Studies of Shangshu in Classical Chinese in the Han Dynasty

It is said that when the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty burned books and buried the literati in pits,the ancient books such as Shangshu stored in the wall of Confucius' mansion were written in the style of dazhuan of the pre-Qin Dynasty.But it is not accurate.The character structures in the wall is different from those of dazhuan of the pre-Qin Dynasty,but similar to those of the characters inscribed in the bronze vessels of Shang and Zhou dynasties.The editions of Shangshu stored by the government of Han and Wei Dynasties were all destroyed in the Yongjia Revolt in the West Jin Dynasty.And Shangshu in Ancient Chinese Characters annotated by Kong Anguo presented by Mei Ze in the East Jin Dynasty has been proved to be forged.In fact forged copies of Shangshu can be traced back to the Han Dynasty,when the scholars in ancient Chinese prose already opened up the path in distinguishing between truth and falsehood.Their research into Shangshu in Ancient Chinese Character is of great academic value,covering the textual research and the check on different editions,expounding the discourse and the explaining of the characters and words.