JOSEF KOWALEWSKI AND MINJUL HUTUGTU (1789–1839)

• Authors: Uspensky Vladimir
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

M i n j u l Hutugtu Jambal (1789-1839) for a long time occupied in Beijing a position of the Deputy Chief Administrative Lama. He frequently visited the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission and established good personal contacts with a famous scholar Josef Kowalewski who stayed in Beijing from November 1830 to June 1831. These contacts were mutually beneficial: Kowalewski was studying Mongolian language and collecting Mongolian books, while M i n j u l Hutugtu was interested in getting new information about the world. M i n j u l Hutugtu used the European derived information about the countries of the world which he learnt from Kowalewski ('O-shib', as he was called in Tibetan) in his book 'The Detailed Description of the World' ('Dzam gling rgyas bshad). 'O-shib' is also mentioned as the author of a recipe in his big medical treatise. The partially published diaries of Kowalewski, now kept in the city of Kazan in Russia, contain much personal information about M i n j u l Hutugtu, his interests and actions.

Keywords

EN

KOWALEWSKI JOSEF; M I N J U L HUTUGTU JAMBAL

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Rocznik Orientalistyczny
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 62
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 222-227
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Uspensky Vladimir

• Vladimir Uspensky, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA077920