英藏敦煌汉文文献“蒋孝琬目录”编纂始末

On the Compilation of Jiang Xiaowan's Catalogue of Chinese Manuscripts Acquired from Dunhuang by Aurel Stein

根据斯坦因第二次中亚考察日记、账簿等原始档案资料,对斯坦因秘书蒋孝琬于1908年在新疆和阗为斯坦因所获敦煌莫高窟藏经洞出土1318件汉文文献编写纸条目录的全过程进行了详尽的研究,认为"蒋孝琬目录"是英藏敦煌汉文文献的第一个目录,也是中国人最早为敦煌文献编写的目录。虽然该目录在收录文献数量和编目质量上均显不足,但在敦煌考古学术史上仍具有一定的参考价值。"蒋孝琬目录"后来去向不明,本文呼吁英国敦煌文物收藏界应尽早寻找到这份目录的下落。

On the basis of Aurel Stein’s diaries,accounts,and correspondence preserved in Britain,France,and Hungary,this article explicates the whole compilation process of Jiang Xiaowan’s Catalogue containing 1,318 Chinese manuscripts from Dunhuang acquired by Aurel Stein during his second Central Asian expedition.The author stresses the point that as it is the first catalogue of Chinese manuscripts to be found in the British Collection,Jiang Xiaowan’s Catalogue may be of considerable importance from the viewpoint of academic history.The author further appeals for an early search for the lost catalogue.