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chinese shadow theatre This page intentionally left blank Chinese Shadow Theatre History, Popular Religion, and Women Warriors fan pen chen McGill-Queen’s University Press Montreal & Kingston London Ithaca • • © McGill-Queen’s University Press 2007 isbn 978-0-7735-3197-0 Legal deposit second quarter 2007 Bibliothèque nationale du Québec Printed in Canada on acid-free paper that is 100% ancient forest free (100% post-consumer recycled), processed chlorine free. This book has been published with the help of a grant from the San Diego Chinese Historical Museum. McGill-Queen’s University Press acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (bpidp) for our publishing activities. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Chen, Fan Pen Chinese shadow theatre: history, popular religion, and women warriors / Fan Pen Chen. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-7735-3197-0 1.Shadow shows – China – History. 2.Puppet plays, Chinese – History. 3.Religion in drama – China – History. 4.Women in popular culture – China – History. 5.Chinese drama – Translations into English. I.Title. pn1979.s5c44 2007 791.5'30951 c2006-904885-1 This book was typeset by Interscript in 10/12 Sabon. Dedicated to my supportive family and friends This page intentionally left blank Contents Dynasties ix Acknowledgments xi Illustrations xiii part one the history and culture of chinese shadow theatre 1 An Introduction to Shadow Theatre 3 2 History and Myths 14 3 The Role of Religion 60 4 Women Warriors in Shadow Plays 104 part two three chinese shadow scripts “Three Opening Blessings” 三出頭 151 The Eighteen Levels of Hell 十八層地獄 162 The Yellow River Magic Formation 黃河陣 172 appendices 1 Suzi 俗字: Non-Standard Orthography 199 2 Collections of Shadow Playscripts 207 3 Main Plays of the Various Chinese Shadow Traditions 218 4 Shadow Plays Featuring Women Warriors 227 Notes 235 Bibliography 295 Index 333 This page intentionally left blank Dynasties Shang ca.1766–1122 b.c. Western Zhou ca.1122–770 b.c. Eastern Zhou: 770–221 b.c. Spring and Autumn Period 722–481 b.c. Warring States Period 403–221 b.c. Qin 221–206 b.c. Western Han 206 b.c.–a.d. 25 Eastern Han 25–220 Three Kingdoms Period 220–265 Western Jin 265–317 Eastern Jin 317–420 Northern and Southern Dynasties: 420–589 Liu Song 420–479 Qi 470–502 Liang 502–557 Chen 557–589 Sui 589–618 Tang 618–907 Five Dynasties 907–960 Northern Song 960–1127 Liao Dynasty 907–1126 Jin Dynasty 1115–1260 Southern Song 1127–1280 Yuan 1280–1368 Ming 1368–1644 Qing 1644–1911 Republic of China 1911– People’s Republic of China 1949–
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