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Collection Manuscript/Mixed Material Naxi pictographic manuscripts. NZL, For a Better Reincarnation = Naxi Zu xiang xing wen jing dian. NZL, Ti sheng Naxi pictographic manuscripts. 納西族象形文經典 / Naxi Zu xiang xing wen jing dian / For a Better Reincarnation

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Title

  • Naxi pictographic manuscripts. NZL, For a Better Reincarnation = Naxi Zu xiang xing wen jing dian. NZL, Ti sheng

Other Title

  • Naxi pictographic manuscripts. 納西族象形文經典
  • Naxi Zu xiang xing wen jing dian
  • For a Better Reincarnation

Names

  • Rock, Joseph F. (Joseph Francis), 1884-1962, donor
  • Roosevelt, Quentin, 1919-1948, donor
  • Naxi Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Library of Congress. Asian Division

Created / Published

  • [Yunnan sheng : 1500?-1934]

Headings

  • -  Shamanism--China--Yunnan Sheng--Rituals--Texts
  • -  Manuscripts, Naxi--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  All manuscripts are in Naxi, written by Naxi priests.
  • -  Two acquisitions: 1689 manuscripts from Joseph Rock between 1924 and 1945; 1073 manuscipts from Quentin Roosevelt in 1941; one gift collection of 2 manuscripts from Chris Ringwalt in 2001.
  • -  Scholar Collector Joseph Rock, botanist and linguist, went on National Geographic Society expeditions in 1930's.
  • -  A detailed finding aid is available, prepared by Zhu Baotian with annotations, and a partial translation, in Chinese.

Medium

  • 226 manuscripts ; 31 X 10 cm. on average

Call Number/Physical Location

  • CLC Naxi Collection Chinese Cage

Source Collection

  • Naxi pictographic manuscripts

Repository

  • Library of Congress Asian Division Washington, D.C. U.S.A. 20540 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.asian/asian.home

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020749490

Access Advisory

  • Restricted; Material extremly fragile; Access by appointment only.

Online Format

  • pdf
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Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Naxi Manuscript Collection are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

The article, “In the Land of the Devil Priests," is reprinted from Natural History, April 1940; copyright © Natural History Magazine, Inc., 1940.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Asian Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Rock, Joseph F. , Donor, Quentin Roosevelt, Naxi Collection, and Library Of Congress. Asian Division. Naxi pictographic manuscripts. NZL, For a Better Reincarnation = Naxi Zu xiang xing wen jing dian. NZL, Ti sheng. [Yunnan sheng: ?-1934, 1500] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020749490/.

APA citation style:

Rock, J. F., Roosevelt, Q., Naxi Collection & Library Of Congress. Asian Division. (1500) Naxi pictographic manuscripts. NZL, For a Better Reincarnation = Naxi Zu xiang xing wen jing dian. NZL, Ti sheng. [Yunnan sheng: ?-1934] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020749490/.

MLA citation style:

Rock, Joseph F. , Donor, et al. Naxi pictographic manuscripts. NZL, For a Better Reincarnation = Naxi Zu xiang xing wen jing dian. NZL, Ti sheng. [Yunnan sheng: ?-1934, 1500] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020749490/>.