Dunhuang Centennial – A Journey of the Soul of a Nation

Author: Liu Shiping
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Publication Date: 2000-08-01
Features: This year marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the Dunhuang Cave Manuscripts. For a century, this world-shaking discovery has captured the attention of people worldwide. Surrounding the discovery, dispersal, and return of the manuscripts in the cave, a series of tragicomedies have unfolded across the globe, reflecting the grandeur of a century of history and the vicissitudes of the Chinese nation. This is a popular historical book written in storytelling style, revisiting the history of the dispersal of Dunhuang cultural relics over a century and the arduous journey of generations of scholars, who tirelessly pursued, studied, and ultimately brought the "Dunhuang Studies" back to their homeland.