The Brigands' Song: Serving in the Army of a Native Chieftain

A Traditional Song Text from Guangxi in Southern China
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-44983-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 834 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1536 g

Reihe: Zhuang Traditional Texts

This is an annotated edition of a traditional song text, written in the Zhuang character script. The Brigands’ Song is part of a living tradition, sung antiphonally by two male and two female singers. The song is probably unique in presenting the experiences of ordinary men and women during wartime in pre-modern China. The narrative relates how the men are sent off to war, fighting as native troops on behalf of the Chinese imperial armies. The song dates from the Ming dynasty and touches on many topics of historical significance, such as the use of firearms and other operational details.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holm, David

Yuanyao, Meng

Weitere Mitwirkende

Holm, David

Yuanyao, Meng

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Partituren, Autographen, Libretti, Liederbücher
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

List of Illustrations

Abbreviations

Conventions

Introduction

English Translation

Interlinear Transcription

Textual and Ethnographic Notes

Appendix: Song Markets in Pingguo

Plates: Photo-Reproduction of Manuscript Pages

Bibliography

Glossary and Concordance

Chinese Character Index

Index of Vernacular Characters and Allographs

Index of Zhuang Characters and Other Symbols

English-Zhuang Index

Index of Scientific Names of Plants and Animals

Subject Index

Über Autor(innen)

David Holm, D.Phil. (1980) in Chinese, University of Oxford, is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Ethnology at National Chengchi University. He has published extensively on the traditional language and culture of the Zhuang, a Tai-speaking people indigenous to Southern China.

Meng Yuanyao, Ph.D (2002), University of Melbourne, is Professor in the Department of Minority Languages in the Guangxi University for Nationalities. He has published The Names and Classification of Common Plants in Zhuang (in English, 2006), and numerous books on Zhuang song texts, ethnobotany, and other aspects of traditional culture. Most recently he has served as chief editor of a new edition of the Zhuang-Chinese Glossary (in Chinese, 2018).