Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface xi
4. Note on Translation xv
5. Yangzhou and the Local in Chinese Literature. An Introduction 1
6. 1 Revisiting a Dream in a Classic Late- Ming Garden. Zheng Yuanxun’s “Personal Record of the Garden of Shadows” (Yingyuan zi ji, 1637) 19
7. 2 Storyteller and Adviser Wu Weiye’s “Biography of Liu Jingting” (Liu Jingting zhuan, 1647) 36
8. 3 Society and Performance in Late- Ming Yangzhou Four Essays from Zhang Dai’s Dream Reminiscences of Tao‘an (Tao‘an mengyi, 1670s) 51
9. 4 The Moral Panorama of One Place Shi Chengjin’s Series of Vignettes Recent Stories of Yangzhou (Yangzhou jinshi, prefaces 1726/1729) 64
10. 5 The Universe in a Nutshell Wang Zhong’s Essay “Dialogue about Guangling” (Guangling dui, 1787) 87
11. 6 The Golden Age Depictions of Life in Yangzhou in Li Dou’s The Plea sure Boats of Yangzhou (Yangzhou huafang lu, 1795) 101
12. 7 Building and Gardening Practices in Eighteenth- Century Yangzhou The View from Li Dou’s The Plea sure Boats of Yangzhou (Yangzhou huafang lu, 1795) 152
13. 8 Observations of a Changing World Lin Sumen’s Bamboo- Branch- Style Songs Three Hundred Poems of Hanjiang (Hanjiang sanbai yin, 1808) 173
14. 9 Regional Fiction Clear Wind Sluice (Qingfengzha, 1819) 189
15. 10 Theater for the People in the Yangzhou Region Jiao Xun’s Peasant Chats on Pop u lar Local Theater (Huabu nongtan, 1819) 203
16. 11 Writing about Things in the Nineteenth Century Scholar Zhou’s Dream of Yangzhou (Yangzhou meng, 1850s) 217
17. 12 A Yangzhou Novel Hanshang Mengren’s Dream of Romance (Fengyue meng, preface 1848) 258
18. 13 Place and Personality Ling Xia’s “Song of the Eight Eccentrics” (Yangzhou ba guai ge, ca. 1897) 273
19. 14 A Tale of Five Families between Empire and Republic Li Hanqiu’s Novel The Tides of Guangling (Guangling chao, 1909– 1919) 282
20. 15 Food and Local Place Zhu Ziqing’s Essay “Speaking of Yangzhou” (Shuo Yangzhou, 1934) 308
21. 16 Transformations of Local Theater. The Yangzhou Opera Taking Command at Age One Hundred (Bai sui gua shuai, 1952– 1958) 321
22. 17 A Critical View of the Yangzhou Dream Feng Zikai’s Essay “The Yangzhou Dream” (Yangzhou meng, 1958) 343
23. 18 Layers of the Local in Yangzhou Storytelling Wang Shaotang Performs “Wu Song Fights the Tiger” (Wu Song da hu, 1961) 357
24. 19 A Chapter in Chinese Women’s History Wei Minghua’s Essay “The Thin Horses of Yangzhou” (Yangzhou shouma, 1983) 381
25. 20 Yangzhou Village Theater The Play Pi Fifth Celebrates New Year (Pi Wu guo nian, 1999) in Wei Ren’s Redaction 406
26. Glossary 425
27. References 453
28. Contributors 481
29. Index 487