敦煌文学作品中的博士,蒋礼鸿先生在《敦煌变文字义通释》一书中已做过出色的考释,指出它是对有技艺的人的俗称。在唐后期五代宋初的敦煌寺院,对“博士”一称的规定却并不十分严格。通常是作为工匠的别称,如铁匠史奴奴,在净土寺“入破历”中,既被称为史博士,又被称为铁匠史都料;又如在敦煌遗书伯四九○六《某寺诸色入破历》中,同一伙人既被称为“博士与人夫”,又被称为“工匠与人夫”,等等。但在不少场合博士又是指某一行业内具有特殊技艺的人,如木匠行业中有“造床博士”、“作斗博士”, Dr. Dunghuang Jiang, a Ph.D. in Dunhuang literary works, has done an excellent examination in The Book of Interpretations of Dunhuang Transfiguration, pointing out that it is a common name for those with skills. In the late Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and early Song Dynasty temples of Dunhuang were not very strict with the provisions of “Dr.”. Usually as a craftsman’s nickname, such as blacksmith Shi Nuonu, in the Pure Land Temple “into the broken calendar”, both known as Dr. Shi, also known as the blacksmith history are expected; A temple into the broken calendar, “the same group of people both known as” Dr. and people husband “, also known as” artisans and people husband, “and so on. However, in many occasions, a doctor also refers to people who have special skills in an industry. For example, there are doctors in the carpentry industry who make ”Dr.