在敦煌、吐魯番等地發現的回鶻文文獻中，有11件屬於獨立的佛教願文，此外，還有數量更多的以題跋形式出現的願文，系回鶻佛教徒用於表達發願超度、祈福禳災，及兼表頌贊的應用性文字。其中既有印本，也有寫本，更有碑銘題刻。從這些文獻看，功德主在佈施時，一般都要留下自己的姓名、官職及發願文或功德記等，以表明自己的願望，體現出濟世度人的大乘佛教思想，是回鶻佛教研究的重要參考資料。從其內容與形式看，回鶻文佛教願文較多地受到了漢傳佛教文化的影響，其中不少作品以其形式靈活，韻律和諧，感情篤實，字裏行間流露出真情而生動感人，具有較高的文學價值。 Among the numbers of the discovered Uighur documents which were unearthed both from Dunhuang and Turfan,there are 11 pieces are found to be independent votive writings.Besides,there are numerous votive writings in the form of inscriptions on colophon or notes either in a printed books or handwriting of manuscripts,and some inscription on a stone tablet,usually in rhyme.The votive writings belong to the type of practical writing that pray for and expressing the Uighur Buddhists’s praise and blessings in Buddha and all the lives in now and the past and future ,and hoping to be release souls from suffering and be save and happy in Buddhist Paradise. By studying t hose votive writings in Uighur ,we understand that when any contribution was done ,the contributors or donors usually had written their names ,official grade and purpose of pray and all their benevolence down in the form of recording in order to led their wishes to be known. So those of votive writing had embodied the idea of great help to beings of Mahayana and had made them become an important references in the study of Uighur Buddhism. By it s contents and formation ,those Uighur votive writings had showed the great influence over from Chinese Buddhist literature with true feeling and harmonizing rhyme ,so they had great value in literature works.
