Hmong Oral Epics:Transnational Collaboration and an Epic Master-text

摘要

＜正＞This paper will discuss the process of transnational collaboration in the creation of a "tradition-oriented" master-text based on an oral epic tradition of the Miao ethnic group（Miaozu）in the region of Guizhou province called Southeast Guizhou（Qiandong nan）.The project begins in the 1950s with several participants including the pioneering ethno-linguistic Prof.Ma Xueliang of the Central University for Nationalities,Beijing and several local ethnic scholars in Guizhou,