A Study On The Names And Descriptions Of Things Of Dunhuang Bianwen

The Dunhuang Bianwen is texts that records popular oral literature that was in circulation among monasteries and masses.They are the most valuable and influential among popular literature of Dunhuang and have very important literary and historical value. The discovery of them makes many obscure or even blank areas connected to each other and brings vigor to research in the field,especially refuel new blood into boring linguistic and literary investigation. Scholars and experts have made more efforts to organize and research them and they have made fruitful achievements.Linguistically, the Dunhuang Bianwen inherited some classical expressions from the pre-Qin and the two Han periods and heralds colloquial expressions of the Song and Yuan dynasties. It is a bridge that connects ancient Chinese with modern Chinese. It held a crucial position in the evolution of Chinese. Many named things appeared in the Dunhuang Bianwen. Although some are frequently-used words, but it is time-consuming to investigate their origins and evolutions. So working on named things in the Dunhuang Bianwen is of great significance both in theory and in practice.Based on Collated and Annotated Edition of the Dunhuang Bianwen Jiaozhu as a source text, us ing systematic investigation methodology of synonym and near synonym,methodology of combining literature, real objects and pictures together,methodology of specific fields, and methodology of combining language and culture, the author chose133named things in the Dunhuang Bianwen and investigate and expound them in detail in order to be of some use to reading, comprehending,research in Chinese lexical history and compiling and revising of dictionaries.The whole dissertation consists of two parts. Part one is general introduction which consists of five chapters. Part one mainly deals with how the author came to the question and analyses the state and trend in linguistic studies and named things studies of the Dunhuang Bianwen, tells about the source materials and methodology and structure of the dissertation and explains significance and methodology of Dunhuang Bianwen studies and summarizes the usage features of named things mentioned in Dunhuang Bianwen. Lastly, it points out the accomplishments of Dunhuang studies and the difficulty in investigating and expounding named things in Dunhuang Bianwen.Part two deals with investigation and explanation and consists of7chapters on food and drinks,clothes and ornaments,utensils, transportation tools,musical instruments,armament,and things for Buddhist purposes. Part two makes detailed investigation and explanation of named things appeared in Dunhuang Bianwen.