Abstract

Dunhuang "by the new Buddha," "goodness by" the 8-10 centuries a popular 'false', they predict the occurrence of certain types of diseases, urges people to chant chanted, written by, repair merit to avoid disaster, reflecting When people fear these diseases is to study the types of major diseases during the Tang Dynasty rare precious historical materials. When writing this in the name of disease through the analysis of the meaning, you can determine at that time the greatest threat to human health of infectious diseases, especially malaria, particularly at night, followed by cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, urinary system diseases, dystocia and other perinatal term illness and so on. In addition, the writing of this geographical features reflected by the two shows in a variety of diseases in northern China during the Tang Dynasty is the major disease categories, and these types of diseases and the natural environment and the relationship between the historical process of the Tang Dynasty concern. The Dunhuang Manuscripts Book of New Buddha and Book of Good Behaviors are the so called "pseudo-classics" popular in 8th to 10th centuries which predict the initiation of certain diseases, therefore persuade people to converse to Buddhism by copying Buddhist classics arid doing good deeds to escape disaster. The two books are the precious material for research on the main diseases in Tang and The Five Dynasties. They express people's panic at those diseases at the time. By analyzing the connotation of the disease names appeared in the manuscripts, the paper claims that the threatening focuses on the infectious diseases among which ague is the most serious one besides diseases of cardio-vascular system, digestive system, urinary system and dystocia. The features of landscape depicted in the manuscripts also indicate that diseases mentioned above are the main illnesses suffering North China in Tang and The Five Dynasties. Finally, the paper discusses the relations between those diseases and the historical process in Tang Dynasty