Download or read book Hanvueng: The Goose King and the Ancestral King written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hanvueng epic, a narrative of enmity between two royal step-brothers, is a ritual text recited when there is fraternal feuding, death by violence, outbreaks of smallpox, or other such disasters. The theme is one that resonates deeply in the Tai societies on the periphery of the Chinese empire.