The orphan of Zhao and other Yuan plays : The Earliest known Versions

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

A Note to the Reader

Table of Dynasties

1 THE ORPHAN OF ZHAO

The Orphan of Zhao, a Fourteenth-Century Edition

The Orphan of Zhao Greatly Wreaks Vengeance, A Selection of Yuan Plays Edition

2 HUO GUANG REMONSTRATES AS A GHOST

Newly Printed in Hangzhou with Plot Prompts: Huo Guang Remonstrates as a Ghost, a Fourteenth-Century Edition

3 XUE RENGUI RETURNS HOME CLAD IN BROCADE

A Newly Cut Full Text: Xue Rengui Returns Home Clad in Brocade, with the Complete Prompts, a Fourteenth-Century Edition

A Selection of Yuan Plays Edition of the Zaju Xue Rengui Returns Home in Glory

4 THE BAMBOO-LEAF BOAT

Newly Cut with Plot Prompts: Chen Jiqing Is Enlightened to the Way on a Bamboo-Leaf Boat, a Fourteenth-Century Edition

A Selection of Yuan Plays Edition of the Zaju Chen Jiqing Mistakenly Boards a Bamboo-Leaf Boat

5 TIPPLER ZHAO YUAN ENCOUNTERS THE PRIOR EMPEROR

Newly Cut with Plot Prompts: Tippler Zhao Yuan Encounters the Prior Emperor, a Fourteenth-Century Edition

Tippler Zhao Yuan Encounters the Prior Emperor, a Ming Manuscript Edition

6 THE AFFAIR OF THE EASTERN WINDOW EXPOSED

Newly Printed at the Great Capital, a Complete Text with Plot Prompts: The Affair of the Eastern Window Exposed, a Fourteenth-Century Edition

7 LITTLE BUTCHER ZHANG IMMOLATES HIS CHILD TO SAVE HIS MOTHER

Newly Printed in Hangzhou: Little Butcher Zhang Immolates His Child to Save His Mother, a Fourteenth-Century Edition

Works Cited and Suggested Readings