段文杰先生对我在敦煌研究上的启发

The Inspiration of Duan Wenjie on my Dunhuang Studies

段文杰先生有关佛教石窟壁画研究,结合传世典籍图文互证的研究观念与方法,对我在敦煌文献的研究多所启发。敦煌文献与文物的发现,开阔了研究视野,而出土文献、文物与图像,结合传世文献典籍的综合考察,开创了近代学术研究的新局面。敦煌研究中图文互证研究法的开展便是重要的例子,也显示了敦煌佛教叙事图文整合研究的意义。段文杰先生可说是结合敦煌文献与敦煌石窟艺术力图反映文物、文献、图像等多重证据研究风潮的先行者。

Professor Duan Wenjie＇s scholarship on Buddhist caves and wall paintings combines transmitted texts and visual materials,a method and perspective of research that has been a crucial inspiration on my studies at Dunhuang.Each discovery of Dunhuang artifacts broadens our research horizon,the uncovered relics,visual images,texts,and transmitted texts opening new frontiers for modern scholarship with every examination.The mutual attesting method of texts and images in Dunhuang Studies is an important example demonstrating the implications of comprehensive research on both narrative texts and images.Duan Wenjie was a forerunner of modern archaeological research who used both texts and artistic materials from the caves of Dunhuang as integrative evidence for his studies.