Evgenij Ivanovich Kychanov (; also transcribed as Yevgeny (Evgenij) Ivanovich Kychanov, 22 June 1932 â 24 May 2013) was a Soviet-Russian orientalist, an expert on the Tangut people and their mediaeval Xi Xia Empire. From 1997 to 2003 he served as the director of the Saint Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (now the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences).
Biography
Evgenij Kychanov was born 22 June 1932 in Sarapul, Udmurtia.
Evgenij Kychanov graduated from the Oriental Department of Saint Petersburg University (known at the time as Leningrad University) in 1955, majoring in the history of China. He did his graduate work at the Leningrad Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, and in 1960 he defended his PhD thesis on the Western Xia (Tangut Empire). He has been working at that institute ever since, spending many years as the head of the Tangut research group, and, later, as the head of larger units. From 1997 to 2003 he was director of the St Petersburg Branch (now the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts).
Kychanov is the author of around 300 articles and books on the history and culture of peoples of China and Inner Asia, including a number of pioneering research papers on the Xi Xia state and translations from the Tangut language, summarizing works on the history of Tibet and nomadic civilizations of Inner Asia, as well as popular books about Tibet, Genghis Khan and other steppe leaders.
In May 2011 Kychanov was awarded the S. F. Oldenburg Award in recognition of his achievements in the field of Central Asian studies, in particular his role in the decipherment of the Tangut script.
In June 2012 a conference in his honour, entitled The Tanguts in Central Asia, was held at the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts to mark Kychanov's 80th birthday. A collection of 34 papers written by scholars from Russia, China, Japan and other countries was published as a Festschrift with the same title.
He died in Saint Petersburg in May 2013.
Works
- Translations
- 1968. âÂÂGimn svjaschennim predkam tangutov. (Hymn to the sacred Tangut ancestors).â PisâÂÂmennye pamjatniki Vostoka, pp. 217âÂÂ231.
- 1971. âÂÂTangutskij document 1105g. â PisâÂÂmennye pamjatniki Vostoka, pp. 193âÂÂ203.
- 1971. âÂÂA Tangut Document of 1224 from Khara-Khoto. â Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 24.2: 189-201.
- 1987-1988. Izmenennyi i zanovo utverzhdennyi kodeks deviza charstvovanija nebesnoe protsvetanie. 4 vols. Moskva.
- (1974) ÃÂýþòàÃÂþñÃÂðýýÃÂõ ôÃÂðóþÃÂõýýÃÂõ ÿðÃÂýÃÂõ ø÷ÃÂõÃÂõýøÃÂ. / ÃÂõÃÂ. àÃÂðýóÃÂÃÂ. ø úþüü. ÃÂ. ÃÂ. ÃÂÃÂÃÂðýþòð. (áõÃÂøàëÃÂðüÃÂÃÂýøúø ÿøÃÂÃÂüõýýþÃÂÃÂø ÃÂþÃÂÃÂþúðû). ÃÂ., ÃÂðÃÂúð, 1974. (VnovâÂÂsobrannye dragotsennye parnye izrechenija. Moskva 1974 / Recollected precious pair sayings. Translation from the Tangut. Moscow 1974)
- (1987âÂÂ1989) ÃÂ÷üõýõýýÃÂù ø ÷ðýþòþ ÃÂÃÂòõÃÂöôõýýÃÂù úþôõúàôõòø÷ð ÃÂðÃÂÃÂÃÂòþòðýøàÃÂõñõÃÂýþõ ÿÃÂþÃÂòõÃÂðýøõ (1149âÂÂ1169). ÃÂ÷ô. ÃÂõúÃÂÃÂð, ÿõÃÂ., øÃÂÃÂû. ø ÿÃÂøü. ÃÂ. ÃÂ. ÃÂÃÂÃÂðýþòð. ÃÂý. 1âÂÂ4. ÃÂ.
