The author of the Syair Perang Mengkasar

IF 0.7 3区社会学 0 ASIAN STUDIES

Indonesia and the Malay World Pub Date : 2021-04-06 DOI:10.1080/13639811.2021.1898152

Henri Chambert-Loir

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ABSTRACT The Syair Perang Mengkasar (The lay of the Makassar war) is one of the most famous works of Malay literature. Written in about 1670 in Makassar, Sulawesi, it is the first war syair and regarded as a model of the genre. The poem relates the war waged by VOC troops, assisted by several ‘Indonesian’ forces (Bugis, Buton, Ternate), against the army of Sultan Hasanuddin of Makassar, between 1666 and 1669, leading to the defeat and surrender of Makassar. There is only one edition of the text, and a remarkable one, that of Cyril Skinner in 1963. Skinner identified the author as Ence’ Amin, a secretary to the Sultan, claiming that he had made an elaborate and extremely praiseful portrait of himself in three stanzas of the poem. This is most surprising because, as far as we know, Malay authors, without a single exception, never praised themselves; on the contrary they systematically affect conventional humility and declare themselves stupid, ignorant, and devoid of any talent. The article demonstrates that Skinner’s theory is based on false assumptions and that the author of the poem is one Ence’ Ambon.

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Syair Perang Mengkasar的作者

摘要《望加锡战争的故事》是马来文学中最著名的作品之一。这本书写于1670年左右的苏拉威西望加锡，是第一本战争小说，被视为这一类型的典范。这首诗讲述了1666年至1669年间，VOC部队在几个“印度尼西亚”部队（布吉斯、布顿、特尔纳特）的协助下，对望加锡苏丹哈萨努丁的军队发动的战争，导致望加锡战败投降。该文本只有一个版本，也是一个引人注目的版本，那就是1963年的西里尔·斯金纳。斯金纳确认作者是苏丹的秘书恩塞·阿明，声称他在诗的三节中为自己精心制作了一幅极其赞美的肖像。这是最令人惊讶的，因为据我们所知，马来作家无一例外地从不赞美自己；相反，他们系统地影响着传统的谦逊，宣称自己愚蠢、无知，没有任何天赋。这篇文章证明了斯金纳的理论是基于错误的假设，并且这首诗的作者是一位名叫恩塞·安本的人。

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期刊介绍： Indonesia and the Malay World is a peer-reviewed journal that is committed to the publication of scholarship in the arts and humanities on maritime Southeast Asia. It particularly focuses on the study of the languages, literatures, art, archaeology, history, religion, anthropology, performing arts, cinema and tourism of the region. In addition to welcoming individual articles, it also publishes special issues focusing on a particular theme or region. The journal is published three times a year, in March, July, and November.