Dunhuang Manuscripts "Kaimengyaoxun" Research

Many reading books for children are kept in Dunhuang(敦煌)Manuscripts.Besides Qianziwen(千字文),Mengqiu(蒙求),Taigongjiajiao(太公家教),which are handed down,many books which have been lost,such as Kaimengyaoxun(開蒙要訓),Suwuyaominglin(俗務要名林),Zajishiyongyaozi(雜集時用要字),are included in Dunhuang Manuscripts.Most scholars, achieving considerable advances,focus on the study of the former style,or on Suwuyaominglin(俗務要名林),Zajishiyongyaozi(雜集時用要字),which can be used as dictionaries.Kaimengyaoxun(開蒙要訓),the ancestor of the common people's reading books,has not been paid enough attention it should be paid.The dissertation,consisted of two parts,carries out study on Kaimengyaoxun(開蒙要訓)manuscripts.Firstly,we review the educational backgrounds ofDunhuang(敦煌)of Tang and Five Dynasties.Secondly,we introduce related information about Kaimengyaoxun(開蒙要訓), such as,the author,the creative age,the form,the content,the value and the present study situations.Thirdly,based on the general survey of Dunhuang(敦煌)Manuscripts,we find 79 pieces of Kaimengyaoxun(開蒙要訓)manuscripts,including 30 pieces,which are originally recognized by us,and present the state of them fully and clearly.At the same time we patch up 34 pieces of them into 8 texts and get 5 copying system of Kaimengyaoxun(開蒙要訓).Furtherly, we discuss the style,the cause and the value of the variant expressions of Kaimengyaoxun(開蒙要訓)in detail.At the last part of part one,we compare Kaimengyaoxun(開蒙要訓)with Qanziwen(千字文),another children reading book,to reveal the differences between them.In part two,we collate the Kaimengyaoxun(開蒙要訓)Manuscripts thoroughly,so as to provide a reliable text ofKaimengyaoxun(開蒙要訓)for the scholars.