國殤禮魂與馘首祭梟

KUO SHANG AND LI HUN OF THE NINE SONGS AND THE CEREMONIES OF HEAD－HUNTING AND HEAD－FEAST

本文為記念蔡子民先生逝世二十週年而作，在此篇首，謹誌數語：蔡先生對於中國民族學之貢獻，已詳本刊首篇何子星兄一文中，不再贅述。茲僅略述先生獎掖後進和指導研究之熱誠，民國二十七年夏，純聲畢業於巴黎大學民族學研究所，時蔡先生的二世兄柏齡與我同學於莎蓬，承他涵介與先生通信，畢業後不久，即接先生來函囑將文憑印影寄回國內，旋得覆函聘我為中尺研究院社會科學研究所民族學組調查員並由院資助，繼續仍在巴大攻讀。

Chiu Ko（九歌 the Nine Songs）is found among the works of Ch’u Yuan（屈原 3rd c. B.C.）in Ch'u Tzu（楚辭The Elegies of Ch'u. It was the belief of Wang Yi （王逸 2nd c. A.D.），the earliest editor and commentator of Ch'u－Tz'u that Ch'u Yuan did not compose，but only collected and refined these uncouth songs of the natives of South Ch'u during his exile in that kingdom.