Other Textual Genres
- Non-Buddhist religious texts
- Taoist, including the Hua Hu Jing, and the Xiang'er commentary to the Tao Te Ching
- Jewish, Selihot prayers
- Nestorian
- Manichaen
- Social documents, such as contracts, account books and loan receipts
- Philosophy, notably the Confucian classics, including an ancient edition of Analects commented by Huang Kan (皇侃), and ancient editions of the Shang Shu
- Literature, including Chinese folk songs and Classical poetry
- History, both official and local
- Geography, including the Wang wu tianzhu guo chuan
- Medicine, including treatments for plagues and illnesses. The medical texts include a fragment of Bencaojing jizhu, one of the earliest Chinese pharmacological texts.
- Astronomy, including the Dunhuang star map
- Mathematics
- Divination
- Dictionaries, including fragments of the Qieyun
- Music scores and dance notations
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