Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Historians of the Qing have made plain the importance of archery to Manchu culture. Such understanding, however, is drawn largely from sources associated with the Manchu emperors and their conservative cultural campaigns that urged Manchu bannermen to recondition themselves in the “Manchu Way.” What is less understood by historians is how Manchus themselves viewed and approached archery. This article provides an annotated translation of the Aim of Archery (Gabtan i jorin), the only extant archery treatise from the Qing written in Manchu by a Manchu bannerman. It was authored by Yehe-Nara Changgiyūn (1702-1789) and completed in 1770. The treatise not only describes forms and techniques that Manchu bannermen used to do archery, but also offers insight into how a particular Manchu bannermen thought about and conceived of it. 清史學界對射箭在滿洲文化中的重要性已經多有論述。然而，已有著述主要參考來源於滿人君主致力於在旗人中灌輸保守的“滿洲之道”的文化政策，而對一般滿人自己如何看待射箭知之甚少。本文提供了现存唯一一部由在清代由滿洲旗人撰寫的滿文射箭专著之完整译本及詳細注釋。該書由葉赫那拉氏常鈞 (1702-1789）於1770年撰寫，題為《射的》（滿文標題Gabtan i jorin）。該書不僅描述了旗人射箭的姿態和技術，同时也展示了這位滿洲官僚及學者對箭術的思考和见解。
Source: Saksaha
DOI: 10.3998/saksaha.6831
Author: Austin M. Hudgins
Institution: Princeton University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405521394