Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ix
4. EDITOR'S PREFACE xiii
5. I. Traditional Chinese Fiction Criticism 3
6. II. Chin Sheng-t'an on How to Read the Shuihu chuan (The Water Margin) 124
7. III. Mao Tsung-kang on How to Read the Sankuo yen-i (The Romance of the Three Kingdoms) 146
8. IV. Chang Chu-p'o on How to Read the Chin P'ing Met (The Plum in the Golden Vase) 196
9. V. The Wo-hsien ts'ao-t'ang Commentary on the Ju-Hn wai-shih (The Scholars) 244
10. VI. Liu I-ming on How to Read the Hsi-yu chi (The Journey to the West) 295
11. VII. Chang Hsin-chih on How to Read the Hung-lou meng (Dream of the Red Chamber) 316
12. Appendixes 341
13. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL 367
14. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 488
15. INDEX 491