Other materials, mainly the stone inscriptions.

采自其他资料，主要为石刻文字。

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There are many variant characters on the Stone Inscriptions of Weijin South and North Dynasties.

魏晋南北朝石刻文献材料中存在大量异体字。

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In the study of Chinese history, Prof. Chen Yin-ke attached great importance to the "unearthed literature, but made less study of the stone inscriptions."

陈寅恪先生治史，十分重视地下新出文献，但于石刻文献研究涉足较少。

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These would have been inscriptions either on pottery, which the earliest ones are,or on stone, but otherwise I'm sure there was writing on perishable material-wooden plaques, probably not yet paper, but these would have been destroyed.

有些是刻在陶器上的铭文,最早期的时候,是刻在石头上的,但另外,我能肯定,有些是写在易腐蚀的材质,比如木头,或者瓷片上的,当时应该还没有出现纸,但是这些都被毁坏了

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Of all the mass media, from ancient official or personal inscriptions on stone to today's satellite broadcasts, those printed on paper have had the most profound influence.

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