Winners and Losers in a World of Wind and Dust

Stephen H. West, Ph.D. 1977, University of Michigan, is Louis Agassiz Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley and Foundation Professor of Chinese Emeritus at Arizona State University. He has published monographs, many articles in English and Chinese on Chinese literature of the period 1100-1450. Wilt L. Idema, Ph.D. 1974, taught Chinese literature at Leiden University (1970-1999) and Harvard University (2000-2013). He has published widely on the vernacular literary traditions of late imperial China. Together with Stephen H. West he has published several volumes of translations from early Chinese drama.

• AcknowledgmentsTable of Chinese DynastiesIntroduction: Singsong Girls in Sanqu Songs1 Lost in PerformanceShuang Jian, Su Xiaoqing, and the Triangle of Desire2 Jurchen Playboys and Courtesan EntertainersAnonymous, A Playboy from a Noble House Opts for the Wrong Career1 A Playboy from a Noble House2 The Story3 Date, Genre, and Formal Features4 The Value of Opts for the Wrong Career to the History of Chinese Theater5 Dramatis Personæ in Order of Appearance6 The Play3 Plays by Shi Junbao, OneAll-Keys-and-Modes: Wind and Moon in the Courtyard of Purple Clouds1 The Author2 Authorship3 Story and Plot4 Editions5 Dramatis Personae, in order of appearance4 Plays by Shi Junbao, TwoLi Yaxian: Flowers and Wine at Serpentine Pond1 Editions2 Dramatis Personæ in order of appearance.3 The Play5 Plays by Guan Hanqing, OneGrand Prefect Qian in his Wisdom Dotes on Xie Tianxiang1 The Author2 The Background to the Play3 The Play4 The Edition5 Dramatis Personæ in order of appearance.6 Plays by Guan Hanqing, TwoIn Breeze and Moonlight Zhao Pan’er Saves Sister Song from the Wind and Dust1 The Story2 The Edition3 Dramatis Personæ by order of Appearance7 A Record of Liu QiqingPleasures of Wine and Poetry in the Tower of Enjoying the RiverEpilogueAppendix 1: Plays listed in Opts for the Wrong CareerAppendix 2: Ending of Act 4 of Serpentine Pond by Zang MaoxunBibliographyIndex