- ÃÂðÿøÃÂààðûÃÂðÃÂàþ ÿÃÂøüøÃÂõýøø ÃÂþýÃÂÃÂÃÂøÃÂ. (áõÃÂøàëÃÂðüÃÂÃÂýøúø ÿøÃÂÃÂüõýýþÃÂÃÂø ÃÂþÃÂÃÂþúðû). ÃÂ., ÃÂþÃÂÃÂþÃÂýðàûøÃÂõÃÂðÃÂÃÂÃÂð, 2000 ó. 152 ÃÂÃÂÃÂ.
- Historical Studies
- (1960) ÃÂþÃÂÃÂôðÃÂÃÂÃÂòþ áø áà(982âÂÂ1227). ÃÂòÃÂþÃÂõÃÂ.ôøÃÂÃÂ. ⦠ú.ø.ý. ÃÂ..
- (1963) áþÃÂÃÂþýþò ÃÂ. ÃÂ., ÃÂÃÂÃÂðýþò ÃÂ. ÃÂ. ÃÂÃÂÃÂûõôþòðýøàÿþ ÃÂþýõÃÂøúõ ÃÂðýóÃÂÃÂÃÂúþóþ ÃÂ÷ÃÂúð. (ÃÂÃÂõôòðÃÂøÃÂõûÃÂýÃÂõ ÃÂõ÷ÃÂûÃÂÃÂðÃÂÃÂ). ÃÂ., ÃÂÃÂÃÂ.
- (1968) ÃÂÃÂõÃÂú øÃÂÃÂþÃÂøø ÃÂðýóÃÂÃÂÃÂúþóþ óþÃÂÃÂôðÃÂÃÂÃÂòð. ÃÂ., ÃÂðÃÂúð, 1968. (Ocherk istorii tangutskogo gosudarstva. Moskva, 1968 / A historical sketch of the Tangut state. Moscow, 1968)
- (1986) ÃÂÃÂýþòàÃÂÃÂõôýõòõúþòþóþ úøÃÂðùÃÂúþóþ ÿÃÂðòð (7-13 òò.). ÃÂ., ÃÂðÃÂúð (ÃÂàÃÂÃÂ).
- 2000 âÂÂThe State and the Buddhist Sanghaï¼ Xixia State ï¼Â982-1227ï¼Â.â The Journal of Oriental Studies (Tokyo) 10: 119-128
- Popular and scientific articles
- ÃÂòÃÂÃÂðàûøÃÂàÿøÃÂÃÂüõýð. (áõÃÂøàëÃÂþ ÃÂûõôðü øÃÂÃÂõ÷ýÃÂòÃÂøÃÂ
úÃÂûÃÂÃÂÃÂàÃÂþÃÂÃÂþúðû). ÃÂ., ÃÂðÃÂúð. 1965. 139 ÃÂÃÂÃÂ.
- ÃÂø÷ýàâõüÃÂÃÂöøýð, ôÃÂüðòÃÂõóþ ÿþúþÃÂøÃÂàüøÃÂ: çøýóøÃÂ-ÃÂ
ðý: ûøÃÂýþÃÂÃÂàø ÃÂÿþÃÂ
ð. ÃÂ., ÃÂðÃÂúð. 1973. 144 ÃÂÃÂÃÂ. 15000 ÃÂú÷. 2-õ ø÷ô. ÃÂøÃÂúõú, 1991. 286 ÃÂÃÂÃÂ. 20000 ÃÂú÷. ÃÂ., ÃÂþÃÂÃÂ.ûøÃÂ. 1995. 271 ÃÂÃÂÃÂ. 20000 ÃÂú÷.
