宁夏灵武出土西夏文文献探考

1917年,宁夏灵武出土一批西夏文佛经,出土后即部分遭到散佚。1929年有一部分辗转入藏北京图书馆,即今国家图书馆,成为今天国内收藏西夏文佛经最富的单位。本文根据当事人留存的著录、研究著作和回忆文章探讨这批西夏文佛经文献出土的时间、地点;出土文献的数量、种类,国内诸家收藏及流失海外的情况;介绍灵武出土西夏文佛经出土之后迄今的著录、整理和研究概况。认为今人对其中已有定论的所谓元刊活字本《大方广佛华严经》的时代问题提出质疑,应当引起研究者注意。

A study on XiXia documents excavated from Lingwu in Ningxia

In 1917,a number of Buddhist sutras written in XiXia characters were excavated from Lingwu in Ningxia,then some of them were lost.In 1929,a part of sutras were collected in Beijing Library,that is now National Library and this library collects the most abundant of sutra written in XiXia characters in China.Based on the remaining works,research works and recollection articles,this paper explores the time and places,numbers and types of the sutras written in XiXia characters which were excavated from Lingwu,analyses the information of national collection and of those lost overseas,introduces the general condition of record,collection and research on these sutras.