Fonts of Dunhuang Manuscript Literature

The following background factors should be considered when discussing the font of the Dunhuang manuscripts: the transcription of the Dunhuang manuscripts spanned more than 600 years from the Wei and Jin dynasties to the early northern song dynasty; The authors or copiers of the literature have high officials on the top, monks and laymen on the bottom. The content of the written text has both the official gao wenda, but also the social bottom of the application of the document. It is unprecedented in the length of time, the richness of its content, and the complexity of its authorship and transcription. Dunhuang calligraphy contains seal script, clerical script, regular script, semi-cursive script, cursive script, which makes Dunhuang manuscript literature rich and colorful, and it is the result of these factors.