敦煌遗书又称敦煌写本、敦煌卷子、敦煌文书等。指敦煌所出5至11世纪多种文字的古写本及少量印本。包括官私文书。清光绪二十六年,道士王圆箓于莫高窟第16窟发现了“藏经洞”。1902年,甘肃学政、金石学家叶昌炽成为最早发现这批文书价值的中国学者。其后,国外探险家们接踵而至。将大批文书珍品捆载而去,流失海外。劫余的文书,于1909年由清政府学部解省送京,入藏京师图书馆(今国家图书馆前身)。敦煌遗书已分散于世界各地,目前最大的四个度藏处是:国家图书馆、英国图书馆、法国图书馆、俄罗斯科学院东方学研 Dunhuang also known as Dunhuang Manuscripts, Dunhuang volumes, Dunhuang instruments. Refers to Dunhuang from the 5th to 11th century, a variety of scripts of ancient writing and a small number of copies. Including official private documents. Twenty-six years of the Qing dynasty, the priest 王 圆 箓 discovered in the 16th Cave of the Mogao Grottoes “Cave of the Tripitaka.” In 1902, Gansu Xuezheng, gold scientist Ye Changchi became the first Chinese scholars to discover the value of these instruments. Since then, foreign explorers have followed. A large number of instruments and treasures tied away, lost overseas. The remaining books of robbery were sent to Beijing by the Qing government department in 1909 for admission to the capital library (now the predecessor of the National Library). Dunhuang posthumous writings have been scattered all over the world, the largest four degree possession is: the National Library, the British Library, the French Library, Russian Academy of Oriental Studies