As for the Tunhuang manuscripts, they were shipped to London in 1907 by Sir Aurel Stein, but it took fifty years before the first catalogue was published.
至於英國探險家斯坦因（Aurel Stein）賄購的敦煌手卷數千卷，在一九○七年載回倫敦後，足足半個世紀，連經手館員（翟理斯之子）本身也退休許久，才遲遲出版目錄。