35th Meeting Taipei, 1992: Programme

Program

Saturday, September 12, 1992

16:00–19:00

Registration

Sunday, September I3, 1992

9:30-10:30

Opening Ceremony (International Reception Hall, Grand Hotel)

Chen Sun, President, National Taiwan University

Pi-Cheng Wang, Vice Chairman of the Board, United Daily News, Inc.

Wei-fan Kuo, President, Council for Cultural Planning and Development, ROC

Barbara Kellner-Heinkele, Professor, Free University, Berlin

Denis Sinor, Secretary General, Permanent International Altaistic Conference

Moderator: Chieh-hsien Ch’en, Professor, National Taiwan University

10:40-12:30

Confessions

Chairman: Denis Sinor

12:30-14:00

Lunch

I4:00-15:00

First Meeting (Papers Presentation)

Section A (International Reception Hall, Grand Hotel)

Chairman: Dmitri D. Vasiliev

Reporters:

Jean Richard: The Relatio de Davide as a Source for Mongolian History

Ruth I. Meserve: The Bactrian Camel: Two Mongolian Manuscripts in the Royal Library (Copenhagen)

Mária Ivanics: Über die Beglaubigungsformeln der Krimtatarischen Urkunden

Section B (Spring Room, Grand Hotel)

Chairman: Hok-lam Chan

Reporters:

Giovanni Stary: Recurring Elements in Manchu Shaman Prayers

Chieh-hsien Ch’en: Analysis of the Reasons of Manchu Emperor Hong Taiji’s Restriction of Shamanism

Tatjana A. Pang: New Evidence About Shamanic Practices Among the Sibe-Manchu People in Xinjiang

Section C (Plum Room, Grand Hotel)

Chairman: Hans-Peter Vietze

Reporters:

Richard Howell: Social Identity Versus Language Standardization

Vladimir Alpatov: Japanese as a Hybrid Altaic-Chinese Language

15:00–15:30

Discussion

15:30–16:00

Coffee Break

16:00–17:30

Second Meeting (Papers Presentation)

Section A (International Reception Hall)

Chairman: Chieh-hsien Ch’en

Reporters:

Barbara Kellner-Heinkele: Scholarship in 19th Century Khiva and Neighboring Khanates

Ho-dong Kim: The Worship of Local Islamic Saints and Its Persistence in Eastern Turkestan: The Case of Alp-Ata in Turfan

A. van Tongerloo: The Nature of the Manichean Uighur Technical Terminology

Section B (Spring Room, Grand Hotel)

Chairman: Hidehiro Okada

Reporters:

Hans-Peter Vietze: Bio Bzan Bstan ’Jin Güüši’s Rhymes

Hirotoshi Shimo: The Central Organization of Il-Khanate Governments

Han-Woo Choi: Some Notes on Mao-tun (Qarator) and Qara Bodon

Dawaagyn Tsolmon: Mongol Studies and Altaistic Studies

Section C (Plum Room, Grand Hotel)

Chairman: Mária Ivanics

Reporters:

Décsy Gyula: Reconstruction of the Turkic Protolanguage

Adam Molnár: On an Enigmatic Passage of an Old Turkic Book Of Divination

Eiji Mano: The Original Title of the Memoirs of Bābur

Koichiro Koyama: The Will of Murad II

Xénia Celnarová: Some Remarks on the Prosody of Yunus Emre

I7:30-18:00

Discussion

18:30–20:00

Welcome Reception (International Reception Hall)

Monday, September 14, 1332

9:00–10:00

Third Meeting (Papers Presentation):

Section A (Conference Room No. 2, Scholars’ Hostel, Academia Sinica)

Chairman: Frederik Kortlandt

Reporters:

Masao Shimada: Effectivity of the Ch’ing Mongol Code (Meng-ku li 蒙古例)

Hidehiro Okada: The Mongolian Literary Tradition in Early Manchu Culture

Junko Miyawaki: The Nomadic Kingship Based on Marital Alliances: The Case of the 17th–18th- Century Oyirad

Section B (Conference Room No. 3, Scholars’ Hostel, Academia Sinica)

Chairman: Jun Matsumura

Reporters:

Chi-fa Chuang: A Study on the Manchu Version of the Tripitaka of the Ch’ing Dynasty

Koichi Higuchi: The Bhadracaryāpraņidhānarāja in Mongolian

Florin Deleanu: Mindfulness of Breathing in the Dhyāna Sūtras

Section C (Conference Room No. 4, Scholars’ Hostel, Academia Sinica)

Special Panel on the Manchu Studies Archives Kept on Both Sides of the Taiwan Strait. All papers are presented in Chinese.

Chairman: Peter Chang

Reporters:

Zhong-han Wang: A Brief Description of the Manchu Noble Yun-ti’s Life

Qing-yuan Wei: The Ch’ing Government and Xibo People

Rong-sheng Wang: The Examination System of Mongolia and Tibet During the Ch’ing Dynasty

10:00–10:30

Discussion

10:30–10:50

Coffee Break

10:50–12:10

Fourth Meeting (Papers Presentation)

Section A (Conference Room No. 2, Scholars’ Hostel, Academia Sinica)

Chairman: Jean Richard

Reporters:

Denis Sinor: The Practice of Scalping in Inner Asia

Alice Sárközi: Burial of a Dog

Vadim Solntsev: Words for “Person”, “Man”, “Male” and “Child” in Altaic and Southeast Asian Languages

Dmitri D. Vasiliev: Old Turkic Inscriptions of the Chinese Mirrors from Siberian Museums

Section B (Conference Room No. 3, Scholars’ Hostel, Academia Sinica)

Chairman: Giovanni Stary

Reporters:

Nobuo Kanda: Correspondence Between Hong Taiji and Mao Wen-lung

Naoto Kato: The Rebellion of Lobdzang Danjin and the Yung-cheng Emperor

Jun Matsumura: On the Founding Legend of the Ch’ing Dynasty

Section C (Conference Room No. 4 Scholars’ Hostel, Academia Sinica)

Special Panel on the Manchu Studies Archives Kept on Both Sides of the Taiwan Strait. All Papers are presented in Chinese.

