Eighteen lectures on Dunhuang / by Rong Xinjiang ; translated by Imre Galambos.

• Author: Rong, Xinjiang.
• TeilnehmendeR: Galambos, Imre.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English; Chinese
• Series: Brill's humanities in China library ; v. 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; illustrations, maps

In Eighteen Lectures on Dunhuang , Rong Xinjiang provides an accessible overview of Dunhuang studies, an academic field that emerged following the discovery of a medieval monastic library at the Mogao caves near Dunhuang. The manuscripts were hidden in a cave at the beginning of the 11th century and...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material
• Introduction
• Lecture 1 Dunhuang in Chinese History
• Lecture 2 Dunhuang and the Silk Road
• Lecture 3 The Discovery of the Dunhuang Cave Library and Its Early Dispersal
• Lecture 4 The Nature of the Dunhuang Library Cave and the Reasons for Its Sealing
• Lecture 5 Major Collections of Dunhuang Manuscripts
• Lecture 6 Scramble for the Treasures of Khotan, Kucha, Loulan and Gaochang
• Lecture 7 Dunhuang Studies and Oriental Studies in the West
• Lecture 8 Dunhuang Studies in China and Japan
• Lecture 9 The Political and Economic History of the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties in Light of Dunhuang Studies
• Lecture 10 Dunhuang Studies and the Social History of the Medieval Period
• Lecture 11 The History of Central Asian Peoples and China’s Contacts with Her Neighbors in Light of Dunhuang Studies
• Lecture 12 The Significance of Buddhist and Daoist Manuscripts from Dunhuang
• Lecture 13 Dunhuang Copies of Traditional Chinese Texts and Medieval Intellectual History
• Lecture 14 Language and Literature in Light of Dunhuang Studies
• Lecture 15 Dunhuang Studies and the History of Science and Technology
• Lecture 16 Dunhuang in Light of Art and Archaeology
• Lecture 17 Dunhuang and Manuscript Studies
• Lecture 18 Forgeries and the Authentication of Dunhuang Manuscripts
• Epilogue
• Bibliography
• Postscript
• Index.