BuddhistRoad Paper 4.2 “Guiyijun and Buddhism at Dunhuang: A Year by Year Chronicle”

This chronicle has been compiled with the express purpose of providing an easy-to-use reference for the most important or significant dated events in the history of the relationship between local Buddhism in Dunhuang and the Guiyijun (歸義軍) regime. It is to a large extent inspired by a chronicle Rong Xinjiang (榮新江) made in the mid-1990s, but in contrast to his compilation, the present one focuses exclusively on matters relating to Buddhism. I have also provided additional data, which he for various reasons did not include.

Chinese Translation

本文的编撰目的是为了给敦煌地方佛教与归义军政权关系史上最重要或最有意义的事件提供一个易于使用的参考. 本研究在很大程度上受荣新江在1990年代中期所做的大事纪年的启发, 但与荣新江的编年相比, 本文只关注与佛教有关的事项. 笔者还枚列了荣氏由于各种原因没有收录的额外材料.