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1 online resource |
| Series |
Brill's humanities in China library ; v. 5 |
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Brill's humanities in China library ; v. 5.
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| Contents |
List of Illustrations and Maps; Series Editors' Foreword; About the Author; Recommendation; Recommendation; Introduction; 1. What is "Dunhuang Studies"?; 2. The Current State of Affairs in Dunhuang Studies; 3. Objectives and Difficulties in Dunhuang Studies: The Case of the Guiyijun; a) Why Do We Study the History of the Guiyijun?; b) What Are the Difficulties of Studying the History of the Guiyijun?; 4. Summary of this Book; Lecture 1 Dunhuang in Chinese History; 1. Dunhuang during the Western and Eastern Han Dynasties |
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2. Dunhuang during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties3. Dunhuang during the Sui and Tang Periods; 4. Dunhuang during the Tibetan Period; 5. Dunhuang during the Guiyijun Period; 6. Dunhuang during the Xixia, Yuan, Ming and Qing Periods; Lecture 2 Dunhuang and the Silk Road; 1. Zhang Qian's Journey to the West and the Beginnings of the Silk Road; 2. Cultural Prosperity and Cave Building at Mogao; 3. The Sui-Tang Prosperity and Cosmopolitan Cities; 4. Buddhist Dominance and the Significance of the Tibetan and Guiyijun Periods |
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5. Shift in the Course of the Silk Road and Dunhuang's DeclineLecture 3 The Discovery of the Dunhuang Cave Library and its Early Dispersal; 1. Abbot Wang; 2. The Discovery of the Cave Library; 3. The Early Dispersal of the Original Collection; a) The Collection of Yan Dong; b) The Collection of Ye Changchi; c) The Collection of Duan Fang; d) The Collection of Su Zipei; e) The Collection of Lu Jiliang; f) Other Scattered Manuscripts; 4. The Fate of the Dunhuang Collection and the End of Abbot Wang's Story; Lecture 4 The Nature of the Dunhuang Library Cave and the Reasons for its Sealing |
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1. The Original Collection2. Monastic Collections in Dunhuang during the Guiyijun Period; 3. The Types of Materials in the Cave Library; 4. The Reasons for the Sealing; Lecture 5 Major Collections of Dunhuang Manuscripts; 1. The Stein Collection; 2. The Pelliot Collection; 3. The Oldenburg Collection; 4. Chinese Collections; 5. Japanese Collections; 6. Other Collections; Lecture 6 Scramble for the Treasures of Khotan, Kucha, Loulan and Gaochang; 1. "Prelude" to the Scramble for the Antiquities of Central Asia; 2. Archaeological Exploration of Central Asia at the Beginning of the 20th Century |
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A) Sven Hedin's Explorationb) The Three Central Asian Expeditions of Aurel Stein; c) The Russian Expeditions; d) The German Turfan Expeditions; e) The Ōtani Expeditions; f) The French Expedition of Paul Pelliot; 3. The Archaeology of Central Asia; a) Khotan; b) Kucha and Kharashahr; c) Loulan and Niya; d) Gaochang; Lecture 7 Dunhuang Studies and Oriental Studies in the West; 1. Russia; 2. Britain; 3. France; 4. Germany; 5. Other Countries; Lecture 8 Dunhuang Studies in China and Japan; 1. China; a) Scholars of the Imperial University and the Beginnings of Dunhuang Studies; b) The 1920-1940s |
| Summary |
In Eighteen Lectures on Dunhuang, Professor Rong Xinjiang provides a reliable, yet accessible, overview of the discovery of the Dunhuang manuscripts, the emergence of the field of Dunhuang studies and its contribution to scholarship both in China and the West |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Dunhuang manuscripts. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82066451
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Dunhuang manuscripts fast |
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HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
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| SUBJECT |
Dunhuang (China) -- History
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| Subject |
China -- Dunhuang
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Galambos, Imre.
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| ISBN |
9789004252332 |
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9004252339 |
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