As the largest part of the poetry from the Dunhuang Caves,there are about 800 pieces of ancient works, which their special value for studying many topics like the literature of Dunhuang in the Tang Dynasty and Five Dy-nasties,the secularization and development of Buddhism in Dunhuang and the source of tran sformation of ancient music literature in China,etc.Before the year of 1950,the pioneering preliminary sorting and research work research on the valuable poetry which were written on many old manuscripts had been already finished by the early scholars of Dunhuangology.They collected and recorded manuscripts and classified the poetry by themes.They studied the source of some works’tunes and the relationships between the Buddhist poetry in Dunhuang manuscripts and the hand-ed down literature or folk songs further probing into the history of Buddhism based on new material from differ-ent angles.%敦煌佛教歌辞作品数量约800首，是为敦煌歌辞之最大宗，在唐五代敦煌文学风貌、敦煌佛教世俗化及其发展传播、古代音乐文学源流嬗递等研究领域，都具有重要价值。1950年代前，中国敦煌学的奠基者们从歌辞写本及具体作品的搜集著录、佛教歌辞的辨识和定性分类、曲调源流的考证梳理、与民间文学及传世文献中相似文本的关系，以及基于新材料的佛教史再探讨等不同角度，对敦煌佛教歌辞这一珍贵佛教音乐文学文献展开了具有开创意义的初步整理和研究工作。
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