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Original Entries of the Yibu (LLSL)
Ákos Bertalan Apatóczky
Károli University Budapest, Hungary
One of the most significant findings of the reconstruction of the Yibu chapter
of the LLSL was that, with a handful of exceptions, almost every single entry
of this Sino-Mongol glossary was copied from somewhere else. However, there
are nine identified entries, for which an external source was not identifiable,
thus they can be treated as original entries of the work. These entries are mostly
toponyms and ethnonyms copied from other chapters of the LLSL, and there are
three other words not belonging to either of these categories. As the number of
original entries is extremely low compared to the approximately 1400 entries in
LLSL, they do worth a short investigation on their characteristics.
The Linguistic Evidence for the Korean Influence on the
Formation of the Ancient Japanese State
Alexander Vovin
EHESS, France
In this communication I intend to demonstrate that the names of the two deities
from the ‘Heavenly group’ of the Japanese pantheon, namely Izanagi (Old
Japanese Inzanaŋgî and Izanami (Old Japanese Inzanamî), as well as the given
name Homuda (Old Japanese Pômunda) of the semi-legendary emperor Ōjin that
are meanigless in Japanese actually have quite transparent Korean etymologies.
In conclusion, I will demonstrate the Soga (Old Japanese Sôŋga) clan, largely
responsible for the introduction of Buddhism to Japan, is also of the Korean
origin, and is probably connected to Silla kingdom’s Kim (Old Korean Swo[l]
i) dynasty. I will also provide evidence that the Inner Asian title qan ‘ruler’ has
found its way not only to Korea, which was noticed long ago, but also to Japan.
Keywords: Ancient Japan, Ancient Korea, Yamato, Silla, etymology, Buddhism,
Izanagi, Izanami, Ōjin, Soga, title qan.
Ákos Bertalan Apatóczky
Károli University Budapest, Hungary
One of the most significant findings of the reconstruction of the Yibu chapter
of the LLSL was that, with a handful of exceptions, almost every single entry
of this Sino-Mongol glossary was copied from somewhere else. However, there
are nine identified entries, for which an external source was not identifiable,
thus they can be treated as original entries of the work. These entries are mostly
toponyms and ethnonyms copied from other chapters of the LLSL, and there are
three other words not belonging to either of these categories. As the number of
original entries is extremely low compared to the approximately 1400 entries in
LLSL, they do worth a short investigation on their characteristics.
The Linguistic Evidence for the Korean Influence on the
Formation of the Ancient Japanese State
Alexander Vovin
EHESS, France
In this communication I intend to demonstrate that the names of the two deities
from the ‘Heavenly group’ of the Japanese pantheon, namely Izanagi (Old
Japanese Inzanaŋgî and Izanami (Old Japanese Inzanamî), as well as the given
name Homuda (Old Japanese Pômunda) of the semi-legendary emperor Ōjin that
are meanigless in Japanese actually have quite transparent Korean etymologies.
In conclusion, I will demonstrate the Soga (Old Japanese Sôŋga) clan, largely
responsible for the introduction of Buddhism to Japan, is also of the Korean
origin, and is probably connected to Silla kingdom’s Kim (Old Korean Swo[l]
i) dynasty. I will also provide evidence that the Inner Asian title qan ‘ruler’ has
found its way not only to Korea, which was noticed long ago, but also to Japan.
Keywords: Ancient Japan, Ancient Korea, Yamato, Silla, etymology, Buddhism,
Izanagi, Izanami, Ōjin, Soga, title qan.
