jì:* 记载。 ～年。～元。～行（ xíng ）。～实。～念。～传（ zhuàn ）体（中国传统史书的一种体裁，以人物传记为中心叙述史实，"纪"是帝王本纪，"传"是其他人物的列传）。～事本末体（中国传统史书的一种体裁，以重要事件为纲，将一段历史完整地记载下来）。 * 记年代的方式。 一～（古代指十二年）。世～（一百年）。 * 地质年代分期的第二级，纪以下为"世"，纪以上为"代"。 * 法度。 ～律。违法乱～。 * 散丝的头绪。 丝缕有～。 jǐ:* 姓
record, annal, historical account
Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.Wikipedia ->
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->