대만의 티베트학(藏學)연구와 동향

Abstract

The central stages of ‘Studying Tibet(藏學)’ are China(中國) and Taiwan(臺灣) because they have far more quantitatively and qualitatively excellent expert scholars, research institutes, and scholarly journals related to Tibet published from Tang Dynasty(當代) to the present than any other country or region. Although Korea has already shared outstanding dissertations on research trends and characteristics for studying Tibet with China’s academic world, getting to know Taiwan’s research trends and developments, the other major stage, is insufficient. That is why this paper is required and what this paper intends to examine. This paper has the following specific objectives and meanings. First, unlike China’s study trends on Tibet already published and shared in Korea, Taiwan’s research trends and characteristics, the other framework when studying Tibet, have not substantially produced any outcomes in Korea yet. Thus, this paper attempts to take a look at conditions and changes of Taiwan’s study on Tibet from Tang Dynasty to the present and compare and contrast(異同) them to China’s. Second, to conform the first objective, the paper tries to comprehend Taiwan’s research characteristics and trends by analyzing its major research institutes, scholar groups(群), and their dissertations. Third, this paper derives from a personal and scholarly reason that I received a degree for the study on Tibet in Taiwan. Therefore, there exists a chance that my subjective reasoning might threaten the paper’s objectivity and balance. On the other hand, since my longtime study in Taiwan can bring out benefits to profoundly and specifically grasp Taiwan’s study status on Tibet, my academic backgrounds will be more likely to lead the study more practical and realistic. Fourth, today’s study on Tibet is conducted in many fields. Even Korea has accumulated quite a few outstanding personal researches or joint researches among scholars. As a useful tool to introduce the study on Tibet to Korean academic world, this paper will help set up a milestone to activating and directing Korea’s study on Tibet in the future.