A Preliminary Study On The Funeral Instruments Seen In The Book Of Jinyou, A Friend Of Dunhuang

Various types of writing in Dunhuang has a high historical value.Shuyi has a special value because of their special format of writing, especially the Good and bad Shuyi. This article mainly research the Shuyi of Du Youjin in Dunhuang manuscripts. Basis on the previous studies, I will do further analysis on three kinds of Shuyi which have been to be believed that is written by Du Youjin,"Good and Bad books Shuyi""Shuyi Mirror" and "The New Set Shuyi Mirror"."Shuyi mirror" and the other two are different in the use of single and complex instrument, which can be identified "Shuyi Mirror"is not written by Du Youjin.It should be written by someone else,and which is very useful.Sort out the relationship between the Du's Shuyi,I do further research about "The New Set Shuyi Mirror". Totally speaking,the Du's Shuyi is all about family and family-in-law.It does not involve a funeral ceremony. But there are several laments in "The New Set Shuyi Mirror" can reflect the funeral ceremony.This article compare these laments and "The Kaiyuan Ceremony". Then I got a conclusion that when Du Youjin wrote the shuyi, he did not only use "The Kaiyuan Ceremony" for reference, but also make some change.Ecept absorbing the official ceremony, he also use the ancient ceremony for reference, such as "Four Season Lament". He also absorb the customs, for example, ghost marriage, this form is forbidden in the ancient ceremony. By the analysis of these lament, we can understand more fully about the Tang Dynasty funeral.Finally, I compare the Du's Shuyi and Zhang Ao's shuyi. I find that Zhang Ao's shuyi is written on the basis of the various shuyi of the Tang Dynasty shuyi. Zhang Ao has done lots of change about The Du's Shuyi which reflects the times and the local characteristics of Zhang Ao's shuyi.