《佛闪记》中说法显从敦煌穿过这段沙摸一共花了7天,他估计路程大概有1500里。这个数字可能有误,因为平均下来法显每天得行走近90里,这对于一位62岁的老人来说,是极有难度的。斯坦因探险队走走歇歇,平均每次只能行进13英里,一天大约只能走50多英里。 It took seven days for the Dharma in the Buddha Sutra to pass through Dunhuang from this stretch of sand. He estimated that the distance was about 1,500 miles. This figure may be wrong, because on average Falun traveled nearly 90 miles a day, which is extremely difficult for a 62-year-old man. Stein expeditions walk and rest, on average only 13 miles per day, only about 50 miles a day.