Index

Academies, Ming, 13, 16, 156n25

Adoption:

in Ming, 140

improper, in Chinp’ingmei, 141

An Ch’en, 37, 109, 111

An-tuCh’en-ts’ang, 99, 100

Aphrodisiac, 46, 67-68, 125, 126

Booth, Wayne, 89

Buddhism:

Chinese, 14

and Ming literati, 59, 129, 157n29, 157n30, 157n32, 158n38

and pao-chüan, 60-62

Chan Jo-shui, 15, 156n25

Chang Chu-p’o:

as traditional critic, 5, 144

on heat and cold, 79, 171n20

on structure of Chinp’ingmei, 170n1, 171n17

on chronology of Chinp’ingmei, 170n3

Chang Ta, 164n26

Chantefable literature, 19, 33, 160n48

Chao-shihku-erh, 126, 180n28

Ch’en Ching-chi, 39, 48, 83, 118, 127, 130, 133

Ch’en Hsien-chang, 156n25

Cheng Ai-yüeh, 43, 136, 139, 178n40

Cheng-su, 28

Chia-ching reign, 68, 156n24, 156n25, 158n35

Chieh-chih-erhchi, 77

Chih-ch’engChangChu-kuan, 77

Chinp’ingmei:

outline of plot, 3-4

structure of narrative, 3-5, 36

significance of title, 4

appraisal of, 5, 6, 7

author of, 6, 20, 23, 97

sexual description in, 25-26, 44-52, 69

social and political criticism in, 27, 28, 40-44

Confucian teachings in, 35-44, 122-127

divination in, 54-55, 137

t’ien-ming (fate) in, 55, 85-87

Taoist immortality in, 58-59, 121-122

pao-chüan in, 59-66

mimetic level of, 70-71, 87-89

allusion to vernacular fiction in, 72-77, 134

narrative method of, 76, 77-82, 144

traditional narrator in, 90-94

allusion to song in, 95, 97-98, 116-119, 120

allusion to drama in, 95, 99-113, 114-116, 119-127, 132, 134, 175n9, 178n40, 179n12

reincarnation in, 128, 134, 137, 142-143, 182n25

allusion to classical fiction in, 181n6

Chin Sheng-t’ an, 144

ch’ing (emotion), 22, 23

Chin-kangk’o-i, 63, 64, 169n25, 169n32

Chin-t’ung (Golden-boy), 103, 120, 135

Chin-t’ung yü-nü, 121, 134

Ch’iu Chün, 32, 105, 160n51, 161n63

Chu Hsi, 12, 156n24

Chu Mien, 38, 126

Ch’uan-ch’i drama, 21, 105-106

Chu-ch’uang yü, 179n12

Chung-yung, 12

Ch’un-mei, 4, 39, 40, 83, 128, 130, 132, 133

Classical fiction, 42, 181n6

Classical language (wen-yen), 17

Commentary:

authorial, 71, 88, 94

allusion to fiction as, 71-72

narrator’s, 90-94

allusion to drama and song as, 96, 97, 112

Confucianism, 10-12, 29-32

Divination, 54, 137

Drama:

Chinese, 20-21, 27, 105-106, 162n74, 174n6

allusion to, in Chinp’ingmei, 95, 99-113, 114-116, 119-127, 132, 134, 175n9, 178n40, 179n12

Eunuchs, 42, 58, 67, 78, 96, 121, 137

Examinations, civil-service, 8-9, 12, 155n16, 156n24

Fate, see T’ ien-ming (Fate or Destiny)

Feng Meng-lung, 24, 25, 161n58

Feng-hua (moral transformation), 23

Feng-yünhui, 126

Fertility potion, 66

Filial Piety, see Hsiao (filial piety)

Five-element theory, 4, 80, 154n6, 172n25

Folly and consequences story, 26

Formal realism, 70, 170n2

Generic succession, theory of, 21, 24

Han Ai-chieh, 92, 128, 130, 132, 181n6

Hanan, Patrick, 17, 26, 89, 91, 114, 170n2

Heat and cold, 79-82, 98, 153n6, 171n20, 172n21, 172n26

Ho Liang-chün:

as critic of drama, 23, 97, 160n55

on the three Teachings, 157n30, 157n32, 158n38

as critic of Ming society, 28

on Buddhism, 59, 168n18

Hsia, C.T., 181n1

Hsiang-nangchi, 109, 114, 161n63, 176n25

Hsiao (filial piety), 140

Hsiao-ko, 66, 128, 134-139, 166n38

Hsi-hsiangchi, 102, 104-105, 111, 118, 178n40

Hsi-men Ch’ing:

as corrupt official, 3, 36-38

as irresponsible head of household, 39, 141

as miniature emperor, 41-44, 98, 165n32

as sexual tyrant, 49

as murderer, 82, 90, 173n44

death of, 83, 88-89, 93-94, 117-118, 125-126

reincarnation of, 128, 138

Hsi-men household:

as mirror of empire, 3, 28, 38, 41-44, 45, 132, 145

wives as prostitutes, 48, 166n41

at conclusion of novel, 130

Hsin-ch’iao-shihHanWumaich’un-ch’ing, 134, 181n6

Hsi-yuchi, 2, 142, 143, 145

Hsü Fu-tso, 176n25

Hsüeh (surname), 67, 78, 137

Hsüeh, Eunuch, 37, 42, 58, 67, 78, 96, 121, 137

Hsüeh, Nun, 46, 66, 78, 137, 167n6

Hsün-tzu, 11, 13, 55, 157n29

Hua Tzu-hsü, 82, 88

Huang-shihnüpao-chüan, 65

Huan-taichi, 34, 110, 111, 167n6

Hua-pen, 65, 72-73, 77, 134

Hung-p’aochi, 99-100

Imitation, 4, 36-39, 111, 139, 171n11

Immortality, Taoist, 58

Incest, 39, 50, 119, 169n33

Joyce, James, 117

Ju-ichünchuan, 42

Kang-k’ouyü-weng, 77

Kao Ming, 107, 177n29

Kuan-ko, 42, 44, 56, 88, 102, 137-138

Kuei Yu-kuang, 155n16, 156n26, 157n29, 157n30, 160n56

Lai Wang, 39, 40

Lan-kuanchi, 121

Li Chiao-erh, 40, 47, 166n41

Li Chih, 15, 157n29

Li K’ai-hsien:

as critic of examinations, 155n16

on fate, 54, 86, 157n29, 167n6

on the three Teachings, 157n30

as author and critic of drama, 124, 142, 160n55, 180n22

echoes Wang Yang-ming’s views, 158n37, 158n39

on popular song, 160n56, 161n58, 179n8

on Buddhism, 129

Li Kuei-chieh, 47, 115, 181n10

Li P’ing-erh:

as favored concubine, 42, 49, 110

funeral liturgy (fen-teng) for, 57, 168n12

death of, 85, 88-89, 125, 173n44

and Kuan-ko’s death, 170n11, 179n10

as irresponsible mother, 135

Liang-shihyin-yüan, 102, 115, 119, 134

Lin Chao-en, 5 9, 158n32, 168n19

Ling Meng-ch’u, 90, 91

Liu (surname), 137

Liu, Eunuch, 37, 42, 58, 96, 121, 137

Liu, Granny, 137

Liu-hsiehchi, 102, 103-104, 118

Liuhung-yeh, 178n40

Liu-ken, see Six Roots of Evil

Lun-yü, 12

Mencius, 11, 12

Meng Yü-lou, 49, 166n32

Mimetic level, 70, 87-89

Ming (fate), see T’ien-ming (Fate or Destiny)

Ming society and politics, 7-10

Ming thought, 10-17

Morality books, 14

Mothers, in Chinp’ingmei, 135, 181n8

NanHsi-hsiangchi, 104, 106, 111

Nana, 50-51

Narrative method, 76, 77-82, 144

Narrator, traditional, 89

Neo-Confucianism, 11-17, 22

Novel criticism, 5-6, 71, 144, 170n1

Novels, traditional Chinese, 2-3, 20, 153n1, 153n3

Oral tradition, 23, 161n60

Pai-hsi, 96, 174n5

Pai-t’uchi, 99

P’an Chin-lien:

