中国最早大规模翻译佛经的场所:敦煌寺考

The Earliest Large-scale Buddhist Translating Site in Chinese History:Investigations on Dunhuang Temple

通过对敦煌寺的位置、起源、演变等系统的考证,认为其是汉长安城一带惟一遗存至今的佛教寺院,是陕西现存佛寺中历史最悠久的寺庙,也是整个中国有资可证的最古老的佛寺之一。该寺因为是中国佛教史上第一个大规模翻译佛经的地方,所以,具有非常重要的历史地位和现实的开发价值。

After having systematically investigated the location, foundation and development of Dunhuang Temple,this paper holds that Dunhuang Temple is not only the only temple that has lasted to now from Han Dynasty′s Chang′an City,but also the oldest temple in Shaanxi province,and one of the oldest temples in China today.The author also considers that this temple, being the first biggest Buddhist sutra translating site in the history of Chinese Buddhism,occupies an very important position in history and has the great value of development today.