Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference (한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2003.05a
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- Pages.11-15
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- 2003
A Study on the Nu-A, a Member Piece of Ship's Hull Recorded in the Ennin's Diary
원인의 입당구법순례행기에 기록된 선체구성재 “누아” 대한 소고
- Hugh, Ihl (Division of Ship Operating Systems Engineering, Korea Maritime University) ;
- Cui, Yun-Feng (Division of Ship Operating Systems Engineering, Korea Maritime University)
- Published : 2003.05.01
Abstract
Ennin is a Japanese buddhist monk who traveled Tang from Jun. 13, 838 A D. to Dec. 14, 847 A D. in lunar's calender and wrote lengthy diary through the travel. This diary contained not only his wandering and triumphs but also politics, economy, social culture, religion, diplomatic policies, militaries, geography, transportations and administrations. Furthermore, the beginning of his diary dated Jun. 13, to July 3, 838 A. D. is recorded in the manner of ship's logbook entries. Many terms of navigation and naval architecture appears on it. It is very important to understand them for study ancient ship and its navigation skill. This Per aims to invest the meaning of “no-a” obviously refers to some part of hull of the ship upon first step to annotate the terms which are appeared in the diary.