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Hanvueng : the Goose King and the Ancestral King : an epic from Guangxi in Southern China / translated and annotated by David Holm, Meng Yuanyao.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Zhuang Traditional Texts 1.
- Zhuang Traditional Texts, 2352-6394 ; Volume 1
- Language:
- English
- Zhuang
- Subjects (All):
- Epic poetry, Zhuang--Translations into English.
- Epic poetry, Zhuang.
- Zhuang literature.
- Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China)--Poetry.
- Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (657 pages, 26 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2015.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Zhuang.
- Summary:
- This work is an annotated edition of a ritual manuscript, written in the traditional Zhuang character script. The Hanvueng epic is a narrative in verse about murderous enmity between two royal step-brothers, recited when there is fraternal feuding, death by violence, outbreaks of smallpox, or other such disasters. The theme of enmity is an important one that resonates deeply in the Tai societies on the periphery of the Chinese empire. The narrative touches on many other aspects of life in the valley-kingdoms in the highlands of Guangxi: marriage and inheritance, match-making, slavery and social stratification, agriculture, hunting, fishing, raiding, livestock raising dye-making, wild animals and plants, and the use of ritual to put things to rights.
- Contents:
- Front Matter / David Holm and Meng Yuanyao
- Introduction / David Holm and Meng Yuanyao
- English Translation / David Holm and Meng Yuanyao
- Interlinear Transcription / David Holm and Meng Yuanyao
- Textual and Ethnographic Notes / David Holm and Meng Yuanyao
- Glossary and Concordance / David Holm and Meng Yuanyao
- Chinese Character Index / David Holm and Meng Yuanyao
- Index of Vernacular Characters and Allographs / David Holm and Meng Yuanyao
- Zhuang Character Index / David Holm and Meng Yuanyao
- English-Zhuang Index / David Holm and Meng Yuanyao
- Subject Index / David Holm and Meng Yuanyao
- Bibliography / David Holm and Meng Yuanyao
- Photo-Reproduction of Manuscript Pages / David Holm and Meng Yuanyao.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-29000-1
- OCLC:
- 900685665
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004290006 DOI
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