Tibetan household serf; nangzan; langsheng
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
household serf in old Tibetan society; domestic slave belonging to a feudal lord
formalHistorical term specific to Tibetan feudal society before the 1959 Democratic Reform. Also called 朗生 (lǎngshēng). The Tibetan term is "nangzan" (gnyan-bzan).
Zài在
jiù旧
Xī西
zàng藏
，
náng囊
shēng生
shì是
zuì最
dǐ底
céng层
de的
láo劳
dòng动
zhě者
。
In old Tibet, nangzans were the lowest class of laborers.
Nóng农
nú奴
zhǔ主
duì对
náng囊
shēng生
yōng拥
yǒu有
wán完
quán全
de的
rén人
shēn身
zhàn占
yǒu有
quán权
。
Feudal lords had complete ownership rights over household serfs.
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Lǎng朗
shēng生
（
náng囊
shēng生
）
tōng通
cháng常
cóng从
shì事
jiā家
wù务
láo劳
dòng动
hé和
tián田
jiān间
gēng耕
zuò作
。
Langsheng (nangzan) usually performed household chores and farm work.