在古代中国人所了解的操伊朗语诸族中,粟特人可能是与中国人交往时间最早、持续时间最长、也最具历史意义的一个民族。~②这两个民族间的交往至晚从公元前2世纪已经开始,当时汉武帝派张骞前往西域进行有名的“凿空”之旅,双方的这种交流一直延续至唐末之后。粟特语中的相关资料只反映了这一漫长时期的一部分,即4世纪到11世纪,此后粟特 Among the ethnic groups in Iranian speaking ancient Chinese, the Sogdian people may be the earliest, longest-lasting and most historic nation to interact with the Chinese. ~ ② The interaction between the two peoples had begun lately from the second century BC when the Han Emperor Wu sent Zhang Qian to go to the Western Regions for a famous “hollowing out” trip, and the exchange between the two parties lasted until the end of the Tang Dynasty. The relevant information in the Sogdian reflects only part of this long period of time, from the 4th to the 11th centuries, after which Sogdian