Class 8 Session B    Dunhuang March to May, 1907

Core Readings:

Journeys on the Silk Road, Morgan & Walters, Chapter 6, City of Sands pages 83-98

Photo: Daoist Priest and Abbot Wang Yuanlu (also called Wang Tao-Shih)

Photo: Wang Ta-lao-ye, Magistrate of Tun-huang, with his wife and mother (not relatives of Wang Yuanlu)


Recommended but not Required:

Dunhuang as a Military Outpost https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/cities/china/dh/dhmil.html

Jade Gate or Yumen Pass  3 pages

For Further Reading:

Journeys on the Silk Road, Morgan & Walters, Chapter 7, Tricks and Trusts pp. 101 to 116