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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">jiǎndú</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>information artifacts by physical form</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>bamboo and wooden slips</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>bamboo slips</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>jiandu</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>slips</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>wooden slips</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>简牍</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Narrow strips of wood or bamboo that typically carry a single column of brush-written text each, with space for several tens of complex ancient Chinese characters. For longer texts, many slips may be bound together in sequence with thread. Each strip of wood or bamboo is said to be as long as a chopstick and as wide as a pair. ]]></note></mads>