四川安岳石窟是我国石窟寺遗存的重要组成部分,现有的调查工作开展还远远不够,无法展示和体现其重要的学术价值,《安岳石窟内容总录》的出版极大地改善了这一局面。从学术史的角度看,这部内容总录在田野调查方法、编写体例、成果刊发方式、工作组织形式等方面多有创新,可作为未来一个阶段中小型石窟内容总录编写的参考“样本”之一。

Anyue Grottoes in Sichuan is an important part of the remains of cave temples in China. However, the present investigation work is far from being enough to reveal and reflect its important academic value, while this situation has been greatly improved by the publication of the Comprehensive Record of Anyue Grottoes. From the perspective of academic research history, this comprehensive record has many innovations from the methods of field investigation, the styles of content compilation, the methods of results publishing, and the forms of work organization. As a result, it can be regarded as one of examples for reference to compile the comprehensive record of small and medium-sized grottoes in the future.