Program

Research Programs: Translations

Period of Performance

5/1/1980 - 4/30/1981

Funding Totals

$15,251.00 (approved)
$14,680.00 (awarded)


China-Mongol Frontier: Kharachin Region of Inner Mongolia from "Meng-Ku yu-mur Chi (Record of Mongolian grazing Area)"

FAIN: RL-*1211-80

Brigham Young University (Provo, UT 84602)
Paul Hyer (Project Director: February 1980 to October 1990)

To support translation and annotation of a key section of Chang Mu's "Meng-ku yu-mu chi" published in Peking in 1867. The work provides insight into the tribal confederations of 19th-century Mongolia and their relationship with China.