Abstract: Hanyu Da Zidian（the Great Chinese Dictionary） is the largest high-level dictionary at present,which has a wide range of influence.Unearthed bamboo and silk scripts are materials that should be fully utilized in compiling any large-scale Chinese dictionaries.According to the comprehensive statistics,there are 432 entries of silk and bamboo script illustrations in the second edition of Hanyu Da Zidian.Through checking,we find that there are 162 entries with interpretation problems,accounting for 37.5% of the total entries.These interpretation errors include 141 scribe errors,4 paraphrases errors,10 segmentation errors and 9 missing word errors in the examples of illustration.In addition,there are other related problems.The first is that the second edition does not correct the interpretation errors of the first edition,and even creates new errors;the second is that the list of main citations does not correctly reflect the situation of the cited bamboo and silk scripts;and the third is that the use of the bamboo and silk scripts is very inadequate.

Key words: Hanyu Da Zidian（the Great Chinese Dictionary), bamboo and silk script illustrations, interpretation errors