西夏文字和书籍的研究可以分为三个发展阶段。1.哈喇浩特文献发现之前的西夏文字研究。这一时期可以看作是西夏学的准备时期。这一阶段的主要成绩,乌韦烈、沙畹、德维利亚、巴赛尔、毛里斯等人的名字联系在一起,只限于对最初发现的一批西夏文古物—居庸关六体刻石、凉州出土的窖藏钱币,凉州出土的感应塔碑、《妙法莲华经》的研究;只限于已发现的确定为西夏文的文字研究。而这些研究,亦仅限于试图初步识读和解释。M·毛里斯得到了第一部西夏文书籍残卷《妙法莲华经》,使他能 The study of Western Xia language and books can be divided into three stages of development. 1. Halahot literature before the discovery of the Western Xia language research. This period can be seen as the preparation period of Xixia studies. The main achievements of this stage were linked with the names of Uwe, Shah, Deviria, Basel, Maurice and others, only to the first batch of Western Xiawen antiquities - , The cellars unearthed in Liangzhou, the induction tower unearthed in Liangzhou, and the study of “Lotus Lotus Sutra”. It is limited to the text studies that have been identified as Xixiawen. These studies are limited to attempting to read and interpret them. M · Maurice got the first Western Xiawen book fragments “Wonderful Lotus Sutra” so that he can