Bulletin of the Denis Sinor Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies

JOTTINGSJanuary 2009

“How great, that throughout the wholeuniverse the will of the sage should beheededandobeyed!

The host of of9icials praise his merits,begging to inscribe them on stone, to behandeddownasanunchangingpattern.”

—Shiji,6.

AWORDFROMTHEDIRECTOR

I have been Acting Director of theInstitute since November, 2007, andDirectorsince July1,2008.Inthattime,we have accomplished a number ofbeneLicialchangesinstitutionally:

‣ArestructuringofstaffresponsibilitiesandreallocationofofLicespace,wherebyour secretary, Barbara Gardner, fulLillsher duties in Goodbody 144, theanteroom of the library, and keeps thefacility open Monday‐Friday from 8:00a.m.‐5:00 p.m. Our two graduateassistants, Leland Rogers and DavidStraub, are busy cleaning out andreorganizing Goodbody 345 which willserve as their ofLice, the microformreading room, as well as storage formicroforms, libraryduplicates, and newbooksawaitingcataloguing.

‣ A reorganization of the library toinclude additional bookcases and acomplete shifting of books to open upshelfspacethroughout;theplacementofaxeroxmachineinthelibraryforpatronuse; a set‐aside space for recent CEUS‐faculty publications; and shelf spacefor materials on reserve for CEUScourses.

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Issue No. Four

INDIANA UNIVERSITYG o o d b o d y H a l l 1 4 4

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B l o o m i n g t o n , I N 4 7 4 0 5 - 7 0 0 5

T E L E P H O N E(812) 855-1605 F A C S I M I L E(812) 855-7500

OneHundredHorses(GiuseppeCastiglione[LiangShining],18thcentury)

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BOOKS

Academic Traditions of MongolianStudiesintheWorld.Papersfrom theFirst International Conference onMongo l i an S tud i e s , DankookUniversity. Cheonon: DankookUniversityPress,2008.

Blank, Stephen J. and Alvin Z.Rubenstein (eds.). Imperial Decline:Russia’s Changing Role in Asia.Durham: Duke University Press,1997.[GiftofEdwardJ.Lazzerini]

Denber, Rachel (ed.). The SovietNationality Reader: The Disinte­grationinContext.Boulder:WestviewPress, 1992. [Gift of Edward J.Lazzerini]

Katz, Zev (ed.). Handbook of MajorSoviet Nationalities. New York: TheFree Press, 1975. [Gift of Edward J.Lazzerini]

Li Yong‐Song, et al. A Study of theMiddle ChulymDialectof the ChulymLanguage.AltaicLanguagesSeries3.Seoul: Seoul National UniversityPress,2008.[Giftoftheauthor]

Orosz, Gergely. A Catalogue of theTibetanManuscriptsandBlock Printsin the Library of the HungarianAcademyofSciences.Vol. I. Budapest:LibraryoftheHungarianAcademyofSciences,2008.[GiftofDenisSinor]

Simons, Thomas W. Eurasia’s NewFrontiers:YoungStates, OldSocieties,Open Futures . I thaca: Cornel lUniversityPress,2008.

REPORTS

“Succession and Long‐Term Stabilityin the Caspian Region.” CaspianStudies Program Experts ConferenceR e p o r t . H a r v a r dUnivers i ty, John F.Kennedy School ofGovernment, October1999.

OFFPRINTS

de laVaissière,Étienne.“The Rise of SogdianMerchantsandtheRoleo f t h e H un s : T h eHistorical Importanceof the Sogdian AncientLetters.” In The SilkRoad:Trade,Travel,Warand Faith. Ed. by Susan WhitLield.London: The British Library, 2004,pp.19‐23.[GiftofDenisSinor]

de la Vaissière, Étienne. “Mani enChine au VIe S iècle ,” JournalAsiatique, 293:1 (2005), 357‐378.[GiftofDenisSinor]

de la Vaissière, Étienne. ”Châkarsd’Asie Centrale: à propos d’ouvragesrécents,” Studia Iranica, 34 (2005),139‐149.[GiftofDenisSinor]

de la Vaissière, Étienne and EricTrombert. “Des Chinois et des Hu:MigrationsetintégrationdesIraniensorientauxenmilieuchinoisdurantlehaut Moyen Âge,” Annales , 5‐6(2004),931‐969.[GiftofDenisSinor]

“Exertingutmoststrengthinmattersgreatandsmall,

nonedaretobelaxorremiss.

