Luo Jin-gyoku

A Chinese scholar of historical research and epigraphy from the late Qing to the early Republic of China. His courtesy name was Shuyan and his pen name was Xuetang. He was from Shangyu County, Zhejiang Province. In the late Qing, he became an Examination Office counselor and supervisor of the Agricultural College of the University of Beijing. In 1911 (Meiji 44), when the Xinhai Revolution occurred, he fled to Japan and lived in Kyoto. He returned to China in 1919 (Taisho 8). He taught Emperor Xuantong (Puyi) for a time, but after the establishment of Manchukuo, he served as a councilor in the Councillors' Office and Chief of the Control Yuan. Well versed in classics and history, he was involved in the revision of classics and research into new materials such as oracle bones, bronze vessels, and wooden tablets. He was particularly interested in the artifacts excavated from the Yin Ruins, not just the oracle bones, but also the associated artifacts, and worked with his son-in-law Wang Guowei to elucidate the Yin culture. His main works include "Studies on the Yin Shangzhen Divination Characters," "Liusha Falling Slips," "Scribes from the Yin Ruins," and "Three Generations of Jin Wen Zheng Wen."

[Yuko Ota March 18, 2016]

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中国、清(しん)末～中華民国初期の考証学者・金石学者。字(あざな)は叔言(しゅくげん)、号は雪堂。浙江(せっこう)省上虞(じょうぐ)県の人。清末、試署参事官兼京師大学堂農科大学監督となる。1911年（明治44）辛亥(しんがい)革命が起こり日本に亡命、京都に住む。1919年（大正8）帰国。一時、宣統帝（溥儀(ふぎ)）の教育にあたるが、満州国成立後は参議府参議、監察院長を歴任。経学・史学に通じ、古典の校訂や甲骨、銅器、木簡などの新資料の研究に従事した。とくに殷墟(いんきょ)出土の遺物について、甲骨だけでなく伴出遺物にも関心を寄せ、女婿の王国維と協力して殷文化の解明に努めた。主著に『殷商貞卜(ていぼく)文字考』『流沙墜簡(りゅうさついかん)』『殷墟書契』『三代吉金文存』などがある。

［太田侑子　2016年3月18日］

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