- ÃÂÃÂÃÂðýþò ÃÂ. ÃÂ., áðòøÃÂúøù ÃÂ. á. ÃÂÃÂôø ø ñþóø áÃÂÃÂðýàÃÂýõóþò. ÃÂÃÂõÃÂú øÃÂÃÂþÃÂøø âøñõÃÂð ø õóþ úÃÂûÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ. áõÃÂøÃÂ: ÃÂÃÂûÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂð ýðÃÂþôþò ÃÂþÃÂÃÂþúð. ÃÂûðòýðàÃÂõôðúÃÂøàòþÃÂÃÂþÃÂýþù ûøÃÂõÃÂðÃÂÃÂÃÂàø÷ôðÃÂõûÃÂÃÂÃÂòð ëÃÂðÃÂúðû, 1975 ó. 304 ÃÂÃÂÃÂ. âøÃÂðö: 10000 ÃÂú÷. (ÿõÃÂõø÷ôðýøõ: ÃÂõÃÂõÃÂñÃÂÃÂóÃÂúþõ ÃÂþÃÂÃÂþúþòõôõýøõ, 2006 ó. )
- ÃÂÃÂþüúþòÃÂúðàÃÂ. ÃÂ. (ÃÂøôøàÃÂÃÂòþòýð), ÃÂÃÂÃÂðýþò ÃÂ. ÃÂ. ÃÂøúþûðù ÃÂûõúÃÂðýôÃÂþòøàÃÂõòÃÂúøù. (áõÃÂøàëàÃÂÃÂÃÂúøõ òþÃÂÃÂþúþòõôàø ÿÃÂÃÂõÃÂõÃÂÃÂòõýýøúøû). ÃÂ., ÃÂðÃÂúð (ÃÂàÃÂÃÂ). 1978. 216 ÃÂÃÂÃÂ. 10000 ÃÂú÷.
- ÃÂþòõÃÂÃÂòþòðýøõ þñ þùÃÂðÃÂÃÂúþü ÃÂðûôðýõ ÃÂþÃÂþúÃÂÃÂ-Ã¥ðýõ. ÃÂþòþÃÂøñøÃÂÃÂú, ÃÂðÃÂúð, 1980. 192 ÃÂÃÂÃÂ. âøÃÂðö: 24700 ÃÂú÷.
- ÃÂñðÃÂ
ðù. ÃÂþòþÃÂøñøÃÂÃÂú, ÃÂðÃÂúð. 1986. 147 ÃÂÃÂÃÂ. 40000 ÃÂú÷.
- ÃÂüÿõÃÂðÃÂþàòõûøúþóþ áÃÂ. (áõÃÂøà"áÃÂÃÂðýàø ýðÃÂþôàüøÃÂð"). ÃÂþòþÃÂøñøÃÂÃÂú, ÃÂðÃÂúð, 1991 ó. 160 ÃÂÃÂÃÂ. âøÃÂðö: 74000 ÃÂú÷.
- ÃÂþÃÂõòÃÂõ óþÃÂÃÂôðÃÂÃÂÃÂòð þàóÃÂýýþò ôþ üðýÃÂÃÂöÃÂÃÂþò. ÃÂ., ÃÂ÷ôðÃÂõûÃÂÃÂúðàÃÂøÃÂüð ëÃÂþÃÂÃÂþÃÂýðàûøÃÂõÃÂðÃÂÃÂÃÂðû àÃÂÃÂ. 1997.
- ÃÂûðÃÂÃÂøÃÂõûø ÃÂ÷øø. ÃÂ., ÃÂþÃÂÃÂþÃÂýðàûøÃÂõÃÂðÃÂÃÂÃÂð. 2004. 632 ÃÂÃÂÃÂ. âøÃÂðö: 1200 ÃÂú÷.
Other works
- 1989. âÂÂç»給西å¤ÂæÂÂÃ¥ÂÂåµé èÂÂ
çÂÂé Âè©© Xiangei Xixia wenzi chuangzaozhe de songshiâÂÂ. ä¸ÂÃ¥ÂÂæ°ÂæÂÂå²ç Âç©¶ Zhongguo minzushi yanjiu 2: 144-155.
- 2006. With Arakawa ShintarÃ
Â. áûþòðÃÂàÃÂðýóÃÂÃÂÃÂúþóþ (áø áÃÂ) ÃÂ÷ÃÂúð: ÃÂðýóÃÂÃÂÃÂúþ-ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂúþ-ðýóûþ-úøÃÂðùÃÂúøù ÃÂûþòðÃÂà[Tangut-Russian-English-Chinese Dictionary]. Kyoto: Faculty of Letters, Tokyo University.
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