New Evidence of the History of Dunhuang Studies

Author: Chen Guocan
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: The Dunhuang and Turpan documents directly supplement and enrich the content of the history of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, and Tang periods. If the documents are combined with historical records for comprehensive research, it will undoubtedly open up new prospects for the study of history during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, and Tang periods, and also bring new developments to Dunhuang and Turpan studies. The Dunhuang documents contain rich records of various activities and economic life of Buddhist monasteries and monastic administrations, which are extremely useful for studying the monastic economy of the Tang Dynasty. This book is a collection of the author's research papers on Dunhuang history over the years, collecting a total of 25 articles by the author. It covers historical issues related to the Wei and Jin periods in Dunhuang studies, the reflection of the history of the Wu Zhou period of the Tang Dynasty in the Dunhuang case volumes found in Turpan, the, restoration, and research on newly discovered fragments of Tang Dynasty social documents in the northern caves of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, and the arguments on historical geographical issues such as the villages, military towns, and transportation in Dunhuang during the Tang and Five Dynasties periods.