著名考古学家李济先生曾经说,一个学者应该有“宁冒天下之大不韪而不能心有不安”的精神。刘诗平君与孟宪实先生合著的《敦煌百年——一个民族的心灵历程》,正是这样体现了学者人格和学术尊严的一部好书。我与诗平君相识于武汉大学。当时我们同为历史系八八级的同学,他攻中国史,我修考古学,而敦煌是我们共同的兴趣所在。武汉大学有着良好的敦煌学传统,那时我们一起听唐长孺先生的演讲,听朱雷先生的古文献课程。当时对敦 Mr. Li Ji, a well-known archaeologist, once said that a scholar should have the spirit of “rather indifferent to discontent”. Liu Shiping and Meng Xianshi co-author of “Dunhuang centenary - a national spiritual journey”, it is this reflects the personality and academic dignity of a good book. I am acquainted with poetry at Wuhan University. At that time, we were also graduates of Class VIII and VIII of the History Department. He attacked Chinese history and I studied archeology. Dunhuang is our common interest. Wuhan University has a good tradition of Dunhuang studies, when we listen to Mr. Tang Changli’s speech, listening to Mr. Zhu Lei’s ancient literature course. At that time to London