Mistress and Maid (Jiohong Ji) by Meng Chengshun

Name: Mistress and Maid (Jiohong Ji) by Meng Chengshun
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ISBN: 9780231121682

ISBN-10: 0231121687

ISBN-13: 9780231121682

Edition: 2000

Authors: Cyril Birch, Cyril Birch

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Mistress Maid,one of the greatest tragedies of Chinese drama, is here available for the first time in English. Acclaimed translator Cyril Birch presents the bittersweet tale of Bella, daughter of the Wang family, her maid Petal, and the young scholar Shen Chun. After her father reneges on her marital pact, Bella refuses to renounce her love for Shen, with whom she has vowed to share "in life one room, in death one tomb." The subversion of both conventional morality and the arranged marriage through vivid drama and witty comic scenes makes this seventeenth-century play particularly innovative. Chinese critics have hailed it as essentially revolutionary for its depiction of youthful…

Book details

List price: $120.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 3/16/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.93" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 0.132
Language: English



Introduction


Signposts of Romance Cast of Characters Scene



Legend Scene



Leaving Home Scene



Meeting with Bella Scene



Evening Embroidery Scene



In Search of a Beauty Scene



Flower Poems Scene



Response in Rhyme Scene



Trouble from Tibet Scene



Sharing the Lampblack Scene



Hugging the Stove Scene



Frontier Defense Scene



Thwarted Rendezvous Scene



Dispatching the Summons Scene



Quiet Despair Scene



Parting Vows Scene



Defense of the City Scene



Seeking a Cure Scene



Secret Pact Scene



The Portraits Delivered Scene



Cutting the Sleeve Scene



Sending the Matchmaker Scene



The Match Opposed Scene



A Drink with Courtesans Scene



The Matchmaker Reports Scene



Exorcism Scene



Third Visit Scene



The Slippers Scene



Petal Scolded Scene



Interrogation Scene



Viewing the Portraits Scene



Solemn Pact Scene



Petal Tells Scene



Reluctant Parting Scene



Envoys Appointed Scene



The Keepsake Scene



The Road to the Examinations Scene



Celebration Scene



Return in Triumph Scene



Bewitched Scene



A Haunting Suspected Scene



The Ghost Exposed Scene



Master Shuai Proposes Scene



Parting in Life Scene



Wedding Rehearsal Scene



Weeping on the Boat Scene



Petal Questioned Scene



Maiden's Passing Scene



Joined in Death Scene



United in the Tomb Scene



Reunion with Immortals