INFORMATION ON MASTER’S THESIS

1. Full name: Nguyen Lam Thang 2. Sex: Female 3. Date of birth: 05-02-1974 4. Place of birth: Dai Lanh – Dai Loc – Quang Nam 5. Admission decision number: 2463/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH, dated: 03-11-2006 according to the Headmaster of Hanoi Social Science & Humanity University. 6. Changes in academic process: No 7.Official thesis title: Researching the epitaph system of communal house in the village in Thua Thien Hue province 8. Major: Sino- Nom 9. Code: 60 22 40 10. Supervisors: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Kim Son 11. Summary of the findings of the thesis After translating into Vietnamese, conducting surveys and reviewing the epitaph system of communal house in the village in Thua Thien Hue province, we draw the following conclusions: 1. Clarifying some issues about the time they appeared, the distribution system based on spatial, the author of the documents, the craftsmen who engraved the epitaph system of communal house in the village in Thua Thien Hue province * Time to appear Entire epitaph system of communal house in the village in Thua Thien Hue province we studied were appeared under the Nguyen dynasty, from Tu Duc to Bao Dai. * The spatial distribution Currently in Thua Thien Hue, there are 19 epitaphes of communal house in the village which are scattered in four districts including Phong Dien, Quang Dien, Huong Tra, Phu Vang and Hue City. * The authors The authors who wrote word for Hue epitaph were most in popular class. Underneath the epitaphes they were responsible of composing the document, there are some text writting in general terms as "Written by people in the village or Thankfulness” * The craftsmen There is only one in total 19 epitaphes recording the full name of the craftsmen. That is a clerk under the under the Nguyen dynasty. This information allows us to infer that the craftsmen who engraved for the epitaphes system in Thua Thien Hue province maybe the trained, professional workers. 2. Pointing out the characteristics of the epitaphes in Thua Thien Hue (in which we compare with others in northern such as Kinh Bac epitaph, some epitaph in Gia Lam – Ha Noi): size, patterns, Nom, prohibited words. 3. Clarifying some issues relating to the contents of the epitaphes in Thua Thien Hue: constructive process, village restoration, the urban process and the concept of feng shui of the residents in this region. 12. Practical applicability: Used as documentation for research and teaching about the epitaphe system in VietNam in common and the viliage culture in Thua Thien Hue in specific.