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By the Mandate of Heaven
By the Mandate of Heaven is an early full-length work by the web novelist Xifeng Jin, divided into six acts and more than 260 sections, about 950,000 …
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2012
The Caucasian Chalk Circle is a representative play by the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht. Written in 1944, it premiered in the United States in 1948…
The Allure of Theater: The Production and Reproduction of Early Chinese Theater (1300-2000)
Guangxi Normal University Press · 2025
The Drama of temptation? The original suggests "The Allure of Theater: The Production and Reproduction of Early Chinese Drama (1300–2000)." The Allure…
Yuan Qu
The Commercial Press · 2023
Yuan opera (yuanqu) is a literary and artistic form that flourished in the Yuan dynasty, comprising both zaju and sanqu, and has long been ranked alon…
Lü Mengzheng: The Broken Kiln in Wind and Snow
· 2026
This classic Yuan zaju play tells how Lü Mengzheng, though living in a poor broken kiln, never lets go of his lofty ambitions, and ultimately wins off…
Appreciation of Ten Famous Classical Chinese Dramas
Central South University Press · 2025
Guided by the aim of promoting outstanding traditional culture, and with an eye to canonical status, informative value, intellectual depth, and readab…
The Injustice to Dou E
Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2025
The Injustice to Dou E is a representative zaju play by Guan Hanqing of the Yuan dynasty. It tells the tragic story of Dou E, who is unjustly executed…
Zhao Pan'er Rescues a Courtesan from the Wind and Moon
Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2024
Traditional Chinese culture and thought have a long history and are highly original, inventive, and literary. Early forms of thought have distinctive …
The Great Revenge of the Orphan of Zhao
· 2024
Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive and literary. Early forms of thought have distinctive features: relig…
Autumn in the Han Palace: The Lone Wild Goose Breaks the Secluded Dream
· 2024
Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive and literary. Early forms of thought are distinctive: r…
A Cultural Interpretation of the Concept of Revenge in Yuan Zaju
Guangxi Normal University Press · 2024
This book studies Yuan zaju drama from a cultural studies perspective, exploring the historical origins of revenge culture in Yuan zaju. Specifically,…
Zhao Pan'er Rescues a Courtesan
Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023
Zhao Pan'er Saves a Courtesan (also known as Jiu Fengchen) is the most representative comedy by Guan Hanqing, the great Yuan dynasty playwright. It te…
The Injustice Done to Dou E (Premium Public Domain Edition)
Zhangyue Banli · 2020
(1) Characters' identities and temperaments are introduced through a "poem" plus spoken prologue, the poem usually being a five- or seven-character ve…
The Moon-Worship Pavilion (Premium Public Domain Edition)
Zhangyue Banli · 2020
In Guan Hanqing's zaju play Bowing to the Moon Pavilion, the characterization of Ruilan serves as a curse upon that dark society. For a woman to escap…
Romance of the Western Chamber (Premium Public Domain Edition)
Zhangyue Banli · 2020
Romance of the Western Chamber (Cui Yingying Waits for the Moon in the Western Chamber), also known as Wang's Western Chamber or the Northern Western …
The Injustice to Dou E
Nanhai Publication Company · 2024
Full title: The Injustice to Dou E That Moved Heaven and Earth. A representative zaju play by Guan Hanqing of the Yuan dynasty, its tragic plot drawn …
The Romance of the Western Chamber
Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024
“May all lovers under heaven become spouses.” Cui Yingying waits for the moon in the western chamber; Zhang Junrui's devotion turns to obsession. This…
Selected Commentaries on the Dramas of Guan Hanqing
Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2020
This volume selects twelve zaju plays by Guan Hanqing, including The Injustice to Dou E, The Butterfly Dream, Lu Zhailang, Saving a Courtesan, Pavilio…
Ancient Chinese Opera
Chongqing Publishing House · 2023
This book traces the entire development of ancient Chinese drama, from its distant origins through canjun plays to Southern plays, Yuan zaju, and Ming…
Appreciation Dictionary of Guan Hanqing's Zaju and Sanqu
Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House · 2023
This volume is one of the Chinese Literature Masters Appreciation Dictionary series published by our press. It selects representative works by Guan Ha…