INDEX

[The names of Chinese dramas are printed in italics]

Albright, Victor, 201, 216, 217, 218

Amateurs, 109

Archer, William, 217, 219

Autumn in the House of Han. See Sorrows of Han

Bakst, Leon, 214

Bazin, A. P. L., 4

Beating the Heartless Husband, 90

Beating the Nephew and Worshiping at the Grave, 87

Blood-Stained Fan, The, 70

Brodmeier, Professor, 217

Burying the Flowers, 80, 179

Butchering the Pig, 168

Chalk Circle, The, 32

Ch’ang An, 3, 15, 48, 50, 74

Chang Chien, Mr., 113

Ch’ang-O’s Flight to the Moon, 104 ff., 159

Ch’ang-O Pin Yüeh. See Ch’ang-O’s Flight to the Moon

Ch’ang Shan Tien. See Palace of Eternal Life

Chang Yao-shang, actor, 15

Chang Ziang-ling, 142

Chao Chia Ku-er. See Orphan of the Chao Family

Chao Mei Hsiang. See Intrigues of a Lady’s Maid

Chao Tsung, Emperor, 15

Character Types, 25, 112, 149, 151, 152, 153, 175

Chen Kwang Theater, 181

Ch’i San Hui. See Three Strange Meetings

Ch’ien Lung, Emperor, 69

Ch’ing Shang Lao Shüeh. See Slave Girl Plays Tricks on the Old Schoolmaster

Ch’ing Shih Shan, 194

Chu Fang Tsao. See Butchering the Pig

Chu Sha Chü. See Cinnabar Spot, A

Chu Su-yün, actor, 83, 86

Chü T’eng Kuan Hua. See Trial of Strength and Viewing the Ancestral Portraits

Chu Yuan-chang. See Hung Wu

Ch’un Yin Hui. See Meeting of Many Heroes

Cinnabar Spot, A, 88

Civil Plays, 10, 146

Classical Language. See Wen Li

Clowns, 23, 25, 153, 207. Cf. Court Fools

Commedia dell’ Arte, 16

Confucius, 10, 17, 25, 28, 49

Corbin, John, 215

Coryat, Thomas, 208

Court Fool, Yu Meng, 12

Yu Sze, 12

Court Fools, 11, 12, 15, 16. Cf. Clowns

Craig, Gordon, 214

Crossing the Milky Way, 159, 194

Dances, Dramatic, 6

Dottore. See Commedia dell’ Arte

Dream of the Red Chamber, The, 80, 93, 188

Drunkard, 13

Duke Lan Lu, 13

Dwarfs, 11, 13. Cf. Court Fools

Elizabethan Theater, 25, 133, 194 ff.

Empress Dowager, 188

Fan Kuai, 15

Feng Yu-hsiang, General, 195

Fools, Court. See Court Fools

Gamble, Sidney, 133, 144

Giles, Herbert, 18, 59, 80, 180, 207

Goodrich, Mrs., 104

Greatest Event in Life, The, 119 ff.

Greek Theater, 10, 192 ff.

Grube, Wilhelm, 80

Han Hsi-ch’ang, actor, 140

Han Kung Tsu. See Sorrows of Han

Han Lin Academy, 4, 43

Harlequin. See Commedia dell’ Arte

Ho Lan-chi. See Chalk Circle, The

Ho Lang Tan. See Singing Girl, The

Ho Yi, Emperor, 105

Hsi Hsiang Chi. See Western Chamber, The

Hsien, 7, 11

Hsü Mu Ma Tsao. See Hsü’s Mother Curses Tsao Tsao

Hsü’s Mother Curses Tsao Tsao, 81

Hu Shih, 11, 21, 22, 74, 78, 117, 198

Hung Lou Meng. See Dream of the Red Chamber, The

Hung Sen, author, 70

Hung Wu, Emperor, 43

Intrigue of a Lady’s Maid, 26

I-Yin, 7

Jade Palace, 3

Jen Tsung, Emperor, 43

Jesters. See Court Fools

Jung Tu-shan, 113, 115

K’an Tsien Wu. See Miser, The

K’ang Hsi, Emperor, 69, 182

Kuan Han-ching, dramatist, 23

Kuan Yin, 99

Kublai Khan, 19

Kung Chuan Chi. See Ruse of the Empty City

Kung Shang-jen, author, 70

Lao Tze, 28

Laufer, Berthold, 10, 11, 99

Lessing, Ferdinand, 207

Li Fang-yün, 137

Li Shou-shan, actor, 83

Li Yuan Tzu-ti, 3

Liao Chai. See Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio

Literary Language. See Wen Li

Liu Ming-ju, 135

Liu Yen Ming, 96

Marco Polo, 23, 41

Mask, The, 13, 14

Meeting of Many Heroes, The, 82

Mei Lan-fang, Chapter VIII; 80, 83, 84, 86, 98, 104, 105, 110, 118, 138, 142, 143, 145, 150, 151, 152, 155, 157, 159, 206, 211

Mencius, 17, 28

Military Plays, 10, 13, 77, 79, 146

Ming Huang (Yuen Tsung), Emperor, 3, 70, 135, 181

Miser, The, 35 ff.

