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題名 Mogong and chieftaincy in western Guangxi and Southeast Asia
作者 賀大衛
Holm, David
貢獻者 民族系
關鍵詞 mogong; chieftaincy; Zhuang; Guangxi; vernacular scripts
日期 2016-09
上傳時間 3-Nov-2016 18:00:06 (UTC+8)
摘要 This article is devoted to establishing, by means of textual and comparative evidence, a link between the religious practitioners called mogong (Zh. bouxmo) and chiefly houses. The mogong are male priests who recite texts in the ‘local’ language, in this case Zhuang or Bouyei. They are also found among other Tai peoples, including the Dai in Yunnan, the Tày and Nùng in Vietnam, and also among other ethnic groups in mainland Southeast Asia. Theirs is a very ancient tradition, dating back possibly 2000 years. Most of the studies on mogong in the PRC have treated the mogong either as an instance of ‘primitive religion’ or as ‘folk beliefs’, and some scholars have declared that the mogong had no connection with politics or government. My argument, based on new evidence from a survey of Zhuang vernacular texts, is that the Zhuang mogong only became village-level vernacular priests after the disbandment of the native chieftaincies, starting in the early eighteenth century, and that before that they were attached directly to chiefly lineages, as they still were in Yunnan and in Southeast Asia until the 1940s. The mogong were responsible for the most important triennial sacrifices to the guardian spirits of the domain.
關聯 Asian Ethnicity, Vol.17, No.4, pp.1-17
資料類型 article
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14631369.2016.1224643
dc.contributor 民族系
dc.creator (作者) 賀大衛zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Holm, David
dc.date (日期) 2016-09
dc.date.accessioned 3-Nov-2016 18:00:06 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 3-Nov-2016 18:00:06 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 3-Nov-2016 18:00:06 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/103392-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) This article is devoted to establishing, by means of textual and comparative evidence, a link between the religious practitioners called mogong (Zh. bouxmo) and chiefly houses. The mogong are male priests who recite texts in the ‘local’ language, in this case Zhuang or Bouyei. They are also found among other Tai peoples, including the Dai in Yunnan, the Tày and Nùng in Vietnam, and also among other ethnic groups in mainland Southeast Asia. Theirs is a very ancient tradition, dating back possibly 2000 years. Most of the studies on mogong in the PRC have treated the mogong either as an instance of ‘primitive religion’ or as ‘folk beliefs’, and some scholars have declared that the mogong had no connection with politics or government. My argument, based on new evidence from a survey of Zhuang vernacular texts, is that the Zhuang mogong only became village-level vernacular priests after the disbandment of the native chieftaincies, starting in the early eighteenth century, and that before that they were attached directly to chiefly lineages, as they still were in Yunnan and in Southeast Asia until the 1940s. The mogong were responsible for the most important triennial sacrifices to the guardian spirits of the domain.
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dc.relation (關聯) Asian Ethnicity, Vol.17, No.4, pp.1-17
dc.subject (關鍵詞) mogong; chieftaincy; Zhuang; Guangxi; vernacular scripts
dc.title (題名) Mogong and chieftaincy in western Guangxi and Southeast Asia
dc.type (資料類型) article
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1080/14631369.2016.1224643
dc.doi.uri (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14631369.2016.1224643