[Textual research on 5 words of disease in chu jian (bamboo slips of Chu State) of the Warring States Period].

There are not a few words of disease in the unearthed chu jian (bamboo slips of Chu State) of the Warring States Period. The morphology, pronunciation and meaning among these characters are completed. By collecting the diseases in the equivocally deciphered words, this article comprehensively discusses the words among them. It is claimed that in Geling jian (Geling slips), "Xie" is pronounced as xie, and "Xie disease" refers to the pain below the oxter and above the waist; "Bei", pronounced as jian, and "Bei Pi disease" refers to the pain of the shoulder and back;"Jie" reads as jie and refers to scabies; "Du" pronounced as fu, and "Du disease" refers to distending pain of the skin. In Wangshan jian (Wangshan slips), "Du" is equal to "Du", and is the same as "Du" in baoshan jian (baoshan bamboo slips), pronounced as du, refers to exacerbation of disease.