Characters in bamboo slips are the main representative of Chu State characters in the period of Warring States,and can not be ignored in the history of the development of Chinese characters.The evolution of characters in bamboo slips follows the general principles of the development of forms of Chinese characters,and bares the distinctive regional culture of Chu State as well.This paper compares the representative forms of oracle bone inscriptions,bronze inscriptions and characters in bamboo slips,and summarizes the features of the evolution of the forms from oracle bo...