Eighteen lectures on Dunhuang
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Author
Contributions
- Galambos, Imre - Contributor
Publication
2013 - Brill, Leiden, Netherlands
Language
English
Word Count
136,750 words, Guess
Page Count
547 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL31132986M
- ISBN-139789004250420
- OCLC Control Number833381213
- Library of Congress Control Number2013009564
Classifications
- DDC951/.45
- LCCDS797.28.D864 R6513 2013
Alternate Titles
- 18 lectures on Dunhuang studies
Description
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 remained unnoticed until 1900, when a Daoist monk accidentally found them and subsequently sold most of them to foreign explorers and scholars. The availability of this unprecedented amount of first-hand material from China's middle period provided a stimulus for a number of scholarlyfields both in China and the West. Rong Xinjiang's book provides, for the first time in English, a convenient summary of the history of Dunhuang studies and its contribution to scholarship.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Brill's humanities in China library -- volume 5
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