我校中文系蒋礼鸿教授的《敦煌变文字义通释》,已重版三次,受到学术界的重视。去年九月间,他在敦煌讲习班上向学员们讲述了写作这本书的动机、方法、经过和设想。本文是他的讲稿,根据读者建议,征得蒋先生同意,现发表于本刊。 Professor Jiang Lihong’s Chinese Department of the Department of “Dunhuang variable text meaning interpretation,” has been reprinted three times, by the academic community’s attention. In September last year, he told the participants in his workshop in Dunhuang about the motives, methods, experiences and ideas of writing this book. This article is his speech, according to the reader’s suggestion, with the consent of Mr. Jiang, is now published in this issue.