6. Te Courtesans’ Drinking Games in Te Dream in the Green Bower

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Timeline of Dynasties ix
5. Introduction: Gameplay in Chinese and Sinophone Worlds 1
6. 1. Groups on the Grid: Weiqi Cultures in Song-Yuan-Ming China 23
7. 2.Newly Discovered Game Board Rock Carvings in Hong Kong: Apotropaic Symbolism or Ludic Culture? 40
8. 3. Splendid Journeys: Te Board Games of a Late Qing Scholar 58
9. 4 Exclusive Pleasures on the Cheap: Yuan Dynasty Sanqu Songs on Courtesan Kickball 78
10. 5. Games in Late Ming and Early Qing Erotic Literature 100
11. 6. Te Courtesans’ Drinking Games in Te Dream in the Green Bower 117
12. 7. Ghostly Dicing: Gambling Games and Deception in Ming-Qing Short Stories 138
13. 8. Playing Journey to the West 157
14. 9. How China’s Young “Internet Addicts” Gamify the Disciplinary Treatment Camp 173
15. 10. Gaming while Aging: Te Ludifcation of Later Life in Pokémon GO 192
16. 11.Te Video Game Chinese Parents and Its Political Potentials 213
17. 12. Te Public Gaming Discourse of Honor of Kings in China 233
18. 13. Translation and Chinese Culture in Video Games 247
19. Glossary 267
20. Selected Bibliography 273
21. List of Contributors 277
22. Index 281