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Tables of Contents for The Peony Pavilion
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface to the Second Edition
ix
Introduction: Peony Pavilion on Stage and in the Study
xv
A Note on Layout
xxxi
(Scene)
Legend
1
2
Declaring Ambition
3
3
Admonishing the Daughter
6
5
Pedant's Lament
11
3
Engaging the Tutor
14
4
Despairing Hopes
18
6
The Schoolroom
24
6
Speed the Plough
30
8
Sweeping the Garden
38
4
The Interrupted Dream
42
11
Well-meant Warning
53
2
Pursuing the Dream
55
8
In Search of Patronage
63
3
The Portrait
66
6
A Spy for the Tartars
72
3
The Invalid
75
4
Sorceress of the Tao
79
9
Diagnosis
88
7
The Brigandess
95
2
Keening
97
13
The Interview
110
6
Traveler's Rest
116
4
Infernal Judgment
120
15
The Portrait Recovered
135
4
Maternal Remembrance
139
4
The Portrait Examined
143
4
Spirit Roaming
147
8
Union in the Shades
155
10
Gossip
165
5
Disrupted Joy
170
6
Defensive Works
176
4
Spectral Vows
180
11
Confidential Plans
191
6
Consultation
197
2
Resurrection
199
5
Elopement
204
10
The Alarm
214
3
The Scourge of the Huai
217
3
Hangzhou
220
4
In Search of the Master
224
5
Delayed Examination
229
7
Troop Transfer
236
5
The Siege of Huaian
241
7
Concern for the Besieged
248
5
A Spy for the Rebels
253
4
The Rebels Countered
257
6
Raising the Siege
263
10
Mother and Daughter Reunited
273
8
Moored before Huaian
281
6
Uproar at the Banquet
287
9
The Lists Proclaimed
296
4
The Search for the Candidate
300
5
Interrogation under the Rod
305
12
Glad News
317
7
Reunion at Court
324
17
Index of Aria Patterns
341