History of Dunhuang

Contents: Introduction. 1. Origin of the place name Dunhuang. 2. Dunhuang: its trilogy of cultivation, development and flourishing. 3. The Mogao grottoes: their structure and function. 4. Painted sculpture of Dunhuang. 5. Dunhuang murals. 6. The library cave: a treasury of culture discovered at the turn of th 20th century. 7. Loss of Dunhuang treasures. 8. Dunhuang studies in the world. Closing. Appendix.