Renowned ethnologist Fu Lo-huan (1913–1966), whose research centered on the Liao and Jin dynasties, is perhaps best known for his more representative article “A Study of the Four-Seasonal Natpat of the Liao Dynasty in Five Essays” (1948, in Chinese). Here the term “natpat” (“nabo”) refers to the camps moved between by the Khitan emperors from season to season. At these camps, the Liao rulers engaged in seasonal activities: hunting, avoiding the heat, discussing political affairs and receiving ritual greetings. Fu’s research highlights that the political centers of the Liao regime were rooted in the nomadic practice of “natpat” rather than the “five capitals system,” revealing the duality of their ruling structure.
The Archives houses a manuscript copy of “Liaodai sishi nabo kao wu pian,” likely the edition used by Fu for self-editing before publication. Concerning revised and supplemented materials, the manuscript contains several notes on fishing, hunting, and trapping practices from Shun-sheng Ling’s (1901–1978) “The Goldi Tribe on the Lower Sungari River” (1934, in Chinese), some materials of which were later incorporated into the final published version of the article.
For more, see Fu Lo-huan, “A Study of the Four-Seasonal Natpat of the Liao Dynasty in Five Essays,” Bulletin of the IHP10, no. 2 (1948): 223–347 (in Chinese).
Kuan-chung Huang, “Writing History in One’s Prime: The Days of Fu Lo-huan at the IHP,” in Along New Pathways of Research, ed. Cheng-sheng Tu and Fan-sen Wang, vol. 2 (Taipei: IHP, Academia Sinica, 1998), 441–453 (in Chinese).
The Archives houses a manuscript copy of “Liaodai sishi nabo kao wu pian,” likely the edition used by Fu for self-editing before publication. Concerning revised and supplemented materials, the manuscript contains several notes on fishing, hunting, and trapping practices from Shun-sheng Ling’s (1901–1978) “The Goldi Tribe on the Lower Sungari River” (1934, in Chinese), some materials of which were later incorporated into the final published version of the article.
For more, see Fu Lo-huan, “A Study of the Four-Seasonal Natpat of the Liao Dynasty in Five Essays,” Bulletin of the IHP10, no. 2 (1948): 223–347 (in Chinese).
Kuan-chung Huang, “Writing History in One’s Prime: The Days of Fu Lo-huan at the IHP,” in Along New Pathways of Research, ed. Cheng-sheng Tu and Fan-sen Wang, vol. 2 (Taipei: IHP, Academia Sinica, 1998), 441–453 (in Chinese).