Abstracts in English

The Date of opening The Gu-yang

CaVe—Temple of Longmen Grottoes(PartⅡ)

(1．Japanese Art History Department of Seijo University，Tokyo Japan；

2．The Editorial Department of Dunhuang Academy，Lanzhou Gansu 730030)

The first half part of this article had re—studied the possible earliest date of opening LongmenGrottoes and made further confjrmation of the correct date by clarifying the existing confused fact inacademic study of this consideration which were confused the inscription of stele of SUN Qiu—sheng’sconstruction of Buddhist caVe—temple with other inscription for the stele erected at the third year ofJingming．And here in partⅡ，following the correct date of opening the Gu—yang cave—temple，this pa—per go on to discussing historiography of Longmen Grottoes study by scholars from Japan and Europe—an and American in the first half of 20 _thcentury．

On The Amitāyur-Buddha BeIief amid The Belief of The Saddharma。pundarīika during The Northern Dynasties at Dunhuang：on The Scene of Amitāyur-Buddha in Preach in

CaVe 285 of Mogao Grottoes as Example

ZHANG Yuan—lin，ZHANG Zhi．hai

(1．The Data Center of Dunhuang Academy，Dunhuang Gansu 736200

2．The Foreign Languages College of The Lanzhou University，Lanzhou Gansu 730000)

This paper demonstration the opinion that the well preserved mural painting of the north wallwith its niches，votive inscriptions and the scene of Amitāyur—Buddha in Preach on the east wan witha precisely inscription written beside it in Cave 285 of Mogao Grottoes has demonstrated the relativefacts that seemed to blend the belief in the Lotus Sūtra together with The pure—land view of Amitāyur-Buddha Belief at that time，on the one hand，and on the other of the important viewpoint o f the one ofinfinite life or boundless age in the Lotus Sūtra belief that lay emphasis of contemplate and mentallyenter into truth by the conduct of meditating upon Buddhás body．Those ideas served as an importantconstituent of pictorial art represented in caVe 285．

Iconography Study of Ksitigarbha B0dhisattVa atDunhuang after The Mid－Tang Dynasty

WANG H ui—min

(The Archaeology Institute of Dunhuang Academy，Dunhuang Gansu 736200)

The belief in Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and the iconography of Ksitigarbha BodhisattVa are the keylink not only in the study of Chinese Buddhist ideological inclination but study of Buddhist art as well．Beginning from the Early—Tang dynasty till the Song Dynasty and The West Xia Dynasty，there are more than 140 pieces of paintings of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva either on the wall or on paper or silkfound in Dunhuang．This article tries to making a careful study of iconography of Ksitigarbha Bodhi—sattva found in Dunhtiang，especially on the long historic period after the Mid—Tang Dynasty by a way of combining pictorial art include both murals and paintings on paper or silk with a textual research，inorder to demonstrate a general picture of The belief of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in Dunhuang．

A Textual Research 0n The Inscription for The Vimalakirti—nirdeSa：center on s．2838 Dunhuang Ms

QIAN Bo—quan

(The Academy of SOCial Sciences of Xi njiang，Urnmqi Xinjiang 83001 1)

S．2838 is a piece of copy of The Vimalakirti—nirdsea written by a Qoco King which was tin—earthed from Dunhuang．Firstly，this article tries to prove in textual research to estabIish the identity of a laywoman which were mentioned in the inscription as the princess of Qoco；My Imperial Father asQU Wen—tai，the historic king of QOCO；Imperial Dowager Secondary—Consort as ZHANG Tai Fei，mother of QU Wen—tai；The Imperial Honored Consort as a wIfe of QU Wen—tai from Zhang Famil y．Secondly，this article had studied the QOCO court of the imperial clan and their relationship with the ZHANG family in QOCO and The ZHANG family in Dunhuang．Finally，approve S．2838 was given toa monastery of Dunhuang as a practice of charity by the Qoco Princess and her husband whne on thetrip of Visit her’s relatiyes in Dtinhuang．

The Important Influence Over to The Family Structure onThe Policy of Women Were Accepted to Return to Theirs Own Parents’Home of The Tang Dynasty：On A Study ofThe Household Registration in Dunhuang Manuscript

LI Rtin—qiang

(The Gansu Provincial Training School of The Commtinist Party，Lanzhoti Gansti 730070)

By a careful textual research in Dtinhklang Manuscript and the existing epitaphs of The Tang Dy—nasty，this article has found out that the Tang Dynasty policy of aIIow women who had stepped intomarriage return to theirs own parents home were actually under tw0 condition：a no—limit—term visit toone’s own parents home and only tinder widow—ship．The married daLlghter return to parents’homeand liVe closely with all members of two families certainly not only tied up their kinsmen，but made aserial of changes in the relationship of widow’s family membership，daughter’s family and her ownrelatiyes membership，the fam．1y constitution，the scale of a family and a new established family mem-bership as well．