Cover
Contents
Part One: Introduction
Words as pictures
The Naxi and their literature
Elise Scharten, Naxi translator
The translation method
Why another translation?
What to watch out for when reading
The chelggvq purification ceremony
Part Two: Annotated Translation
Dramatis Personae
Cover page
Panel 1-1 — 1-10
Panel 2-1 — 2-13
Panel 3-1 — 3-9
Panel 3-10, 4-1 — 4-9
Panel 5-1 — 5-10
Panel 6-1 — 6-9
Panel 7-1 — 7-8
Panel 8-1 — 8-10
Panel 9-1 — 9-9
Panel 10-1 — 10-9
Panel 11-1 — 11-9
Panel 12-1 — 12-7
Panel 13-1 — 13-7
Panel 14-1 — 14-11
Panel 15-1 — 15-10
Panel 16-1 — 16-7
Panel 17-1 — 17-11
Panel 18-1 — 18-9
Panel 19-1 — 19-8
Panel 20-1 — 20-10
Panel 21-1 — 21-10
Panel 22-1 — 22-10
Panel 23-1 — 23-12
Panel 24-1 — 24-10
Panel 25-1 — 25-10
Panel 26-1 — 26-8
Panel 27-1 — 27-7
Panel 28-1 — 28-11
Panel 29-1 — 29-11
Panel 30-1 — 30-9
Panel 31-1 — 31-8
Panel 32-1 — 32-8
Panel 33-1 — 33-3
References
Appendix 1: The Scharten manuscript
Appendix 2: The Scharten translation (sample)