Conversations: Reminiscences about Tufei Bandits

Previous Lite Next Wordlist Pronunciation

（Play All）Conversations: Reminiscences about Tufei Bandits

Peng Shikuan & Wang Huanming with Xiang Hua, Tasha Rural Township, Longshan County
recorded on 21 July 2002

01	A: ni² ri¹. B: ni² ri¹-pie³, ri¹ luo. A: tian³da²bang⁴ le, ai¹ luo⁴ hai³si² bi¹jiao¹ wo², yan²zi¹ you² hang² ze³-da². A: You do it. B: You speak first. A: Tian Daban, he was a rather ferocious character, not so good-looking either.
02	dang²si² guo² ang²ni¹ ta¹sa¹ gai² huan²wei³ le, guo² hai³si² luan² gao¹-da², qing¹mo³nie³ le? guo² ri, gai² beng²di¹ gao²-cai³ hai³si² dian²kui¹ liu³qing³-duo³-nie², suo¹yi¹ le, guo² hai³si² luan² gao¹-ta¹, But to us in the Tasha area, he didn't cause any trouble. Why? Because he had to show some consideration for the local area. Therefore, he didn't cause trouble here.
03	dang²si² le, gai² luo⁴ le hai³si² bi¹jiao¹, xing¹ bi¹jiao¹ du², guo² ru³guo¹ si¹ ni² dian²kui¹ ai¹di¹ (null)-liao³ le, guo² jiu¹ ni² ri¹-alie³-hu³. luo⁴die¹ le be² guo² ge⁴. However, this chap, he was pretty wicked. If you upset him at all, he would do away with you. All the folk, they were afraid of him.
04	ai¹ jia¹huo¹ za²si¹ ei! hei! qie⁴ si³jie³ guo²-jiao³ se²-liao³ duo³ ha¹tai², a! gai³di¹ jia¹huo¹ bu²die¹liao¹! suo¹yi¹, guo² ang² gao²-cai³ si¹ suan² bi¹jiao¹... B: ze²-lu³ wo²-nie³-xi² luo⁴ la² hu³. A: si¹ bu²si¹ hang²nie³, ni² you² ri¹. That fellow was amazing! Hey! You could die at his hands without even knowing about it. Wow! That chap was really amazing! So, in our area he was reckoned to be rather... B: ... a fierce chap. A: Wasn't he like that? You say your bit as well.
05	B: guo² zeng¹zeng²-di ri¹-si³-liao³, xing²di¹ jiu¹ tian³zeng¹su² la¹ hhi³-lang², guo² jiu¹ si¹ liu³lang³dong² qie⁴li³-lie³, guo² gai¹huan³jing¹ yi³luo²pai³ ha³-si³-lie³. B: The only one he actually killed was Tian Zhengshu, from Xindi village, he went into Niulan Cave [to hide], and there he shot dead Yi Luopai from the People's Liberation Army,
06	ha³-lie³, dang¹si³ kuo¹neng³ zui² kuai²-le hai³si² tian³qiao³ wei²ji¹wan² a, ge⁴ ai¹ yi² pao¹ guo² hu¹si⁴, sa³guo¹ le gai¹huan³jing¹ guo² zuo²-duo³liao³ yi¹hou² le, kuo¹ba¹-bu²li¹ tie²-liao³. he shot him. Perhaps the first person to arrive there after the shooting was Wei Jiwan from Tianqiao Village; there was a group under his command. In the end, the People's Liberation Army caught him, and afterwards cut off his head.
07	A: tie²-lie³ hai³ ka³mong³ ga³ suo¹ nie¹ gua²-lie³ ba. B: suo¹ nie¹ gua²-lie³, qing³nie² suo¹ nie¹ gua²-lie³ yi¹hou² le, guo² kuo¹ba¹-bu²li¹ yi¹rang³ ga³ha² duo³ huo³-lu³ la, eng, huo³-lu³. A: Cut it off and hung it on a tree for three days. B: Hung it up for three days, and after those three days, his head was taken away by the leaders.
08	A: ci¹ki¹ta¹ huo³ pe¹-lu³-xi². B: eng, ci¹ki¹ta¹ huo³ pe¹-lu³-xi². A: ai¹di¹ zui²hou², guo² bong³-bo³-xi² ao¹-cai³, da³pie¹ si¹ ce³ xie² huo² li³-la¹ o, qing³nie² qing³mo¹, guo² bong³-lie³ yi¹hou² le ce³ you² tao² wa. They took it away. A: Took it off wrapped in paper. B: They wrapped it in paper. A: Then finally, the place where they buried him, it used to have a spring, then after he was buried, there was no longer any water.
09	ni² gai² xi⁴ huo¹ xi⁴-bo³-da²? B: xi⁴-bo³-la¹, xi⁴-bo³-la¹ o. A: qi³ta¹di¹ hai³ eng... guo²-nie³ du¹ hang² ai¹di¹ (null)-da². B: he²ba³ la² li³-ci³ tai². Had you heard about this? B: Yes, I've heard of it, heard of it. A: Other stories...
10	A: dang¹si³ le, ang²-nie³ ge³ si¹ da²kai¹ wu¹ yi²-nie³ ao¹-cai³ gai¹huan³-bo³-xi², ai! xian¹zang¹ mo¹cai³ li³-liao³, ang²ni¹ cu³seng¹ yi¹hou² le, se²hui¹ zeng¹di¹ gao¹-lie³ guo² luan²qi³ba³zao¹! there are not so many other things to say about him. B: Nothing much else. A: In those days, our area was one of those liberated in about 1951. Ah! As the village head has just said, after we were born, society was changing, it was total chaos!
11	gai³di¹ wo²tu¹ ye⁴ hao¹qian² you² dian² ai¹di¹ (null)-dao² da⁴ze³... ai¹ la² ze² ri¹-bu¹duo³, kuo¹neng³ ni² ri¹... But it wasn't as bad in our village ... that sentence was all wrong, perhaps you should speak...

