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Mistress and maid : Jiaohongji
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Mistress and maid : Jiaohongji

Author: Chengshun Meng; Cyril Birch
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2001.
Series: Translations from the Asian classics.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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One of our most acclaimed translators of Chinese drama and a specialist of Ming period literature translates one of the greatest Chinese tragedies of the first half of the seventeenth century,  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Chinese drama
Translations into English
Named Person: Chengshun Meng
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Chengshun Meng; Cyril Birch
ISBN: 0231121687 9780231121682 0231121695 9780231121699
OCLC Number: 50666580
Description: xxvii, 363 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: IntroductionSignposts of RomanceCast of CharactersScene 1: LegendScene 2: Leaving HomeScene 3: Meeting with BellaScene 4: Evening EmbroideryScene 5: In Search of a BeautyScene 6: Flower PoemsScene 7: Response in RhymeScene 8: Trouble from TibetScene 9: Sharing the LampblackScene 10: Hugging the StoveScene 11: Frontier DefenseScene 12: Thwarted RendezvousScene 13: Dispatching the SummonsScene 14: Quiet DespairScene 15: Parting VowsScene 16: Defense of the CityScene 17: Seeking a CureScene 18: Secret PactScene 19: The Portraits DeliveredScene 20: Cutting the SleeveScene 21: Sending the MatchmakerScene 22: The Match OpposedScene 23: A Drink with CourtesansScene 24: The Matchmaker ReportsScene 25: ExorcismScene 26: Third VisitScene 27: The SlippersScene 28: Petal ScoldedScene 29: InterrogationScene 30: Viewing the PortraitsScene 31: Solemn PactScene 32: Petal TellsScene 33: Reluctant PartingScene 34: Envoys AppointedScene 35: The KeepsakeScene 36: The Road to the ExaminationsScene 37: CelebrationScene 38: Return in TriumphScene 39: BewitchedScene 40: A Haunting SuspectedScene 41: The Ghost ExposedScene 42: Master Shuai ProposesScene 43: Parting in LifeScene 44: Wedding RehearsalScene 45: Weeping on the BoatScene 46: Petal QuestionedScene 47: Maiden's PassingScene 48: Joined in DeathScene 49: United in the TombScene 50: Reunion with Immortals
Series Title: Translations from the Asian classics.
Other Titles: Chiao hung chi.
Jiaohongji
Responsibility: by Meng Chengshun ; translated by Cyril Birch.

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