“觚”与简牍时代的习字材料

"Gu"and the Times of Bamboo and Wooden Slips' Calligraphy Materials

我国从春秋末至汉魏之际盛行以简牍为文字载体，“觚”是简牍时代主要用于习字的特殊形制的木牍，它实际上就是被刮削成多面的棱柱形棒状木条。“觚”的取材相当灵活简易，可以是适当长度的小树干、较为粗大的树枝、长形树根乃至木材加工的边角料等，在写满字后可以括削掉反复利用，直到用尽。简牍时代除“觚”之外还存在多种习字材料和方式。

Bamboo and wooden slips is the carrier of written words from the late Spring and Autumn period to Han Wei in China. "Gu" which is a kind of special shape of the wooden slips is mainly used for calligraphy in the times of bamboo and wooden slips. It actually was scraped into a multi-faceted prismatic rod of wood. "Gu" can be drawn quite simple and flexible with the appropriate length of small tree trunks，branches relatively thick，long-shaped roots and even the wood processing scrap，etc.It can be cut off and reuse when it is filled with words，until exhausted. In addition，there are a variety of calligraphy materials and methods in the times.