Vermilion Bird: T’ang Images of the South

Introduction 1 Nam-Yiet: Foreground and Background (Modern Peoples—Ancient Peoples - Ancient Chams and Khmers) 2 Hua People (Reconquest~Roads and Cities—Soldiers - Administrators—Exiles—Creoles) 3 Man People (Lao and Others—Insurrections - Turncoats—Chams—Other Foreigners) 4 Women 5 Divine Beings (Taoists—Buddhists—Gods—Goblins) 6 The World (The Fashioner of Creatures - The Pneumas of Earth—Views of Nature) 7 Sky and Air (Stars—Seasons—Storms—Red Skies—Miasmas) 8 Land and Sea (Land—Sea—Hills and Caves - Rivers and Springs—Description and Appreciation) 9 Minerals 10 Plants (Tropical Forests—Magical and Poisonous Plants—Useful Plants Edible Plants—Aromatic Plants—Beautiful Plants) 11 Animals (Invertebrates—Fish and Frogs—Reptiles - Dragons and Their Kin—Mammals一Birds) 12 The Vermilion Bird (Southern Odors—Southern Flavors—Southern Sounds—Southern Colors - The Vermilion Bird) Notes Bibliography Glossary A. Names and Titles Glossary B. Words Glossary C. Nam-Viet Counties Index