西夏学是一门新兴的学科。对西夏的研究虽然可以追溯到很早,但它作为一门真正的学科,其形成、发展只有大约百年的历史。20世纪伴随着社会的飞速进步,人文科学有令人瞩目的长足发展。一些学科拓宽领域,钩深致远,一些新的学科悄然兴起,发展成熟。在新兴的学科中除人们已经熟知的甲骨学、敦煌学等学科外,还有过去鲜为人知、近来又渐受关注的西夏学。 Xixia school is a new discipline. Although the study of Xixia can be traced back very early, it is a real subject, and its formation and development have only about a hundred years of history. In the 20th century, with the rapid social progress, the humanities have witnessed remarkable rapid development. Some disciplines to broaden the field, far-reaching, some new disciplines quietly rise, mature. In emerging disciplines in addition to people are already well-known as oracle, Dunhuang and other disciplines, but also in the past little-known, recently attracted attention Xixia studies.