黄仕忠

Huang Shizhong is an author about whom limited public information is available. His works center mainly on classical Chinese drama and folk literature. Four of his titles are included here—The Injustice to Dou E, The Collected Works of Guan Hanqing, Zhao Pan'er Saves a Prostitute by Moonlight, and The Lure of Books—spanning categories such as classic works, classical poetry, and prose and miscellaneous writings. The first two of these dramatic titles are famous zaju plays by Guan Hanqing, and Huang's editions or studies of them reflect a sustained attention to Yuan drama texts and theatrical tradition, while The Collected Works of Guan Hanqing presents the output of this Yuan-dynasty playwright in a concentrated form. The title The Lure of Books points toward the essay and miscellaneous prose genre, showing that his writing is not confined to dramatic sources. On the whole, his work is grounded in classical drama and folk literature, combining textual arrangement with essayistic expression, and readers may enter the world of Guan Hanqing and Yuan drama through his books.