- Jiu Manzhou Dang
"Jiu Manzhou Dang" ( _zh. 舊滿洲檔) (Manchu: "Fe Manju Dangse") is a set of Manchu archives stored at the
National Palace Museum inTaipei ,Taiwan . It is the sourcebook of "Manwen Laodang " and a primary source of early Manchu history. It is often called "yuandang" (原檔 original archives).It covers official Manchu documents from the 3rd month of the 35th year of the Wanli Emperor (1607) to the 12th month of the 1st year of Chongde (1636). Archives are mostly written in the script without dots and circles. Although
Dahai is said to have invented the script with dots and circles in 1632, subsequent archives occasionally, but not never, add dots and circles. Standard Manchu required time to establish."Jiu Manzhou Dang" was discovered in 1931, a month after the discovery of the Beijing edition of "Manwen Laodang". Three more volumes were found in 1935. It was moved from place to place due to long-running wars and was finally carried to Taiwan by the
Kuomintang . The study on original archives was started in 1960s. The National Palace Museum published the copy under the name "Jiu Manzhou Dang" in 1969.
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