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New light on the origins of the Manchus
Harvard journal of Asiatic studies • 50 (1) • Published In 1990 • Pages: 239-282
By: Huang, Pei.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a comprehensive examination of the literature, including Chinese historical archives and Chinese and Western scholarship, for information about the origins and ancestral line of the Manchu, beginning with Shang Dynasty sources up to the adaptation of the name "Manchu" by the Jurchen tribal leader Nurgaci in 1635. The author also discusses various translations and meanings of the name itself. The history is as complicated as the origin and meaning of the name are mysterious.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Historical reconstruction
- History
- Ethnic stratification
- Territorial hierarchy
- External relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Manchu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3000 BCE - 1777 CE
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northeast China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Pei Huang
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 38029295
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Manchus