Selected Manchu Studies : : Contributions to History, Literature, and Shamanism of the Manchus / / Giovanni Stary; ed. by Hartmut Walravens.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020
• VerfasserIn: Stary, Giovanni,
• HerausgeberIn: Walravens, Hartmut,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Studien zur Sprache, Geschichte und Kultur der Turkvölker ; 17
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)

Giovanni Stary is an outstanding specialist in Manchu Studies. Till his recent retirement he held the chair of Manchu at the University of Venice (Italy). Stary covered many fields, especially literature, shamanism, history. He convinced scholars that Manchu was not just a dead language but had merits of its own and deserved to be recognized as an independent discipline. Besides focusing on the early history of the Manchus and Manchu indigenous literature, he discovered the literature of the Sibe, Manchus in Xinjiang’s Ili region, which are officially regarded as a separate minority in China. Of his many publications a selection is offered in this volume (in German, English or Italian) – they supplement his monographs and comprise the latest results of his research. With index.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- List of Publications 2006–2012 -- Sources of the Reprinted Papers -- Facsimiles -- 1. Die Struktur der ersten Residenz des Mandschukhans Nurhaci -- 2. Mandschurische Miszellen. 2. Eine Eulogie Kaiser Ch‘ienlung’s in mandschurischer Sprache -- 3. Der Mandschukaiser Nurhaci als Held mandschurischer Lieder und Gedichte. Teil I: Orale Volksliteratur in Prosa -- 4. Fundamental principles of Manchu poetry -- 5. Der Mandschukaiser Nurhaci als Held mandschurischer Lieder und Gedichte. Teil II: Volkstümliche und gehobene Dichtung -- 6. Schamanengebete der Sibe-Mandschuren aus Sinkiang -- 7. Manchu journals and newspapers -- 8. Nurhacis Kindheit: Das größte Geheimnis der Ch‘ing-Dynastie? -- 9. Recurring elements in Manchu shaman prayers -- 10. Ein „Kollektivgedicht“ zur Gründung des mandschurischen Kaiserreiches -- 11. Das Kŏnchu kichŏng toki des Sin Ch‘ungil -- 12. The Manchu emperor Abahai. Analysis of an historiographic mistake -- 13. The problem Abahai–Hong Taiji: A definitive answer to an old question? -- 14. An additional note on Abkai Sure -- 15. Einige textkritische Überlegungen zum ältesten manjurischen Schamanengebet von 1593 -- 16. Il “vero” esploratore del Changbaishan e il valore delle relative fonti: un’analisi critica -- 17. Il mistero Pu Yi: Da ultimo imperatore della Cina a Presidente di un’ ipotetica “Repubblica Sovietica della Manciuria” -- 18. Linguistic and Cultural Limits of Manchu Poetry in Comparison with Chinese -- 19. La trasformazione urbanistica di Hetu Ala. Da capitale del khanato mancese a ‘città-museo’ -- 20. The Manchu Imperial Shamanic Complex Tangse -- Index to the reproduced articles