Caoshu script has three categories : zhangcao , jincao and kuangcao . wood slips written in zhangcao script 草书主要有章草、今草和狂草3种。图为用章草书写的汉木简。
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Slips of bamboo and wood are the most commonly used material for writing . bamboo slips of chu , warring states 竹、木简牍是纸发明前最主要的书写材料。图为战国楚竹简。
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Before the invention of paper , official documents were written on bamboo or wooden slips and sealed with clay 纸发明前，人们用竹木简牍书写公文信件，然后用泥封缄，在泥上加盖印章，叫作“封泥” 。
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With the emergence of other specialized tools like brushes , knives began to serve as “ erasers ” to scratch off mistakes 毛笔等专门的书写工具出现后，刀不再用于写字，而是用于刮掉人们写在竹、木简上的错字，其作用就像今天的橡皮。
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With the emergence of other specialized tools like brushes , knives began to serve as “ erasers ” to scratch off mistakes 后来，毛笔等专门的书写工具出现了，刀不再用于写字，而是用于刮掉人们写在竹、木简上的错字，其作用就像今天小学生使用的橡皮。
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This paper elucidated , from the angle of the development history of our country ' s books , about the enormous and inestimable influence of the bamboo inscription in the respects of our country ' s chinese literal development , origination of many vocabulary 、 calligraphic ways and book system formation 、 and of the preservation for ancient cultural relics and so on 摘要本文从我国书籍发展史的角度，论述了竹木简牍对我国汉字的发展、词汇的产生、书写形式及书籍制度的形成、古代文化遗产的保存等方面所产生的巨大的、不可估量的影响。
