On the wooden slabs unearthed from the tomb of Guojianao (formerly, Guo) in the period of Sun Wu of the Three Kingdoms, there is a sentence with the words “針囊一枚, 白糸一 , 青糸一”. Past scholars interpreted the three characters “ ” ,“ ” and “ ” as the word “縱 (zong)” , which means “silk thread”, and “ ” ,“ ” as the word “㢧 (卷, juan, volume)”, which is a measure word. This study verifies that the word “ ” is “ ”, and “ ”, “ ” are “ ”, which are all variants of the word “線 (xian, line)”. This was achieved by changing the phonetic note. The measure word “ ”, “ ” used for weighing silk thread should be a variant form of the word “斤 (jin)”, which is similar to the writing of “ (jin)” or “ (jin)” in the Pan’s clothing list of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

The earlier scholars who have pointed out that Liushu（六书）are six major methods of word-formation in Chinese areBangu（班固）、Zhengzhong（郑众）and Xushen（许慎）in Donghandynasty. To bring these ideas about Liushu to light is essential to the research of the history of philology. ZhengXuan（郑玄）followed Zhengzhong’sopinion on the Chinese Characters, so he selected the term not Xushen’sOpinion but Zhengzhong’sOpinion about Liushu to summarize the methods of Chinese word-formation. It is important to sum up Zhengxuan’sand Zhengzhong’sidea about theChinese Characters and their contribution to the history of philology through checking all Zhengxuan’sannotations about the Chinese word-formation. Zhenzhongand Zhengxuan’sopinion on Liushu has had an immense Influence upon philology of later ages.