[aristeides]

How would bamboo slips survive 2,000 years? I don't think Hunan has anything like a desert climate, does it?

[blam]

Climatic Features: subtropical, humid, monsoon climate; short winters with low temperatures in the south and the northwestern mountains; frequent rainstorms between spring and summer; droughts from summer to autumn

Average Temperature: 1,250 - 1,750 mm; high precipitation on the seaward side of mountains; 40 percent of the rain falls from April to June

Physical Features: mountains and hills cover 80 percent of the province; a small plain surrounds Dongting Lake in the central north

Mountains: Wuling Mountains in the northwest; Xuefeng Mountains in the central west; Luoxiao Mountains in the east; Nanting Mountains in the south

Rivers: Xiangjiang, Yuanjiang, Zishui, Lishui Rivers and Yangtze River

Lakes: Dongting and Datong Lakes

[Willie Green]

How would bamboo slips survive 2,000 years?

I dunno, but maybe someone should research making hard drives out of bamboo.

[aruanan]

How would bamboo slips survive 2,000 years? I don't think Hunan has anything like a desert climate, does it?

If chitin with original pigmentation can survive for millions of years, there wouldn't be any problem with bamboo. Besides, there's lots of stuff from all around the world that has survived 2000 years.