| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
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| Research Abstract |
The research problem of this year is decipherment of epitaphs in minor Khitai scripts as the last stage of comparative studies of Khitai and Jurchen scripts. Contents of epitaphs in minor Khitai scripts are very rich, historical facts of the Liao dynasty and ethnic customs of Khitai are included. A real image of Khitai that can not be reconstructed by Chinese materials is gradually elucidated by decipherment of epitaphs in Khitai minor scripts. However, it was difficult to acquire real valuable results in the past. Only those who understand both Khitai minor scripts and Chinese materials can acquire new results of researches of the history of Khtai.
The head investigator studies Khitai minor scripts on basis of results of decipherment of Jurchen scripts, furthermore, studies the history of the Liao dynasty on basis of results of decipherment of Khitai minor scripts. Then, she acquires results more than expected. The main contents of the results of research of this year are 1) study of the tomb occupants and their genealogies of 13 epitaphs in minor Khitai scripts excavated after 1990s' 2) study of the political social history of the Liao dynasty and ethnic culture and custom relating to the genealogies of the tomb occupants described in these epitaphs. The main content of the Report of the Research Project is the results of researches about 1) as the title of "A Study of Epitaphs in Minor Khitai Scripts", furthermore, as the results of researches about 2), "A Study of Kinship of the Guojiudaxiaowengzhang" "The original meaning and its organization of the Hengzhang", "Xiamage in the Liaoshi", "Zi and Hui of Khitai", "Customs of Khitai and Khitanized Chinese", "A Study of Xiao Shuzhe", "A Study of Descendants of Han Dewei and Han Dechang", "A Study of the Wugulie Tribe" are respectively added to the study of related epitaphs.
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