敦煌契约的语言学价值和意义——陈晓强《敦煌契约文书语言研究》序

Language Value of Dunhuang Contract——The Preface of Chen Xiao-qiang's The Resarch of Contract Document Language of Dunhuang Contract

敦煌契约是当时活的语言的真实记录,保留了大量的口语词、俗语词以及口语语法。契约的签定是一个庄重的民间仪式,这种仪式凝化在契约文书的程式中。这里有主持人、当事人、当事人的亲属朋友、保人、见人、口承人等,他们或签字,或画指,通过这种形式,契约的神圣性就体现出来了。由社会经济交易中的契约形式积淀而来的契约精神是社会文明和进步的重要标志,它包含初步的自由精神、平等精神、守信精神、救济精神等。敦煌民众深厚的契约意识,是敦煌社会文明的重要标志。

Dunhuang contract was the real record of languages.It has kept lots of spoken words,colloquial words and the grammar of spoken.Signed contract was a grave folk ceremony,and the ceremony was curding in the contract document＇s pattern.The spirit of contract is a important symbol of social civilization and social development.It contains the spirit of freedom,the spirit of equality,the spirit of integrity and the spirit of relief.The contract consciousness of Dunhuang people was a symbol of social civilization.