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Three Yuan Plays by Yang Zi
In English Translation with Full Annotations
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2023
Summary
This is an English translation of three plays by Yang Zi—a Yuan dynasty playwright, court official, and ocean-shipping tycoon—with extensive annotations of the Chinese originals. The author conveys the way a Yuan zaju play was composed, especially in the use of its extrametrical characters. To help readers understand the unique position Yang Zi was in during the Yuan dynasty under the Mongol rule, the author also includes a detailed description of Yang Zi’s life and his family as an appendix. With a general introduction about the plays and their theatrical features, together with an individual introduction to each play to provide its background, artistic features and also controversies, this anthology is not only a useful collection of Chinese dramas for Western readers interested in learning about the unique way Yuan zaju plays are presented, but also a window through which readers can perceive indirectly the complicated mental activities of a Han intellectual serving the Mongol court.
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Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-5341-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-5342-0
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
358
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Acknowledgments No access
General Introduction No access Pages 1 - 30
Chapter 1 Loyal and Righteous Yu Rang Swallows Charcoal No access Pages 31 - 138
Chapter 2 The Ghost of Huo Guang Remonstrates No access Pages 139 - 220
Chapter 3 Jingde Does Not Give In to Old Age No access Pages 221 - 322
Appendix No access Pages 323 - 336
Bibliography and Suggested Readings No access Pages 337 - 346
