斯坦因在安西所获敦煌写本之外流过程研究

摘要

The principal part of the British Collection of Dunhuang Manuscripts from the Library Cave (Cave 17) is composed of circ. 230 bundles which were purchased secretly by Stein at distant Anxi (now Guazhou) in early October, 1907. The number of documents acquired in this third batch of manuscripts is far greater than the first and second batches, a total of circ. 140 -150 bundles, purchased secretly by Stein at the Mogao Grottoes respectively on 28 May and 6 June, 1907. Researchers on the origin of the British Collection of Dunhuang Manuscripts have so far focused their attention only on Stein’s purchasing activities during his stay in the Mogao Grottoes from 21 May to 12 June, 1907. On the basis of some of Stein’s personal papers preserved in Oxford, this article deals especially with the background of Stein’s third secret purchase of Dunhuang manuscripts at Anxi in early October, 1907 as well as the smuggling procedures subsequently used to secure them.%英藏敦煌写本的主体部分，是斯坦因1907年10月初坐镇安西遥控私购的第3批藏经洞出土写本约230捆，其数量远大于斯坦因1907年5月28日、6月6日在敦煌莫高窟私购的第1批、第2批藏经洞文物之总和约140—150捆。以往学界研究英藏敦煌写本的来源时，多关注斯坦因1907年5月21日至6月12日间在敦煌莫高窟的购买活动。文章主要根据英藏斯坦因档案资料，首次对斯坦因1907年10月初在安西私购敦煌藏经洞写本的事件进行了专题研究，并复原了这批文物在随后的外流过程路线图。