陈万里监视、阻止华尔纳盗窃敦煌壁画一事之质疑

Questions on CHEN Wanli's spying on and preventing Longdon Warner from stealing Dunhuang Wall-paintings

本文认为关于北京大学陈万里监视、阻止华尔纳盗窃敦煌壁画一事,只有华尔纳致斯坦因之信和《万佛峡:一个九世纪佛教壁画洞窟的研究》一书可以作为间接旁证;陈万里《西行日记》一书中,不仅没有记录陈万里监视、阻止华尔纳盗窃敦煌壁画的直接证据,相反,书中详细记录了陈万里赞同并协助美国人在南石窟寺毁坏佛像、伙同翟荫等人擅自拿走石碑一块以及对敦煌人民反抗华尔纳一行人的行动表示不理解等内容。为此,笔者对陈万里监视、阻止华尔纳盗窃敦煌壁画一事提出质疑。

According to historical records, CHEN Wanli, a scholar from Beijing University, spied on Langdon Warner and prevented him from stealing Dunhuang Wall-paintings. In my opinion, this historical record can only be verified by the lettered addressed by Warner to Stein and the book Buddhist Wall Paintings： A Study of a Ninth Century Grotto at Wan Fo Hsia written by Warner. In the book titled Xi Xing Ri Ji （Records of the Journey to West）, there is no direct evidence proofing That CHEN Wanli kept spying on Warner and prevented him from stealing Dunhuang Wall-paintings. On the contrary, there are records indirecting that CHEN Wanli not only agreed and assisted the Americans to destroy Buddhist statues in the Southern Grottoes Temple, took away a stele with Horace Jayne, but also did not understood why local people were against Warner. Therefore, the author puts forward some questions on this historical record.