| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Zhuang Traditional Texts
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Zhuang Traditional Texts.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 half-brothers, recited in cases of fraternal feuding, death by violence, and outbreaks of smallpox. 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 |
List of Illustrations; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Conventions; Introduction; English Translation; Interlinear Transcription; Textual and Ethnographic Notes; Glossary and Concordance; Chinese Character Index; Index of Vernacular Characters and Allographs; Zhuang Character Index; English-Zhuang Index; Subject Index; Bibliography; Photo-Reproduction of Manuscript Pages. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Epic poetry, Zhuang -- Translations into English.
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Epic poetry, Zhuang. |
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Zhuang literature.
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Zhuang literature. |
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Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China) -- Poetry.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Poetry.
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Translations.
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Poetry.
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| Added Author |
Holm, David, 1946- translator.
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Meng, Yuanyao, translator.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hanvueng 9789004285613 (DLC) 2015001399 (OCoLC)900685665 |
| ISBN |
9789004290006 (electronic book) |
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9004290001 (electronic book) |
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9789004285613 |
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900428561X |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/9789004290006 |
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