论更敦群培大师对藏文古文字研究的学术贡献

Dge- Vdun- Chos- Vphel's Academic Contributions to the Study of Ancient Tibetan Language

更敦群培是20世纪以来在国际藏学界最具影响力的藏族学者之一,也是杰出的藏文古文字学家。他以人文史观为指导思想,运用现代语言文字学和考古学等学科方法研究古文字,撰写了很多的论著,成就斐然。尤其是其论著中关于创制藏文时所参照的印度文字、新增字母、藏文字体的流变等方面,从藏文实际出发、不迷信权威,用开阔的视野和语言文字学理论,提出了自己独到的见解。

Dge - vdun - chos - vphel was one of the most influential Tibetan scholars in international Ti- betan Studies since the 20th century, and he was also an outstanding expert of ancient Tibetan language Dge - vdun - chos - vphel wrote deluge of books and articles on ancient Tibetan language under the guid- ance of humanity history and scientific method. Dge - vdun - chos - vphel, on the basis of reality of Ti- betan language, his broad vision and theories of linguistic graphology, put forward his original views in his books about reference of Sanskrit for creating Tibetan, the new Tibetan alphabets, evolution of the Ti- betan fonts and so on.