“Contents” in “The Rhetoric of Chin p’ing mei”
Contents
1. The Literary World of Chin p’ing mei
The Social and Political Milieu
The Literary World of Chin p’ing mei
2. The Structure and Themes of Chin p’ing mei
Family and State in Traditional Chinese Thought
Family and State in Popular Literature
Family and State in Chin p’ing mei
The Chain of Influence in Chin p’ing mei
The Hsi-men Household as a Microcosm of Empire
Sex and Self-awareness in Chin p’ing mei
Soothsaying and the Manipulation of Fate
Taoist Rites of Passage and Promotion
Sectarian Buddhism and Pao-chüan
Fertility Magic and Sexual Hygiene
4. Verbal Texture and Narrative Structure
The Revalorization of Conventional Wisdom
The Mimetic Level of Chin p’ing mei
The Author and the Narrator of Chin p’ing mei
5. Drama and Song: The Language of Convention
Romantic Tsa-chü: Tales of Illicit Love
Heroic Ch’uan-ch’i: Virtue and Sacrifice
Public Transgression and Private Vice
6. Drama and Song: The Conventions Undermined
The Conventions Accepted: Confucian Responsibilities
7. The Conclusion of Chin p’ing mei
Literary Conventions and the Conclusion of the Novel
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