Arthur Veli and Dunhuang Art
December 07, 2022 Source: "Journal of Chinese Social Sciences" December 7, 2022, Total Issue 2546

Arthur Welley (1888-1966),British sinologists、Translator,I used to introduce a large number of Chinese classics such as "Book of Songs", "The Analects of Confucius", "Tao Te Ching" and "Journey to the West" to English readers,Among them, his translation of Dunhuang song words and Dunhuang's translation- "Dunhuang Music Words and Selected Essays"。Weili as a Sinologist is translating Chinese literature、Achievements in philosophical classics、The impact is huge,Related studies are all,But the results of Welley's research on Dunhuang art research are less,In fact, Weli also has a lot of money in Chinese art research,The achievements in Dunhuang painting art are particularly worth mentioning。

Weili worked at the British Museum (1913-1929),Completed the work of the British Museum Stan Yinhuang's artwork。Specifically,Weili organized pictures and painting collections,The index was compiled according to the artist's name,After years of hard work,Completed "Stanin's Dunhuang Painting bet365 Play online games Catalog"。This job is completed with the funding of the British Museum and the Indian government.,Wili lives in this work.。

Weili graduated from the Classical Literature of King of Cambridge University in 1910,In 1913, I worked in the Painting Department of the Dagai Museum,As a assistant to Lawrence Binyang, the director of the Oriental Book and Painting Department of the British Museum,Assist Bin Yang to organize the explorer Stan's collection from Dunhuang to London。1918,According to the agreement between the Indian government and the British Museum,Stanin's artwork of the British Museum is two points for two,Some parts stay in the British Museum,The rest to Derry, India。Before transporting to Delhi,The British Museum conducts the two parts of the arts, respectively。Catalog work involves translation problems,The viewer must distinguish the inscriptions above the painting works,Translate it according to the need to translate it as English。AN Index of Chinese ArtistSe ARTISTS Represented in the Sub-the Oriental Prints in The British Museum ("The Oriental Pictures and Painting Branch Collection of Chinese Artists' Famous Index Bet365 app download "),Published by the Board of Directors of the Museum in 1922。1929,Welley resigned due to physical reasons,But he did not give up the care work,A Catalogue of Paintings Recovered from Tunhuang by Sir Aurel Stein ("Stan Yin Dunhuang Painting Catalog") was published by Oxford University Press。

  1907、1908,Stanyin and Boji and Boji come to Dunhuang,Bring the most important writing books and scrolls in the Dunhuang Tibetan Sutra to Britain and France。Bobs and Western scholars to fully record the Dunhuang Grottoes,Published English in 1914、"Dunhuang List" in Chinese and French explanatory text,Inside the murals and sculptures taken by him and assistants in the Dunhuang cave。After Shi Dunhuang collections that were deceived to London,Published Thousand Buddhas in 1921 ("Thousand Buddhas"),The Dunhuang art painting he brought back in the form of color and black and white photos。Welley's "Stanin Yinhuang Art Catalog" has no other paintings with other paintings,But "Stanyin's Dunhuang Painting Catalog" is as significant as Bo Xi's "Dunhuang List" and Stan's "Thousand Buddhas".,It is an important document Bet365 app download for Dunhuang art research,The foundation for the presence of the overall appearance of Dunhuang art and the development of research work,It is important in the history of world art。

During the process of conducting Dunhuang artworks,Weili has a interest in Chinese art,It also achieved in Dunhuang art research。He has a interest in the relationship between Zen and Chinese art,Write a long paper Zen Buddhism and Its Relation to Art ("Zen and its relationship with art",Focusing on the relationship between Zen and related Chinese art expression forms,The results of the research were published by Luzac Company in 1922。Weili thinks in this paper,"The connection between Zen and art is important,Not only because Zen can bring inspiration to the artist,Because people can better understand the psychological status of artists during the process of art creation through Zen,This is what other civilizations cannot reach "。At the same time,Weili also combined with Dunhuang art in -depth Chinese painting,Write an an introduction to the state of chinese painting ("Getting Started by Chinese Painting Research",This research results were bet365 best casino games published by Groof Press, New York in 1923。Before Wili,British sinologists、Translator Zhai Lisi published the first Chinese painting history of Chinese painting in the History of Chinese Pictorial Art,Because the book was published in 1905,It is still two years earlier to bring Dunhuang artworks to Britain in 1907,There is no involved in Dunhuang art。In the book "Getting Started by Chinese Painting Research",Weili special chapter explores Dunhuang painting,Can be regarded as one of the earliest research results in the field of art research in the Western academic community,It is also an important achievement in Chinese art research in the English world,attracted the attention of the Western academic community。Some book reviewers are proposed,In the past, Western academic circles often learned about Chinese art through the eyes of Japanese scholars,The "Introduction to Chinese Painting Research" written by Welley reviews Chinese art from the perspective of the West、Feel the charm of Chinese art。"Getting Started by Chinese Painting Research" Before entering the art discussion of painting,Explore Chinese bet365 Play online games poetry and philosophy with four chapters,Then enter the topic,Introduction Analysis Gu Kaizhi、Wu Daozi and other arts everyone。Zhai Linnai pointed out in the book review he wrote for this book,Discussion of poetry and philosophy is not unreasonable,Help Western readers first understand the Chinese people's thoughts and emotions,Only on this basis,Only to understand Chinese art。To interpret Chinese art without understanding the Chinese people’s thoughts and emotions,It is tantamount to exploring in the dark。Zhai Linnai is the son of Sinologist Zhai Lisi,He also worked at the British Museum at the time,He conducted an error in this work in the comments,and position it as a research monograph that is entertaining and instructive in the conclusion。

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