-: - pron: you vt: to work, do -: - vsuff: [first] part: (excl) pn: (name of an infamous Longshan bandit) part: (new topic marker) pron: that n: person advm: still advm: to compare vi: to be fierce n: manner advm: again; both... advm: like this vi: to be good vsuff: [not] conj: but pron: he pron: we pn: Tasha (rural township in Longshan County) pron: this n: scope vi: to be in disorder vt: to work, do pron: why part: (excl) n: this locality advl: there suff: [there/then] advd: a little vi: to show consideration vsuff: [want] vsuff: [yet] conj: therefore vsuff: [won't] n: heart vi: to be poisonous conj: if vc: to be pron: that vt: (omitted verb) vsuff: [past+now] conj: then vsuff: [go] vsuff: [imminent] pron: (other) people advm: also vt: to fear n: companion vi: to be formidable part: (excl) part: (excl) pron: what n: period of time nsuff: [in the hand] vi: to die advm: all vt: to not know part: (excl) pron: this expr: terrible pron: we vt: to calculate vt: to tell vsuff: [go] suff: ['s] vsuff: [that which] num: one cl: (for people) vc: is not advm: like this vi: to be true suff: ['s] vsuff: [dead] pn: Xindi (village in Tasha rural township) pn: (name of a person) advd: a little cl: (for people) suff: [only] pn: (name of a cave in Tasha rural township) vi: to enter vsuff: [past] n: People's Liberation Army pn: (name of person) vt: to hit advt: at that time vi: to be possible advd: most vi: to be fast vsuff: [past] pn: Tianqiao (village in Tasha rural township) pn: (name of a person) pron: they num: one cl: crowd vt: to serve vi: to be at an end vt: to seize, catch vsuff: [achieved] advt: after n: head nsuff: [little] vt: to pick, pluck advm: still n: tree n: on num: three cl: day vt: to hang part: (excl) advt: after, behind advm: still n: on part: (agent) vt: to hold part: (excl) part: (excl) n: paper vt: to wrap advt: finally vt: to bury vsuff: [stative] advl: there advm: first, before n: water vt: to have advm: so vt: to say vsuff: [continuous, repetitive] part: (excl) pron: how vt: to not have now part: (excl) vt: to hear conj: or n: other (ones) advm: all advm: such a big one vsuff: [that which] vi: to not have pron: this advm: approximately num: five vt: to liberate part: (excl) n: township head advm: just now vi: to be born n: society advm: truly expr: in a mess n: inside vt: to arrive advm: as if n: a little vsuff: [not+now] vt: to resemble cl: mouthful, sentence vsuff: [not reach]