从吐鲁番出土文献看高昌王国

本文用吐鲁番出土的大量高昌国文献,对正史中诸《高昌传》所记“兼用胡书”、“皆为胡语”、“俗事天神,兼信佛法”等作了分析和校正。指出这些记载不符合高昌王国实际,认为无论是语言文字、生活习俗,还是文化传承及宗教信仰,高昌王国都与中原内地具有一体性,她并非化外的异域,而是华夏之邦,是历史上中国的一部分。

Gaochang Kingdom as Viewed from the Historical Documents Unearthed in Turban

Based on a meticulous scrutiny of the historical documents unearthed in Turban,the present paper challenges the conventional notion that, as recorded in the Official History of Gaochang, the ancient kingdom was non-Chinese in language, speech, religion and manners, and suggests that the cultural uniformity,as evidenced in the unearthed documents,between Gaochang and the inner Chinese territories shows that Gaochang was part of China, with full Chinese characteristics, from the very outset.