This large-scale specialized dictionary, which reflects the research results of Dunhuang studies for the first time in the form of a reference book at home and abroad, was compiled by more than 100 experts and scholars from more than 20 universities and research institutions in China, with more than 9 million words, a total of about 2 million words and more than 700 illustrations, which has important reference value for many disciplines involved in Dunhuang studies.
2. Notes on the Dunhuang Grottoes in Bohiva
Pelliot, a French sinologist, didn't take many Dunhuang suicide notes with him, but he went into the cave for several weeks and "rummaged through every piece of paper". More than 7,000 of them were the essence, with the highest textual research and archaeological value. Last year, more than 5,300 Dunhuang suicide notes collected by the French National Library finally "went home", and they were taken out of Dunhuang in 1908, or rather10.
3. Notes on Dunhuang Bianwen
There are many unheard-of variations, lyrics and vernacular poems in Dunhuang Chinese papers, which have opened the eyes of researchers and changed their understanding of the history of China literature. Among them, Bianwen first attracted extensive attention of Chinese and foreign researchers. Zheng Zhenduo said that among many important China documents found in Dunhuang, the most important one is Bianwen.
Before it was discovered, we had no idea how Pinghua suddenly came into being in the Song Dynasty. What are the important questions about the origin of "Zhu Gong tune"? These questions once became a mystery, and it is difficult to have a definite answer.
4.5- 10 Century China's Temple Economy.
Xie Henai, a famous French sinologist, analyzed the temple economy in China from the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Five Dynasties from the perspective of sociology, based on China's books, Indian scriptures, Dunhuang and other western documents.
For example, in the Tang Dynasty, the official registration system was implemented, and the Taoist priests who held the official registration issued by the ancestral department changed their names and enjoyed the privileges of exemption from officials, taxes and military service. As a native of Zongzheng Temple, they enjoyed the treatment of imperial clan. Therefore, becoming a monk was very fashionable in the Tang Dynasty, which also made the country pay a huge economic price for maintaining its official mission.
5. Research on the Military History of Guiyi
Reprinted after nearly 20 years, it is enough to prove that this introductory book of Dunhuang studies is a best seller. Focusing on the political history and foreign relations history of Guiyijun, the author deeply studied the history of northwest China from the late Tang Dynasty to the early Song Dynasty, which lasted nearly 200 years from the middle of the ninth century to the beginning of the eleventh century. Eighteen Lectures on Dunhuang Studies published by this Peking University history professor on 200 1 is also an introductory reading of Dunhuang Studies.