●Ⅰ.How Dunhuang Got Its Name 1.1 Migration of the Tocharian People 1.2 Legends of Mount Sanwei and een of the West 1.3 Ode to Celestial Steed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Ⅱ.The Humanistic Environment of Dunhuang 2.1 Frontier Establishment and Its Maintenance 2.2 Farming of the Immigrants . The Earliest World Trade Convention 2.4 Temples, Monasteries and School Education Ⅲ.Construction of the Mogao Caves 3.1 Cave Building at Mogao 3.2 Function of the Caves 3.3 Structure of the Caves Ⅳ.Library Cave and Dunhuang Manuscripts 4.1 Discovery of the Library Cave 4.2 The Largest Collection of Religious Manuscripts 4.3 The Lost Tang Epic The Lament of the Lady of Oin 4.4 Various Economic Documents 4.5 Manuscripts of Shuyi 4.6 Manuscripts of Topography and Folk Customs Ⅴ.Loss of Dunhuang Treasures 5.1 Merits and Faults of Wang the Daoist Priest 5.2 Foreign Robbers Coming One after Another 5.3 Shameful Looting after the Robbery 5.4 ColLections of Dunhuang Cultural Relics Ⅵ.rals in the Mogao Caves 6.1 Contents of the rals at Mogao 6.2 Apsaras of Dunhuang 6.3 Stylistic Features of the Dunhuang rals …… Ⅶ.Painted Sculptures of Dunhuang Ⅷ.Dunhuang Is in China but Dunhuang Studies Is in the World A List of Institutions with the ColLection of Dunhuang Documents
本书由敦煌学研究专家柴剑虹和刘进宝共同撰写,是一本讲述敦煌历史溯源及其文化艺术发展的普及读物。该书以图文并茂的形式从敦煌历史溯源、莫高窟的营建、藏经洞与敦煌遗书、敦煌宝藏的流失、敦煌壁画和彩塑艺术等几个方面,深入浅出地进行解读,全面展现敦煌1650余年的历史。全书配有45幅珍贵历史照片及高清精美壁画彩塑图片,另附一张由中国图书馆敦煌资料心提的《敦煌文献收藏单位一览表》,堪称一本集知识、实、艺术和时代于一体的敦煌文化简明读本。 Dunhuang, co-authored by Chai Jianhong and Liu Jinbao, both renowned Dunhuangologists, introduces to general readers the history and culture of Dunhuang, a city in the People’s Republic of China. With 45 precious historical photos and beautiful HD mural paintings as well as a list of institutions with the collection of Dunhuang literature provided by the Dunhuang Resource Center of the National Library of China, the book offers an authoritative interpretation of the city’s over 1650 years of history, the building of the Mogao Caves, the discovery of the Library Cave and the loss of its treasures, and the murals and colored sculptures in the grottos of Dunhuang. It is concisely informative and considerately practical with artistic originality.