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Hanvueng: The Goose King and the Ancestral King: An Epic from Guangxi in Southern China (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004285613)
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xThe Hanvueng epic, a narrative of enmity between two royal step-brothers, is a ritual text recited when there is fraternal feuding, death by violence, outbreaks of smallpox, or other such disasters. The theme is one that resonates deeply in the Tai societies on the periphery of the Chinese empire.
Author: David Holm
ISBN-10: 900428561X
ISBN-13: 9789004285613
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 04/09/2015
Pages: 642
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.35lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.40w x 1.60d
Author: David Holm
ISBN-10: 900428561X
ISBN-13: 9789004285613
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 04/09/2015
Pages: 642
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.35lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.40w x 1.60d
By David Holm
xDavid Holm, D.Phil. (1980) in Chinese, University of Oxford, is 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, PhD (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 and traditional culture.
Meng Yuanyao, PhD (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 and traditional culture.
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