20世纪西夏佛教研究概述

Outline of the Twenty-Century Xi Xia Buddhism

西夏是1038—1227年存在的边疆民族政权,它崇信佛教。黑水城西夏文献的出土,为我们研究西夏学提供了丰富的材料。一个世纪以来,中国、俄罗斯、日本作为西夏学研究的三个大国,在西夏佛教研究方面作出了巨大贡献。本文分两个时间段对中外学者在20世纪西夏佛教研究方面的成果作简要的介绍。

Xi Xia, a frontier national regime, existed in 1038-1227, believed in Buddhism. Xi Xia documents, unearthed in HeiShui City, provide us with rich materials to study on Xi Xia. Since one century, China, Russia and Japan, the three big countries of researching the study on Xi Xia, have been contributed greatly and made great progress in this aspect. In this essay, I will simply introduce the accomplishment of twenty-century Xi Xia Buddhism research by the scholars of China and foreign countries during two periods of time.