Chairman: Qing-yuan Wei

Reporters:

Yipu Xu: Notes on the Elutan Archives and Historical Materials

Er-kang Feng: Jilin (Kirin) Manchurian Society and Immigrants in the Early Ch’ing Dynasty

Geng-sheng Liu: On the Political Dealings of the Ch’ing Dynasty Government with the Elutan Tribes

Hua Bai: Comparative Research on the Customs and Traditions of Altaic Peoples

12:00–12:40

Discussion

12:40–13:30

Lunch

13:30–17:30

Visit of the National Palace Museum

18:30–21:00

Dinner Party

Tuesday, September 15, 1992

9:00–10:00

Fifth Meeting (Papers Presentation)

Section A (Conference Room 2, Scholars’ Hostel, Academia Sinica)

Chairman: Fred Drake

Reporters:

Ming-chu Fung: The Sino-British Negotiations on Tibet and the Political Situation in Tibet in Modern China—from the Gurkha War to the Washington Conference

Section B (Conference Room 3, Scholars’ Hostel, Academia Sinica)

Chairman: Vadim Solntsev

Reporters:

Nap-yin Lau: Why Did the Liao Invade in 1004?: A Strategic Analysis of the Shanyuan Accord

Ling-yeong Chiu: The Consolidation of An Empire: Early Ming Emperors’ Frontier Defence and the Untimely Demise of Tīmūr the Lama (Tamerlane)

Ruby Yuan-chu Lam: Notions Behind Reconciliatory Attempts on the Hung-wu Period of Ming China

Section C (Conference Room 4, Scholars’ Hostel, Academia Sinica)

Chairman: San-ching Ch’en

Reporters:

Van Cac Phan:

Elena V. Boikova: Cultural Orientation of Mongolia at the Post-revolution Period

10:00–10:30

Discussion

10:30–11:00

Coffee Break

11:00–12:00

Chairman: Nobuo Kanda

Reporters:

Yoshihiro Kawachi: Ming Dynasty Sable Trade in Northeast Asia

Hartmut Walravens: The Current Situation of the Manchu Collection of the Berlin State Library

Tatsuo Nakami: Japanese Researchers’ Search for Ch’ing-Manchu Sources in the Early 20th Century

Section B (Conference Room 3, Scholars’ Hostel, Academia Sinica)

Chairman: Barbara Kellner-Heinkele

Reporters:

Fred W. Drake: The Mukden Palace and Nurhaci’s Tomb as Symbolic Architecture (abstract: A Study of Early Manchu Edifices in Mukden)

Sherman Han: Poems by an Early Manchu on His Journey to Mongolia and Xinjiang

Chen-mian Wang: The Concept of Loyalty in Early Ch’ing Official Histories—As Seen in the Case Hung Ch’eng-ch’ou (1593–1665)

Section C (Conference Room 4, Scholars’ Hostel, Academia Sinica)

(All Papers are Presented in Chinese)

Chairman; Chi-fang Huang

Reporters:

Ting-cheuk Yuen: Some Notes on the Decipherment of Qidan Large Script

Teh-yi Wang: The Relations Between the Ch’in Dynasty and Koryo

Min Lin: Cultural Relationship Between Lin Zexu and Altai Nationality in the Zhu Zhi (竹枝詞) Poems of Going Back to Xinjiang

12:00–12:30

Discussion

12:30–14:00

Lunch

14:00–15:00

Seventh Meeting (Papers Presentation)

Section A (Conference Room 2, Scholars’ Hostel, Academia Sinica)

Chairman: Alice Sárközi

Reporters:

Alessandra Pozzi: Two Divinities in the Sibe World: Siri Mama and Hairkan Mafa

Ágnes Birtalan: Scapulimancy and Purifying Ceremony

Kuo-tung Chen: The Wanggiyan Clan of the Imperial Household Department

Section B (Conference Room 3, Scholars’ Hostel, Academia Sinica)

Chairman: Tung-kuei Kuan

Reporters:

Hakanchulu Harnod: The Mongols and Jin Jou Island–from Harubang

Fu-shun Lei: The Mongolian Tribe of Torgut Went Never to Return

Section C (Conference Room 4, Scholars’ Hostel, Academia Sinica)

Chairman: Ling-yeong Chiu

Reporters:

Erling v. Mende: Traditional Agriculture in Liaoning Province

Liliya Gorelova: Tungus-Manchu Publications for the Period of 1970–90

Ting-yuan Kuang and Hwa-ker Chang: Studies on the Development of Usage of Computer’s Desk-Top Publishing Technique to Process Manchu Scripts

15:00–15:30

Discussion

16:00–16:30

Discussion

16:00-16:30

Coffee Break

16:30-17:30

Eighth Meeting: Business Meeting (Conference Rm. No. 1, Scholars’ Hostel)

17:30–18:00

Closing Ceremony (Conference Rm. No. 1, Scholars’ Hostel)

18:30–21:00

Dinner Party

Wednesday, September 16, 1992

Excursion

Thursday, September 17, 1992

Departure