Information on the thesis "Research on the system of steles in Thua Thien Hue communal houses" by HVCH Nguyen Lam Thang, majoring in Han Nom.1. Full name of student: 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 to recognize student No.: 2463/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH dated November 3, 2006 by the principal of Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities. 6. Changes during the training process: None 7. Thesis topic: Research on the system of steles in Thua Thien Hue communal houses 8. Major: Han Nom 9. Code: 60 22 40 10. Scientific supervisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Kim Son School of Social Sciences and Humanities 11. Summary of the thesis results: After studying the system of communal house steles in Thua Thien Hue, we have the following results: 1. Clarifying some issues about the time of appearance, spatial distribution, text authors, and engravers of the communal house steles system in Thua Thien Hue. * Time of appearance The entire system of communal house steles in Thua Thien Hue that we surveyed was born during the Nguyen Dynasty, from Tu Duc to Bao Dai. * Spatial distribution Currently in Thua Thien Hue, there are 19 communal house steles remaining, these steles are scattered in 5 districts and cities in the province: Phong Dien district, Quang Dien district, Huong Tra district, Phu Vang district, Hue city. * Text authors The authors who drafted the text for the Hue communal house steles were mostly from the common class. The bottom of the steles written by these people are generally written as "bon xa respectfully engraved/respectfully recorded". * Engraver Among the 19 Hue communal house steles, there is only one stele that records the full name and surname of the engraver. That was a scribe under the Nguyen Dynasty. This allows us to deduce that: the engravers for the Thua Thien Hue communal house steles could be trained, professional workers. 2. Specify the formal characteristics of the Thua Thien Hue communal house steles (including comparison with the steles of some northern localities, such as Kinh Bac stele, Gia Lam district stele - Hanoi): size, decorative patterns, Nom script, taboo characters. 3. Clarify some issues of the content of the Thua Thien Hue communal house steles: the process of building and restoring the communal house; the process of settling down; the feng shui concept of the residents here. 12. Practical applicability of the topic: The thesis can be used as a reference for research and teaching about Vietnamese communal house steles in general, steles 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.
