论《过番歌》的版本、流传及文化意蕴

On the Edition and Spread and Cultural Implication of The Ode to Those Who Go over the South Sea

本文围绕 19世纪末、 2 0世纪初流传于闽南、台湾及东南亚华人社区中的长篇方言说唱诗《过番歌》的不同版本 ,讨论其产生的背景、传播的情况及异本之间的关系 ,对《过番歌》

With regard to the different editions of The Ode to Those Who Go over the South Sea, a lengthy dialetical ode of talking and singing circulating amony Chinese communities in South Fujian and Taiwan and Southeast Asia, the author discusses the background of its emerging and state of its circulation and relation between its variants; and delves further into the cultural implication of its theme of encourgement.