二零零四年夏季的一天,早上从五台山出发,一路大雨,赶到大同的时候,已是中午。说好了下午去看云冈石窟,中午聂还贵送我这本《雕刻在石头上的王朝》,并对我说,云冈的石窟比敦煌的还好。那时我还没有看到云冈石窟,静静地听着,心想当地人对自家这方水土的热爱,可以理解,却未必准确 One day in the summer of 2004, it started from Wutai Mountain in the morning and all the way down to heavy rain. It was noon when arriving at Datong. Good afternoon to see Yungang Grottoes, noon Nie also expensive to send me this “carved in stone on the dynasty,” and told me that the Yungang Grottoes better than Dunhuang. At that time, I had not seen the Yungang Grottoes and listened quietly, thinking that the natives’ love of water and soil on their own side was understandable but not necessarily accurate