木牍源于中国。简牍在今天已成为一个专有名词。其实在古代,简与牍是有区别的,简指竹片制成的简册,牍则为木制的版牍。一般认为,竹简的书写要早于木牍,或者说木牍是受竹简的启发,在没有竹子或不便于用竹简的情况下,作为竹简的替代物来充当书写材料、并渐与竹简同时流行的。所有的简牍,均用墨笔书写。在日本出土的大量『木简』均为木质,应称其为『木牍』。 Wood 牍 from China. Jane 牍 today has become a proper noun. In fact, in ancient times, Jane and 牍 are different, Jane refers to the simple book made of bamboo, 牍 is a wooden version 牍. It is generally believed that bamboo slips are written earlier than clogs or that bamboo slips are inspired by bamboo slips and are used as writing materials instead of bamboo or inconvenient to use bamboo slips and gradually become popular with bamboo slips of. All simple, all with ink pen writing. A large number of “woodcuts” unearthed in Japan are all wood and should be referred to as “wood 牍.”