Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part 1. Engendering the Loyal Minister
6. 1. From True Man to Castrato: Early Models and Later Ramifications 13
7. 2. From Faithful Wife to Whore: The Minister-Concubine Complex in Ming Politics 33
8. 3. The Case of Xu Wei: A Frustrated Hero or a Weeping Widow? 53
9. 4. Manhood and Nationhood: Chaste Women and the Fall of the Ming Dynasty 72
10. Part 2. Heroes and Other Competing Models
11. 5. From Yingxiong to Haohan: Models of Masculinity in San’guo yanyi and Shuihu zhuan 89
12. 6. Reconstructing Haohan in Three Novels from the Sui-Tang Romance Cycle 113
13. 7. Effeminacy, Femininity, and Male-Male Passions 135
14. 8. Romantic Heroes in Yesou puyan and Sanfen meng quanzhuan 155
15. Part 3. What a Man Ought to Be
16. 9. Ideals and Fears in Prescriptive Literature 185
17. Epilogue: Masculinity and Modernity 200
18. Notes 205
19. Glossary 251
20. Bibliography 261
21. Index 279
22. About the Author 285