大番故敦煌郡莫高窟阴处士公修功德记【英】

Record of Hermit Yin’s Virtues in Constructing the Mogao Caves

定义

唐代记文。系作者为记述李镇国开吉祥窟以报父母之恩所做。前六百余字为骈俪散文，文后系四言韵文三篇。本文属吐蕃中后期作品，亦是研究吐蕃统治敦煌时期历史的参考资料。

It is a narrative piece found in the Dunhuang manuscripts. It describes how Li Zhenguo built the Bao En Cave (Repaying Kindness Cave) to repay his parents’ support. The first part is a prose piece full of parallelism with about 600 characters; the last part includes three four-character verses. It was written during the middle and late periods of Tibetan rule in ancient China, and is useful for studying the history of Dunhuang during that period.