Mu Lan, 185, 201, 212

Music, Types of, 142, 147, 191 ff.

Musical Instruments, 148 ff., 192

New Mayor, The, 115

New World, 132, 143

Ngoh Chia Chuan. See Ngoh Family Village

Ngoh Family Village, 87

Orphan of the Chao Family, The, 37, 94

Pai Hua, 21, 22

Palace of Eternal Life, 4, 70

Pang Ta Poo Ching Lang. See Beating the Heartless Husband

Pantalone. See Commedia dell’ Arte

Pantomimes, 6

Pavilion of the Royal Monument, 184

Pear Garden, 3, 18, 135

Pi Pa Chi. See Story of a Lute

P’iao Yu. See Amateurs

Plays, Types of, 146 ff., 197

Po She Chuan. See White and Black Snakes, The

Porter, Lucius, 11, 14

Precious Hairpin, The, 93

Reinhardt, Max, 214

Ridgeway, Professor William, 9, 10

Ruse of the Empty City, The, 80

Ruse of the Nail, The, 157

San Kuo Chi. See Three Kingdoms, The

San Yao Hui. See Shaking Dice

Scapino. See Commedia dell’ Arte

Seasonal Plays, 104 ff., 159, 194

Seeing the Ancestral Portraits. See Trial of Strength

Shaking Dice, 98

Sha Tze Pao. See Slaying the Son

Shang Ting Chi. See Ruse of the Nail

Shih Hu. See Hu Shih

Shih Wang-ti, Emperor, 12

Shui Hu Chuan. See Story of a River Bank

Singing Girl, The, 29

Slave Girl Plays Tricks on the Old Schoolmaster, The, 183

Slaying of the Son, 158

Smith, Doctor Arthur H., 66, 68

Snow in June. See Sufferings of Tou-E

Soong Tsung-faung, author, 12, 117, 118

Sophists. See Court Fools

Sorrowful Korean, The, 114

Sorrows of Han, 37

Spring Willow Dramatic Society, 112

Ssu Pao-pi. See Drunkard, The

Stäel Holstein, Baron de, 179

Stanton, William, 4, 159

Stent, George Carter, 71

Stephenson, Professor H. T., 214, 215

Story of a Lute. See Chapter III

Story of the River Bank, 79

Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, 80

Suen Lo Ngao, 12

Sufferings of Tou-E, 23, 39, 142

Ta Chih Shang Wen. See Beating the Nephew

Ta Yin Ho. See Crossing the Milky Way

Tai Yü Chuan Hua. See Burying the Flowers

Taine, H., 205

T’an Shen-pei, actor, 149, 188

T’an Shoo-shan, actor, 150

T’ao Hua Shan. See Blood-Stained Fan, The

Taoism, 34

Teh Hing, actor, 152

Theater. See Elizabethan Theater; Greek Theater

Thorndyke, Professor A. H., 198, 203, 208

Three Kingdoms, The, 78, 79, 80

Three Pulls. See Three Strange Meetings

Three Strange Meetings, 83, 180

Tiger, The, 14

T’ing Hua, critic, 154

Tou-E. See Sufferings of Tou-E

Transmigration of You Hsin, 33

Trial of Strength and Viewing the Ancestral Portraits, 94, 183

Tsai Yuan-pei, 58

Tung Lo Yuan, 140

Types of Character. See Character Types

Types of Music. See Music, Types of

Types of Plays. See Plays, Types of

Vernacular. See Pai Hua

Wang Kuo-wei, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 23

Wen Li, 20, 21

Western Chamber, The, 24

White and Black Snakes, The, 100

Wu, 7, 11

Wu Lien-teh, Mrs., 71

Wu Wang, Empress, 7

Yang Kuei-fei, 4, 70, 71, 72 ff., 159, 181 ff.

Yang Kuei-fei on a Spree, 157, 181

Yang Kuei-fei Tsui Chou. See Yang Kuei-fei on a Spree

Yang Shiao-lo, actor, 138, 151, 155

Yellow Jacket, The, 170, 200, 216

Yi Tsai Hua, 111

Yo Fei, 91, 92, 134

Young Nun Seeks Love, A, 178

Yü Chan Chih. See Precious Hairpin, A

Yu Meng, Court Fool, 12

Yü Pei T’ing. See Pavilion of the Royal Monument

Yü San-yen, actor, 150

Yü Sze, Court Fool, 12

Yuen Tsung. See Ming Huang

Yung Lo, Emperor, 47