as jealous wife, 4, 75-76, 78, 80, 82, 171n17

as jealous empress, 42

death of, 74

characterization of, in Chinp’ingmei, 74, 95, 135

as murderer, 78, 90, 93, 180n28

as adulteress, 118, 127

Pan-yehch’ao-yüan, 119, 134

Pao, Judge, 103, 133

Paochuang-ho, 42, 96

Pao-chienchi, 123-126, 180n26

Pao-chüan, 60-66, 168n23

Parallels, verbal and structural, 37, 67, 78, 80, 137, 138, 142, 171n18

“Pearl-Sewn Shirt, The”, 89

Pen-se, 22, 23, 72

P’i-p’achi, 107-108, 108

Plaks, Andrew, 73, 153n1

Prostitution, 47-48, 112, 120, 166n39, 166n41

P’u-ching, 128, 133, 142, 143

Puns, 45, 78, 144

Puppet theater, 96, 99

Quarrels, function of, in Chinp’ingmei, 75, 76

Reincarnation, 128, 134, 137, 143, 182n25

Roy, David, 154n7, 160n48, 163n17

San-chiaok’ai-mikuei-chengyen-i, 25, 158n32, 170n1, 170n4

San-kuochihyen-i, 2, 77, 145, 161n64

Se (sex, illusion), 84-85

Self-cultivation, 13, 58-59

Sexual description in Chinp’ingmei, 25-27, 44-52, 69

Sexual hygiene, 45, 67

Sha-kouch’üan-fu, 99

Sheng-hsienhui, 121

Shih-chi, 24, 95, 162n65

Shih-langfu-machuan, 33-34, 74

Shuang-chungchi, 106, 111, 112, 114

Shui-huchuan, 2, 24, 73, 95, 123, 124, 145, 162n65

Shuo-ch’angtz’u-hua, see Chantefable literature

Shu-t’ung, 39, 115

Six Roots of Evil, 59, 129

Songs, “imperial,” in Chinp’ingmei, 42-43

Songs, Ming popular:

connoisseurship of, 21-22, 160n56, 161n58

allusion to, in Chinp’ingmei, 95, 97-98, 116-119, 120

Ssu-chiehchi, 111

SuiYang-tiyen-shih, 27, 44

Sun Hsüeh-o, 39, 40, 83, 90

Sung Dynasty, Northern, 3

Sung Hui-lien, 39, 78, 171n11

Ta-hsüeh, 12, 29-30, 144, 156n23

T’a-hsüehhsün-mei, 99, 100, 101, 120

Ta-hsüehyen-i, 30-32

Ta-hsüehyen-ipu, 32

Tai-an, 139-141

Taoism, 13, 56-59, 67, 68, 157n30, 158n32, 158n38

Ta-ya-ch’an, 142

Three Teachings Movement, Ming, 14-15, 157n30, 158n37, 158n38

T’ien-ming (Fate or Destiny), 55, 85-87, 126

tsa-chü, 21, 97, 174n6

Ts’ ai (surname), 37, 67, 78

Ts’ai Ching, 36, 45, 46, 141

Ts’aiYün, 37, 109, 141

Ts’ai-louchi, 96, 106, 108

Tseng, Censor, 38, 46, 68

Tzu-p’ing divination, 55

Ulysses, 117

Vernacular fiction:

in Ming, 18-20, 24, 154n8

allusion to, in Chinp’ingmei, 72-77, 134

Vernacular language, 17, 18, 159n44

Wang Chi-te, 160n55

Wang Liu-erh, 45, 46, 90, 92-93, 128, 135, 177n40

WangPoyüan-pen, 121

Wang San-kuan, 100, 141, 178n40, 182n10

Wang Shih-chen, 160n55, 169n27, 176n25, 180n22

Wang Yang-ming:

teachings of, 13, 16, 158n37, 167n1

criticism of, 13, 15, 156n25, 169n25

Wan-li reign, 10, 43, 165n32

Wen, Tutor, 111

Wen-chingyüan-yanghui, 72-73, 93

Wu Ta, 78, 90, 171n18

Wu Yüeh-niang:

as irresponsible first wife, 42, 48, 141

and pao-chüan, 62-66

and loss of Hsiao-ko, 63, 128, 138, 141

quarrels with P’an Chin-lien, 75-76

as irresponsible mother, 135

Wu-chiehch’an-shihpao-chüan, 65

Wu-lunch’üan-pei, 105, 160n51, 161n63, 176n25

Wu-tsuHuang-meipao-chüan, 64

Yang Chien, 37

Ying Po-chüeh, 95, 100-101, 179n15

Yüan-linwu-meng, 142

Yüan-pen, 96, 121, 142

Yü-huan chi, 35, 96, 109, 112, 115, 178n1

Yung-fu Temple, 67, 139

Yü-nü (Jade-girl), 103, 120, 135

Zola, Emile, 50