Title
Crib sheet
Year/Period
Late Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Region
China
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: H:50 x W:50 cm(with Frame),
Object size: H:42 x W:42.5 cm(without Frame)
Object size: H:42 x W:42.5 cm(without Frame)
Accession No.
2008-06658
Collection of
This silk sheet finely inscribed in black and red ink on both sides in minute characters (known as ‘fly’s head’ script) contains text from the Analects of Confucius. Student candidates smuggled crib sheets such as this into imperial civil service examinations to save them the trouble of learning lengthy texts by rote.
