敦煌遗书P.4640碑铭作品与敦煌都僧统悟真成长路

P.4640 Inscription in Dunhuang Documents and Growth Path of Wu Zhen,the General Buddhist Commander of Dunhuang

敦煌高僧悟真是敦煌归义军时期的一位传奇人物,他担任敦煌佛教界最高领导职位"都僧统"一职长达近30年,影响力大。敦煌遗书P.4640是一件集中抄录敦煌名家碑铭的重要文书,保存了悟真对前代及师友碑铭作品研习的印迹,从中可以窥探悟真《乾宁碑》创作与归义军李明振家族执政始末的密切关系。这件碑铭文书是悟真升任都僧统后由他人整理而成。这些碑铭作品,半数以上至今仍然完好地保存于莫高窟洞窟中,彰显出悟真及相关碑铭作品在敦煌文学史和莫高窟窟铭中的地位和价值。

Wu Zhen,an eminent monk of Dunhuang,was a legendary figure during the Period of Guiyi Troops and had held the post of the"General Buddhist Commander"(the top leadership position in Dunhuang Buddhist circle)for nearly 30 years,with the great influence in Dunhuang Buddhist circles.Dunhuang Document P.4640 is an important document for centralized transcription of Dunhuang famous inscriptions and collected Wu Zhen’s study on the inscriptions of the previous generation and his teachers and friends.From this document,the close relationship between the creation of Wu Zhen’s Qianning Inscription and the beginning and end of ruling career of Guiyi Troops under the reign of Li Mingzhen’s family.This inscription document was compiled by others after Wu Zhen was promoted to the General Buddhist Commander.More than half of these inscriptions are still well preserved in the Mogao Grottoes,demonstrating the position and value of Wu Zhen and related inscriptions in Dunhuang literature history and inscriptions of the Mogao Grottoes.