Silent Operas

By Li Yu
Edited by Patrick Hanan

1990; 1996
xiii + 202 pages
ISBN 962-7255-07-6

Order

Table of Contents

Introduction vii
An Ugly Husband Fears A Pretty Wife
But Marries A Beautiful One
1
A Handsome Youth Tries to Avoid Suspicion
But Arouses It Instead
43
The Female Chen Ping Saves Her Life
With Seven Ruses
76
A Male Mencius’s Mother Raises Her Son Properly
By Moving House Three Times
97
A Daughter Is Transformed Into A Son
Through The Bodhisattva’s Ingenuity
135
An Actress Scorns Wealth And Honour
To Preserve Her Chastity
161