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In [[Chinese language|Chinese]] [[philology]], the '''Ancient Script Classics''' ({{zh|c=古文經|p=Gǔwén Jīng|w=Kuwen Ching}}), commonly known as the '''Old Texts''', refer to some versions of the [[Five Classics]] discovered during the [[Han dynasty]], written in a script that predated the one in use during the Han dynasty, and produced before the [[To burn the classics and to bury the scholars|burning of the books]]. The term became used in contrast with '''"Current Script Classics"''' (今文經, commonly called the "New Texts"), which indicated a group of texts written in the orthography currently in use during the Han dynasty.

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== Modern interpretations ==

Significance of the Ancient/Current script text controversy is a debate topic in the modern sinology. [[Michael Nylan]] has proved that the issue itself was an artificial projection of the mid-Han problematic onto the early Han realities.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Nylan|first=Michael|date=1994|title=The Chin Wen/Ku Wen Controversy in Han Times|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853294x00070|journal=T'oung Pao|volume=80|issue=1|pages=83–136|doi=10.1163/156853294x00070|issn=0082-5433 | author-link= Michael Nylan|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

==See also==