Nearandfar,inremotestcorners,theystrivetobe

strictandthorough.Upright,honest,ferventandloyal,theyareconstantindevotiontoduties.”

—Shiji,6

Acquisitions

SilverService(SongDynasty)

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Érdy, Miklós. “Ancient HungarianFunerary Customs Observed inNorthernBarbarian (8th c.B.C.) andXiongnu Cemeteries,” InternationalJournal of Central Asian Studies, II(1997),135‐208.

Giffen,LoisA. “ChildlessCouplesandOnly Sons: Their Function as Motifsin the Dede Korkut Tales,” Journal ofTurkishStudies,VIII(1984),85‐94.

Grenet, Frantz and Étienne de laVa iss ière . “The Last Days o fPanjikent ,” Silk Road Art andArchaeology, No. 8 (2002), 155‐196.[GiftofDenisSinor]

Grenet, Frantz, et al. “The SogdianAncient LetterV.”Bulletinof theAsiaInstitute, NewSeries, Vol. 12 (1998),91‐104.[GiftofDenisSinor]

Pritsak,Omeljan.“FromtheSäbirstotheHungarians,” inHungaro­Turcica:StudiesinHonourofJuliusNémeth,ed.byGy. Káldy‐Nagy(Budapest, 1976),17‐30.

Svanberg, Ingvar and Eva‐CharlotteEkstrom (comp.) , “Mongol i caSuecana: Bibliography of SwedishBooks and Articles on Mongolia,”Uppsala Multiethnic Papers, No. 3,1984.

RESOURCES IN DIGITAL FORMAT1.ThesesandDissertations

Andreacchio,MarcoAntonio. “Speechand Nature: An Introduction to theS tudy o f Tradi t iona l ChineseScholarship,” PhD diss., UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana‐Champaign,2008.

Choi,Mihwa. “Contesting ImaginairesinDeathRitualsduring theNorthern

Song Dynasty,” PhD diss., UniversityofChicago,2008.

Lama, Kunga Tsering. “CrowdedM o u n t a i n s , E m p t y To w n s :CommodiLicationandContestation inCordyceps Harvesting in EasternTibet,” MA thesis, University ofColorado,2007.

M a k l e y , C h a r l e n eElizabeth. “Embodyingthe Sacred: Gender andMonastic Revitalizationin China’s Tibet,” PhDdiss., The University ofMichigan,1999.

Martin, Daniel Preston.“The Emergence of Bona n d t h e T i b e t a nPolemical Tradition,”PhD d i s s . , I nd i anaUniversity,1991.

McGranahan, Carole. “ArrestedHistories: Between Empire andExilein20thCenturyTibet,”PhDdiss.,TheUniversityofMichigan,2001.

Mosca, Matthew William. “QingChina’s Perspectives on India,1750‐1847,” PhD diss., HarvardUniversity,2008.

Park,Hyunhee.“TheDelineation ofaCoastline: The Growth of MutualGeographic Knowledge in China andtheIslamicWorldfrom750to1500,”PhDdiss.,YaleUniversity,2008.

Patt, David. “‘Elucidating the Path toLiberation’: A Study of the Com‐mentaryonthe ‘Abhidharmakosa’ bythe First Dalai Lama,” PhDdiss., TheUniversityofWisconsin,1993.

“ThebrightvirtueoftheAugustEmperoralignsandordersthewholeuniverse;heseesandlistenswithouttiring.

Hehasestablishedhisgreat

righteousness,providingallwiththeimplements

required,eachwithhisownbadgeand

pennant.”

—Shiji,6.

Picnicbasket(QingDynasty)

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Paul, KatherineAnne. “Words on theWind: A Study of Himalayan PrayerFlags,” PhD diss., The University ofWisconsin,2003.

