scan) have copyrights. Perhaps an ancient scroll is featured in a museum somewhere, where someone can take a picture and upload it with a free GDFL license. That's the only way I can think of where we can get an appropriate image.--Pericles of Athens^Talk 19:18, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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To add to article

Basic information to add to this article: which types (species) of wood were used to make wooden slips. Was it pine, willow, and poplar? 98.123.38.211 (talk) 03:32, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bamboo, and wood. I am not sure whether the wood is consistently identified - I have seen it in some excavation reports only. Madpoli (talk) 18:34, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Terminology

In reply to "slip is the common terminology used in English language sources, please do not change it" Yes, "slip" is the common term used. This does not mean it's correct. "Strip" is what identifies a "long, narrow piece of cloth, paper, plastic or other material" OED. "Slip" does not have this meaning. Madpoli (talk) 18:33, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]