Chu Silk Manuscript

The Chu Silk Manuscript (simplified Chinese:楚帛书; traditional Chinese:楚帛書; pinyin:Chǔ Bóshū; Wade–Giles:Ch'u Po-shu), also known as the Chu Silk Manuscript from Zidanku in Changsha (simplified Chinese:长沙子弹库楚帛书; traditional Chinese:長沙子彈庫楚帛書; pinyin:Chángshā Zǐdànkù Chǔ Bóshū; Wade–Giles:Ch'ang-sha Tzu-tan-k'u Ch'u Po-shu), is a Chinese astrological and astronomical text. It was discovered in a (ca. 300 BCE) Warring States period tomb from the southern Chinese state of Chu.