Quintman, AndrewH. “Mi la raspa’sMany Lives: Anatomy of a TibetanBiographical Corpus,” PhD diss., TheUniversityofMichigan,2006.

Rodseth, Lars Thomas. “Travel andTranscendence:LamaistExpansioninthe Himalayan Kingdoms,” PhDdiss.,TheUniversityofMichigan,1993.

Ryavec, Karl Ernest. “Land UseChange in Centra l T ibet , ca .1830‐2000,”PhDdiss.,TheUniversityofMinnesota,2002.

Savvas, Carol Diane. “A Study of thePro found Pa th o f gCod : TheMahayana Buddhist MeditationTradition of Tibet’s Great WomanSaintMachigLabdron,”PhDdiss.,TheUniversityofWisconsin,1990.

Shields, Carolyn Patricia. “FromFortresstoMonastery:TheEvolutionof Tibetan Temple and MonasticArchitecture,” PhD diss., IndianaUniversity,1998.

Yao,Alice.“CultureContactandSocialChange along China’s AncientSouthwestern Frontier, 900 B.C.‐100A.D.,” PhD diss., The University ofMichigan,2008.

Yeh,EmilyTing. “Taming theTibetanLandscape: Chinese Developmenta n d t h e T r a n s f o rm a t i o n o fAgriculture,” PhD diss., UniversityofCalifornia‐Berkeley,2003.

Zhang, Zhenjun. “Buddhism and theSupernatural Tale in Early Medieval

China: A Study of Liu Yiqing’s(403‐444) You ming lu,” PhD diss.,TheUniversityofWisconsin,2007.

2.Additions to the Central AsianArchive

Ельницкий, К.ИнородцыС и б и р и и с р е д н е ­азиатских владенийРоссии: этнографи­ческиеочерки.Издание2–е. С.–Петербург:Изд.М.М.Гузаца,1908.

Железнов, Иоасаф.Уральцы. Очерки бытауральских казаков. 2тома. Москва: Тип. А.Семена,1858.

Р ы ч к о в , П е т р .Т о п о г р а ф и яОренбургская, то есть: обсто­ятельное описание Оренбургскойгубернии. 2 тома. Санктпетербург:ПриИмп.АкадемииНауке,1762.

Ягмен, Альфонс.Киргиз–кайсацкиястепи иихжители. С.–Петербург:Тип.КарлаКрайя,1845.

3.Other

А н д р е е в , А . И . О ч е р к и п оисточниковедению,вып.2:XVIIIвек(перваяполовина). Москва:Наука,1965.

Кисляков, Н.А. Очерки по историисемьи и брака у народов СреднейАзии и Казахстана. Ленинград:Изд.Наука,1969.

“Thegreatsageinitiatedorder,establishinglawsandregulations,

makingmanifesthisrulesandstandards.Abroadheinstructedthefeudalrulers,

sheddingthelightofculturedblessing,enlighteningthem

withtheprinciplesofrighteousness.”

—Shiji,6.

GreenHillsandWhiteClouds(GaoKegong)

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Курылев, В.П. Скот, земля,о б щ и н а у к о ч е в ы х иполукочевых Казахов (втораяполовина XIX–начало XX века).Sankt‐Peterburg,1998.

Москвин, Д.Д. Население СССР:Вопросы миграции. Москва:Наука, 1991. [Gift of Edward J.Lazzerini]

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‣ Establishment of Saturdayl ibrary access from 10:30am‐2:00pm.InSeptember,theInstitutehostedan international symposium on“Family and State in Chinggisidand Post‐Chinggisid CentralEurasia.”F ina l ly, the semester sawinaugurat ion o f a Centra lEurasianStudiesColloquiumthatc o n v e n e s o n a l t e r n a t eWednesdays throughout theacademicyearfrom4:00‐5:15pmto hear about current researchpro jec t s o f depar tmenta l ,university, and, beginning in fall2009, from scholars in the mid‐Westregion.

EdwardJ.Lazzerini

TwinPines,LevelDistance(ZhaoMengfu) Couplet(19thcentury)