List of Khitanologists
This list of Khitanologists includes those scholars who have made notable contributions to the study of the Khitan people, their culture, religion, history, language and writing systems (Khitan large script and Khitan small script).
| Picture | Name | Dates | Nationality | Significant contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aisin-Gioro Ulhicun ᠠᡳ᠌ᠰᡳᠨ ᡤᡳᠣᡵᠣ ᡠᠯᡥᡳᠴᡠᠨ |
b. 1958 | China/Japan | Study of Khitan Language and Script (2004) A Study of Newly Excavated Khitai Materials (2012) Total Decipherments of Epitaphs in Khitai Large and Small Scripts (2014) | |
| Chinggeltei ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠡᠯᠲᠡᠢ |
1924–2013 | China | "A new approach to the deciphering of the Ch'i-tan Small Script" (1978) Study of the Khitan Small Script (1985) Problems in the readings of the Khitan Small Script (2002) | |
| Juha Janhunen | b. 1952 | Finland | New Materials on the Khitan Small Script: A Critical Edition of Xiao Dilu and Yelü Xiangwen (2010) | |
| Jishi 即实 (pen name of Batu)[1] |
b. 1927 | China | A New Approach to the Decipherment of Khitan Small Script (1996) Continuing the Decipherment of Khitan Small Script (2012) | |
| Daniel Kane | b. 1948 | USA | The Kitan Language and Script (2009) | |
| Liu Fengzhu 刘凤翥 |
b. 1934 | China | "A new approach to the deciphering of the Ch'i-tan Small Script" (1978) Study of the Khitan Small Script (1985) Collection of Liao dynasty monumental inscriptions from the area of the Liao Upper Capital (2009) | |
| Vladimir Sergeevich Starikov Влади́мир Серге́евич Ста́риков |
1919–1987 | Soviet Union | Catalogue of Graphems of the Kitan Script (1966) | |
|
Sun Bojun 孫伯君[2] |
b. 1966 | China | "Study and reading of a stone with a Khitan large script inscription in Khentii Province, Mongolia" (2006) |
|
Wu Yingzhe 吴英喆 |
b. 1971 | China | New Materials on the Khitan Small Script: A Critical Edition of Xiao Dilu and Yelü Xiangwen (2010) |
| Viacheslav Petrovich Zaytsev Вячесла́в Петро́вич За́йцев[3] |
b. 1976 | Russia | "A Manuscript Codex in the Khitan Large Script from the Collection of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences" (2011) "Identification of a Khitan historical work as part of the Nova N 176 manuscript codex from the collection of the IOM RAS and related problems" (2015) |
See also
References
- ^ Kang Peng 康鹏 (9 May 2013). "Short biography of Jishi" 即实微传. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ Sun Bojun 孫伯君 (2006). 蒙古國肯特省契丹大字刻石考釋. Shije Minzu 世界民族 (in Chinese) (4): 44–52. ISSN 1006-8287.
- ^ "Viacheslav Petrovich Zaytsev". Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, RAS. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
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