华尔纳及其敦煌考察团述论

1923年7月，以华尔纳为首的美国哈佛大学考古调查团来到中国，并于同年秋开始西行。一路考察、挖掘了甘肃泾川王母宫、内蒙额济纳等，于1924年1月到达敦煌。他们用胶布剥去了一些墨画，拿走了尊彩塑。1925年初，华尔纳考察团再次来到中国，其主要目的就是剥离莫高窟第285窟的全部壁画。同时还代表哈佛大学与霍尔基金会在中国特色一姊妹学校共同研究中国文化。后由于中国人民反帝爱国运动的高涨，华尔纳在敦煌一无所获，燕京大学最终得以入选，遂后成立了哈佛燕京学社。目前，美国共收藏有敦煌壁画10方、彩塑2件、绢画2幅、文书22卷。另外，还有哈拉浩特（黑城）壁画3方、泾川王母宫石窟石雕7件。

A Commentary of Langdon Warner and Dunhuang Observiation Group

With Langdon Warner as leader, American Harvard University Archaeoiogical Fact -finding Mission came to China in july of 1923, and began their journey to the west. On their way, they inspected and excavated King's mother palace in Jingchuan, Gansu, Edzengol, Inner Mongolia, and so on, then arrived in Dunhuang in january of 1924. They stripped off some frescoes with adhesive tapes and took away a coloured sculpture.In erlier 1925, the observation group led by Langdon Warner came China again, Their major purpose was to strip off all the frescoes of Cave No.285 in the Mogao Grottoes.Meanwhile,it delegated Harvard University and Foundation to elect a companion school to study Chinese culture togather.Later,because of the rise of the Chinese Peoples antiimperialist patriotic movement,Langdon Warner made no success in Dunhuang,At last,Yanjing University was elected,and therefore,Harvard Yanjing Organization was established.At present,the United states of America collects 10 Dunhuang Frescoes,2 coloured sculptures,2 silk paintings,22 volumes of documents.Moreover,it holds 3Halahaote(Black City )frescoes,7Jingchuan King's mother palaces stone carvings.