《国际馆藏东巴经典编目举要》的编纂背景及其价值意义

The Background and Significance of Compiling A Catalogue of the Main Content of Dongba Ancient Manuscripts Scattered in the World

2012年度国家社会科学基金重大项目"世界记忆遗产-东巴经典传承体系数字化国际共享平台建设研究"对进一步抢救、保护、传承、利用东巴经典及其纳西族文化具有极其重要的政治、经济、社会、文化价值,尤其具有人文与科技相结合、创造性转化与创新性发展优秀传统文化的探索性、学术性意义。其中的科学采集、释读、编目,当是实现建立东巴经典传承体系数字化国际共享平台课题目标的基础性、基本性工作。没有它,便没有中后期的东巴经典数字化加工、检索与网络传播,东巴经典数字化国际共享平台的建设运行,以及东巴经典数据库与知识库的建库、管理及利用。《国际馆藏东巴经典举要》作为该课题重要的基础性研究成果之一,对其编撰背景的回顾和价值意义的阐释,对进一步推进纳西学研究具有深远的意义。

Abstract： As a result of the hard work and dedication of the Beijing Information Science ＆ Technology University, as well as leading expert Professor Xu Xiaoli, ＂the Construction of Interua- tional Digital Sharing Platform for the Inheritance System of ＇World Memory Heritage＇ Dongba Ancient Manuscripts ＂ was listed as a major project of the National Social Science Fund in 2012. Since then, it has twice been granted additional funding. I have participated in every process of the project, including planning, and implementation, and also served as leader of the second research group. My responsibilities included interpreting, annotating, and cataloguing the Dongba ancient manuscripts. In addition, I was also in charge of reviewing the information collected by the first research group. In the end, we compiled the information into a book entitled guoji guancang dongba fingdian bi- anrnu juyao （ A Catalogue of the Main Content of Dongba Ancient Manuscripts Scattered in the World）. This article gives a brief introduction to the background of this compilation and explains the necessity and significance of the book to further promote the Naxi studies. The Dongba ancient manuscripts are regarded as an encyclopedia of Naxi culture. The Naxi are one of the 56 ethnic groups in China. The Naxi were called ＂ Mosuo＂ in ancient times, and the earliest record of them can be found in huayang guozhi by Chang Qu during the Jin Dynasty. The Naxi are thought to be descendants of the ancient Qiang. The current population of the Naxi is over 300,000 and are currently distributed in the border regions of Yunan, Sichuan, and Tibet. Dongba culture has been inherited from the Dongba religion of the Naxi. The founder of the Dongba religion was ＂ Dongba Shiluo＂ and reli- gious specialists are called as ＂ Dongba＂ The meaning of Dongba is ＂sage＂. Dongba culture in- clude priests, rituals, crafts, ritual instruments, costumes, songs and dances, and scriptures. Dongba scriptures are written in Naxi pictographs or Geba script, a phonetic writing system. There are more than 1140 Dongba scripture kinds, invol- ving philosophy, religion, language, writing, as- tronomy, geography, society, ecology, customs, law, ethics, literature, and arts. In 2003, Dongba ancient manuscripts were included on the ＂World Memory Heritage＂ list by UNESCO. Currently, more than 34, 000volumes of Dongba ancient manuscripts are scattered in the hands of different institutions and individuals a- round the world. The collection of Dongba ancient manuscripts abroad began as early as the middle of the 19~h century. In 1867, Pete Desgodins, a French missionary, sent an 11-page manuscript ti- tled gaolequ suhun （Gaolequ Calling Back the Soul） from Ymman to Paris. This event could be regarded as a starting point of the collection of Dongha ancient manascripts abroad. Following the provocation, competition, and cultural aggression of the Western colonial powers in the frontiers of Yunnan, a group of Chinese scholars in the early 20th century began to call for the rescue and protec- tion of Dongba ancient manuscripts.