国立情報学研究所 - ディジタル・シルクロード・プロジェクト
『東洋文庫所蔵』貴重書デジタルアーカイブ

PREFACE

In 19薈咡 the auth0r Pub]iShed a mOn0graPh On KaO changi， vˋ'ith PlateS 0f t0mb slabS，
annO【，atinnS and exPIanatiOnS， and alS0 a sPecia1 I】鈺Per 0n Ka0-chang2， vˋˊith Inte】—玉〕retatl0ns 0n the
chr0nO10gy 0f the Ka0>Chang‵ Kingd0m〈聶 ]—Jater in the s乞Ime year an additi0naI v()lume` WaS
Pu互)1iShed in whiCh the auLhOr laid 0l1L a P】〝ogramme t0 PuhliSh the resu1tS uf hiS archae0I0gica1
l‵eSearcheS in Sil】kiang′誓 in Six Ser圭eS 0f m口nDgraPhS in |.he f0lI0Wing or〔]er: Ka0一Chang， Pu一
CI1ang^, 茁 e又]一Chi7' Ku一Cha8ˊ KhOLan" and Chiu>Sha〝蔔n B)′ the autumn Of 19誓竇7 thr0ugh a gra〕rlt
frOm the China F()undatiOn， a SeC01 】d vO1ume 0f KaO一Chang waS Pub1iShed dea1ing v‵ ith PDttery

wa【`eS.又1

Acc0rdi】〕g t0 my Pr0gram， the neXt m0n0graP]】 sh0uld be that O】l Pu一Chang， viz. L0b
Nor_量2 But Lhe auLl]or ˋwVas then 【)r(Iered by tl〕e MiniStry 0f E【1ucatiUI1 t() Plˉoceed t0 Sinkiang to
艷tud蛋「 i戇s cL】ltura1 hiSt0l—y， wit]1 SPecial 之ltte】1【，ion t0 n】〞ch…1eo互0gy_ While I WaS 0n my way toWard

Tihua{′笭 (UrumC蛋1i)， u!leXPeCted deve]OPm0l]Ls in S圭nk丑ang ClOSed the T0ute， 丑〕ut I Was able tO
viSi驚 [he I」0囊) NOT regiOI】 a Sec0nd 羃薰me7 With graIi彙豈「ing reSuItS,

′′′`fte1~ 】^eT.l】l尸niI】g tD PeiPing in 龕he nu蓬um1] 0f 1954， PreParati0n Of a mDn0gIˉaPh 0n L0b NDr
Was immediately Started. During t!1e P】‵e【imiIla|ˉy s[age a fe鬼v PaPerS Were PubliShed for th0Se
intereSLe乙l in my W0rl( 【)l` the OZ~ChaeDl0呂iCaI Pr0bIe【nS in~'0lVed. In t互】e 、，Vin巳e艾 0宴 19荳)5 the
authOr 「‵，ˋ7賣IS iIl si一an' Shel〕Si，i千 beil】g Sel】t L蛋】ere 監〕y the C0mmiSSi0n f「〉r L}】e PreSeTvati【)n Of
Al]tiquiLieS'宮 t0 SuPe】′viSe the rePaiI丑ng Of 0ld StDne t右IbletS 】(n0Wn aS the ˊ乙互差0】′eSt Of T‵abletS.，〝′'三
The Chi【leSe Cnmmittee of t】]【妻 S(:ie【ILi圭ˉ互c EXPedi1，薑On t(】 t[可e N0rLhWeSt ˋW，aS ki】l〔冕 enOugh tO 乏ˋff()1‵d
me a S(妻Pal‵ate labOratOry f()l厂 the claSSifiCati0n Of a PaTt 0f my Sinkia丈】g c0lIec〔i仃nS， WvhiCh were
removed tO Si一an With me_

F0r the t、~，0 )，e乏I1ˉs betWeen aLltumn 0f l9葺牛， and SuInmelˉ of 19笞6， the preI云minary drafL 0f
my monograPh on LUP N()工' t0getl1er ‵viL蹇l Lhe t…ra‵ving ()f figures al1d PhotDglˋaPhing of 0bjeCts
had I】een gr`Idual1y c0mPleted_ ˉ

工l】 the fatal f三l】1 Of 圭957 siaTI waS Often b0mbed. F0r the safety of my c0IleCti0ns thBy we丈e
sent to Han】(ovW'I， by tl】e aid 0f Dr_ Y」 C' Mei， Cl】anCe】l0r 0f ′I‵si【]g Hua Universi畫y哲8. l饕ut my
reSearCh w0Tl{ ha〔l 戇O S艾0P at 0又1(二e_ By the SPIˉing 0f l9窒)8， When the lˉePairS 01'1 the 答'F0reSt 0f
TabIetS7' v~ e】"e c0mP]ete〔丑， the authOr jOined t蛋le faC【】1ty 0f the N0【一thWestem AsSOCiate(l UIl薰ver一
sityiq at Chengku，掖〝 S0uth ShenSi_ NeXt autumn the authOr WeIlt t0 Cheng羹u2i t0 cany 0n
ful〝ther reSearChes in t蛋le Na[i0na1 SzeChWan UniveTSity_凹 At the end 0f 玆9窒)9 the ediT乂〕rial W0rk
on Part II 0f the I〕l〝eSe】′lt voIume Was c0mP1etedˉ

After an0ther ′Lerm 0f teaching in Cl'l(吾】叮gku in 盡940， I returned L0 SZechWan， S【ay—互ng in

Chung一Ching Hsien曰曰 whel'e I wrote some s乏妻ve1Ity thousan〔l more wordS′ v‵~hich fonns Part I of

the ETeSent vOlL】me′

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1′ 高昌專集 2^ 高昌萋第一分本 5' 高昌國 4, 高昌蕁集室空言 5, 新驪 ˉ 6. 丟莆昌 7( 焉耆

8′ 庫車 9. 和閩 10. f去沙 11' 高昌陶集 12. 羅介支悼爾 15. 迫都匕 (烏魯木齊) I4^ 陜西西安
(畏安) 15' 中央古物f呆管委員會 16^ 碑林 (在陝西西安) 17. 18' 清華太薑楫玉栴渢台琦校長
19_ 西斗匕聯合太蓽 20. 城匾【 2]. 成者五… 22' 國立l儿]II|大蓽鏖 25

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