Liu Zhao 劉釗

Head of the Center for Research on Chinese Excavated Classics and Paleography
Fudan University (Shanghai)

Short Biography

Liu Zhao is director of the Center for Research on Chinese Excavated Classics and Paleography (chutu wenxian yu guwenzi yanjiu zhongxin 出土文献与古文字研究中心) at Fudan University (Shanghai). In his research, he deals with Chinese paleography, especially bamboo and silk manuscripts, as well as with Classical Chinese and Shang and Zhou period archaeology.

Selected Publications

  • Liu Zhao 劉釗. Gu wenzi gouxingxue 古文字構形學 [Composition and Form of Ancient Chinese Characters]. Fuzhou: Fujian People's Publishing House, 2011.
  • Liu Zhao. Gu wenzi kao shi cong gao 古文字考釋叢稿 [Anthology of Articles Published on the Study and Transcription of Ancient Chinese Characters]. Changsha: Yuelu Press, 2005.
  • Liu Zhao. Guodian Chu jian jiao shi 郭店楚簡校釋 [Annotated Transcriptions of the Guodian Chu Manuscripts]. Fuzhou: Fujian People's Publishing House, 2005.
  • Liu Zhao. Chutu jian bo wenzi cong kao 出土簡帛文字叢考 [Anthology of Studies of Characters in Excavated Bamboo and Silk Manuscripts]. Taipei: Taiwan Shufang, 2004.