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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
WASHINGTON, May 16 (Xinhua) — The Smithsonian Institution’s National Asian Art Museum on Friday formally returned two silk manuscripts from the Chu Dynasty from the Warring States period (475-221 B.C.), the Wuxing Ling and Gongshou Zhan (Zidanku Manuscripts), to the National Cultural Heritage Administration of the People’s Republic of China.
The ceremony of handing over the manuscripts took place at the Chinese Embassy in the United States in Washington.
These two manuscripts were stolen from a Chu-era tomb in Zidanku District, Changsha City, Hunan Province, central China, in 1942 and smuggled to the United States in 1946. They are currently the only known silk manuscripts from the Warring States period.
The Zidanku Manuscripts consist of three volumes. The Wuxing Ling and Gongshou Zhan are the second and third volumes, respectively. –0–