6th International Symposium Oriental Studies

The 6 th International Symposium on Oriental Ancient Documents Studies 64 Borjigidai Oyunbilig Apropos of The Veritable Records of the Taizu Emperor in Manchu The earliest surviving version of The Veritable Records of the Nurgaci’s reign is The Veritable Records of the Taizu Emperor , which has been compiled in Manchu and Chinese. The Manchu versions that have already been published are separately preserved in the National Palace Museum in Taipei (previously preserved in The Peking Library) and the library of Tenri University in Japan. However, these two published versions are incomplete. Also, the First Historical Archives of China has another Manchu version of The Veritable Records of the Taizu Emperor ( daicing gurun-i taidzu horonggo enduringge hūwangdi-i yargiyan kooli ), which consists of four volumes in total. I am currently working with the Manchu version from the First Archives for its publication. Therefore, I would like to introduce the text from the First Archives and further discuss its relations with two other versions in this paper. Key words: The Veritable Records , Nurgaci, Taizu, First Historical Archives.