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

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).

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