A Philological Study On Dunhuang Chinese Manuscripts Of Bore Boluomiduo Xinjing And Its Commentaries

Bore Boluomiduo Xijing(????????),also called Xinjing(??)for short in the following text,is the classical Buddhist scripture of Bore(??)category.Xinjing(??)is widely circulated in medieval society,and there are lots of commentaries of Xinjin(??).According to our statistical data,there are 395 Dunhuang Chinese manuscripts of Xinjing(??)and its commentaries.This paper explores these manuscripts in five parts.Part one is to overview the version and details of Xinjing(??)and its commentaries on Dunhuang documents.There are 4 versions of Xinjing(??)and 9 versions of its commentaries.From the perspective of binding form,besides the normal scrolls,we also find pocket scrolls,manuscripts with stitching(???),Buddhist-classical binding(???),sticky leaf binding(???)and butterfly-alike binding(???).Part two is to describe the identified manuscripts of Xinjing(??)and its commentaries one by one,including a lot of detailed information such as the completion,content,calligraphy style,writing time and so on,which builds a foundation for further study,e.g.rejoining and revising.Part three is to identify the unidentified fragments.First introduce rows,content,the beginning and end heading,character from of each fragment with picture,then give the predicate based on the content.Besides,this part also renames the identified manuscripts with incorrect or uncertain names.Part four is to rejoin 24 fragments of Xinjing(??)and its commentaries into 12 groups by analyzing both the content and the material manifestation of that content,and corroborate each conclusion with rejoined pictures.These achievements can provide more clues for relevant study,e.g.identifying and dating.Part five is to collate and edit 3versions of Xinjing's(??)commentaries.These 3 versions of commentaries can only be found in Dunhuang documents,and this part recollates the documents based on Jichng(?<????>?????),which can help reduction the content of these documents more completely.