Bailan

The Bailan (白蘭) are an early Tibeto-Burman people known from 6th century BC transcriptions of songs in their language, and their translation into Chinese.

References

• Beckwith, Christopher (2008). "The Pai-lang songs: The earliest texts in a Tibeto-Burman language and their Late Old Chinese transcriptions." Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages III. Christopher Beckwith, ed. (Proceedings of the 11th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies.) Halle: International Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies GmbH: 87-110.
• Coblin, W. South "A New Study of the Pai-lang Songs," Tsing Hua Journal of Chinese Studies 12 (1979), pp. 179–216.
• Wu Anqi 吴安其 《白狼歌》解读 An Explanation on the Bailang Song. Minzu Yuwen 2007.6: 12-22.