Information about the thesis "Research on the system of stelae in Thua Thien Hue communal houses" by graduate student Nguyen Lam Thang, majoring in Han Nom studies.1. Student's Full Name: Nguyen Lam Thang 2. Gender: Male 3. Date of Birth: February 5, 1974 4. Place of Birth: Dai Lanh – Dai Loc – Quang Nam 5. Decision No. 2463/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH dated November 3, 2006, issued by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi. 6. Changes during the training process: None 7. Thesis Title: Research on the system of stele inscriptions in Thua Thien Hue communal houses 8. Specialization: Han Nom 9. Code: 60 22 40 10. Scientific Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Kim Son, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, 11. Summary of thesis results: After studying the system of village temple inscriptions in Thua Thien Hue, we have the following results: 1. Clarifying some issues regarding the time of appearance, spatial distribution, authors of the texts, and engravers of the system of temple inscriptions in Thua Thien Hue. * Time of appearance: The entire system of temple inscriptions in Thua Thien Hue that we surveyed originated during the Nguyen Dynasty, from the time of Tu Duc to the time of Bao Dai. * Spatial distribution: Currently, there are 19 temple inscriptions remaining in Thua Thien Hue, scattered across 5 districts and cities in the province: Phong Dien district, Quang Dien district, Huong Tra district, Phu Vang district, and Hue city. * Authors of the texts: The authors who drafted the texts for the Hue temple inscriptions mostly belonged to the common people. Below the inscriptions written by these people, the text is generally recorded as "respectfully engraved/recorded by the village." * Inscription Craftsman: Of the 19 stele in Hue communal houses, only one stele fully records the name and surname of the engraver. This was a clerk under the Nguyen dynasty. This allows us to infer that the engravers for the stele in Thua Thien Hue communal houses were likely trained, professional craftsmen. 2. Clearly identify the formal characteristics of the stele in Thua Thien Hue communal houses (including comparisons with steles from some northern localities, such as the Kinh Bac stele and the Gia Lam district stele in Hanoi): size, decorative patterns, Nôm script, and taboo characters. 3. Clarify some content issues of the stele in Thua Thien Hue communal houses: the construction and restoration process of the communal house; the settlement process; and the feng shui beliefs of the local inhabitants. 12. Practical Application of the Topic: This thesis can be used as a resource for research and teaching on Vietnamese communal house stele in general, and stele and some cultural issues of Thua Thien Hue villages in particular. 13. Published works related to the thesis: None
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name: Nguyen Lam Thang 2. Sex: Female 3. Date of birth: February 5, 1974 4. Place of birth: Dai Lanh – Dai Loc – Quang Nam 5. Admission decision number: 2463/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH, dated: November 3, 2006 according to the Headmaster of Hanoi Social Science & Humanity University. 6. Changes in academic process: No 7.Official thesis title: Researching the epitaph system of communal house in the village in Thua Thien Hue province 8. Major: Sino- Nom 9. Code: 60 22 40 10. Supervisors: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Kim Son 11. Summary of the findings of the thesis After translated into Vietnamese, conducted surveys and reviewed the epitaph system of communal house in the village in Thua Thien Hue province, we draw the following conclusions: 1. Clarifying some issues about the time they appeared, the distribution system based on space, the author of the documents, the craftsmen who engraved the epitaph system of communal house in the village in Thua Thien Hue province * Time to appear Entire epitaph system of communal house in the village in Thua Thien Hue province we studied were appeared under the Nguyen dynasty, from Tu Duc to Bao Dai. * The spatial distribution Currently in Thua Thien Hue, there are 19 epitaphes of communal houses in the village which are scattered in four districts including Phong Dien, Quang Dien, Huong Tra, Phu Vang and Hue City. * The authors The authors who wrote word for Hue epitaph were most in popular class. Underneath the epitaphes they were responsible for composing the document, there are some text writting in general terms like "Written by people in the village or Thankfulness" * The craftsmen There is only one in total 19 epitaphes recording the full name of the craftsmen. That is a clerk under the Nguyen dynasty. This information allows us to infer that the craftsmen who engraved for the epitaphes system in Thua Thien Hue province maybe the trained, professional workers. 2. Pointing out the characteristics of the epitaphs in Thua Thien Hue (in which we compare with others in northern such as Kinh Bac epitaph, some epitaphs in Gia Lam – Ha Noi): size, patterns, Nom, prohibited words. 3. Clarifying some issues relating to the contents of the epitaphes in Thua Thien Hue: constructive process, village restoration, the urban process and the concept of feng shui of the residents in this region. 12. Practical applicability: Used as documentation for research and teaching about the epitaphe system in VietNam in common and the viliage culture in Thua Thien Hue in specific.
