NotlongaftertheofficialpublicationoftheGuodianChumuzhujian郭店楚墓竹簡,bambootextsexcavatedfromtheburialgroundsoftheChucapitaldatingbacktotheWarringStatesperiod戰國時代havebeenandwillcontinuetobepublishedintheformofaseriesofbooksentitledShanghaibowuguancangZhanguoChuzhushu(vol.1-vol.6)上海博物館藏戰國楚竹書（冊一至冊六）(Shanghai:Shanghaigujichubanshe,2001-).AccordingtoMaChengyuan馬承源,Editoroftheseries,theseslipstotaled1,200piecesandfeaturedover35,000characters,andmostoftheancienttextsinscribedthereonarerareandofgreatvalue.
Mystudyfocusesonthesecondvolumeoftheseries,whichwaspublishedattheendof2002andconsistsofsixchapters:Minzhifumu民之父母,Zigao子羔,Lubangdahan魯邦大旱,Congzheng從政,Xizhejunlao昔者君老,andRongchengshi容成氏.Althoughitincludesacompletetranscriptionofthebambootextsandprovidesfullexplanatorynotes,theworkisstillfarfromsatisfactory.Thepresentdissertationattemptstorectifytheerrorsintheofficialdecipherments,readingsandinterpretationsofthebambootexts,andtosettlesomelingeningandentanglingdisputesamongstscholars,sothattheoriginalmeaningsofthetextscanbebroughttolight.Itisalsohopedthattheprofoundculturalandhistoricalsignificanceoftheseuneartheddocumentscanberevealedandrecognized.
