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CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CAST OF CHARACTERS

CHAPTER 61: Han Tao-kuo Prepares an Entertainment for Hsi-men Ch’ing; Li P’ing-erh Painfully Observes the Double Yang Festival

CHAPTER 62: Taoist Master P’an Performs an Exorcism on the Lantern Altar; Hsi-men Ch’ing Laments Egregiously on Behalf of Li P’ing-erh

CHAPTER 63: Friends and Relatives Offer Funeral Oblations at a Memorial Feast; Hsi-men Ch’ing Is Reminded of Li P’ing-erh While Watching a Drama

CHAPTER 64: Yü-hsiao Kneels in Making an Appeal to P’an Chin-lien; Officers of the Guard Sacrifice to a Rich Man’s Spouse

CHAPTER 65: Abbot Wu Meets the Funeral Procession and Eulogizes the Portrait; Censor Sung Imposes on a Local Magnate to Entertain Eunuch Huang

CHAPTER 66: Majordomo Chai Sends a Letter with a Consolatory Contribution; Perfect Man Huang Conducts a Rite for the Salvation of the Dead

CHAPTER 67: Hsi-men Ch’ing Appreciates the Snow While in His Studio; Li P’ing-erh Describes Her Intimate Feelings in a Dream

CHAPTER 68: Cheng Ai-yüeh Flaunts Her Beauty and Discloses a Secret; Tai-an Perseveres Assiduously in Seeking Out Auntie Wen

CHAPTER 69: Auntie Wen Communicates Hsi-men Ch’ing’s Wishes to Lady Lin; Wang Ts’ai Falls for a Trick and Invites His Own Humiliation

CHAPTER 70: Hsi-men Ch’ing’s Successful Efforts Procure Him a Promotion; Assembled Officials Report before Defender-in-chief Chu Mien

CHAPTER 71: Li P'ing-erh Appears in a Dream in Battalion Commander Ho's House; The Judicial Commissioners Present Their Memorials at the Audience

CHAPTER 72: Wang the Third Kowtows to Hsi-men Ch'ing as His Adopted Father; Ying Po-chüeh Intercedes to Alleviate the Grievance of Li Ming

CHAPTER 73: P'an Chin-lien Is Irked by the Song "I Remember Her Flute-playing"; Big Sister Yü Sings "Getting through the Five Watches of the Night"

CHAPTER 74: Censor Sung Ch'iao-nien Solicits the Eight Immortals Tripod; Wu Yüeh-niang Listens to the Precious Scroll on Woman Huang

CHAPTER 75: Ch'un-mei Vilely Abuses Second Sister Shen; Yü-hsiao Spills the Beans to P'an Chin-lien

CHAPTER 76: Meng Yü-lou Assuages Yüeh-niang's Wrath; Hsi-men Ch'ing Repudiates Licentiate Wen

CHAPTER 77: Hsi-men Ch'ing Slogs through the Snow to Visit Cheng Ai-yüeh; Pen the Fourth's Wife Sits by the Window Waiting for a Tryst

CHAPTER 78: Hsi-men Ch’ing Ventures upon a Second Engagement with Lady Lin; Wu Yüeh-niang Invites Ho Yung-shou’s Wife to View the Lanterns

CHAPTER 79: Hsi-men Ch’ing in His Sexual Indulgence Incurs an Illness; Wu Yüeh-niang Bears a Child upon the Death of Her Husband

CHAPTER 80: Ch’en Ching-chi Resorts to Pilfering Jade and Purloining Perfume; Li Chiao-erh Makes Off with the Silver and Returns to the Brothel

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