The Complete Dramatic Works of Tang Xianzu by Tang Xianzu

Author:Tang Xianzu
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2014-06-12T04:00:00+00:00

The Nanke Dream

Translated by Wang Rongpei, Zhang Ling & Huo Yuehong

Table of Contents

Scene One

Reminding the World

Scene Two

Chivalrous Passions

Scene Three

The Tree State

Scene Four

Inviting a Monk to Preach Zen

Scene Five

Admonishing the Princess

Scene Six

A Random Pastime

Scene Seven

A Chance Encounter

Scene Eight

Passion of Love

Scene Nine

The Royal Son-in-Law

Scene Ten

Accepting the Invitation

Scene Eleven

Going for the Audience

Scene Twelve

To the Princess Residence

Scene Thirteen

Marrying the Royal Princess

Scene Fourteen

Potential Enemy

Scene Fifteen

Attending the Royal Hunting

Scene Sixteen

Tidings about Chunyu’s Father

Scene Seventeen

The Position of the Magistrate

Scene Eighteen

Appointed as the Magistrate

Scene Nineteen

Recommending the Assistants

Scene Twenty

The Royal Farewell Banquet

Scene Twenty-One

The Secretary as the Acting Magistrate

Scene Twenty-Two

Arriving at the County

Scene Twenty-Three

Missing Her Daughter

Scene Twenty-Four

Street Ballads

Scene Twenty-Five

Enjoying the Moon

Scene Twenty-Six

Incurring the Covetousness

Scene Twenty-Seven

Princess on the Alert

Scene Twenty-Eight

Army Deployment in the Rain

Scene Twenty-Nine

The Siege Lifted

Scene Thirty

Zhou Bian Defeated

Scene Thirty-One

Zhou Bian Detained

Scene Thirty-Two

Court Counseling

Scene Thirty-Three

Summoned to the Capital

Scene Thirty-Four

Halting the Way

Scene Thirty-Five

Mourning over the Death

Scene Thirty-Six

Returning to the Court

Scene Thirty-Seven

Sensual Allurement

Scene Thirty-Eight

Indulgent Life

Scene Thirty-Nine

Demotion Predicted

Scene Forty

Doubts and Fears

Scene Forty-One

Banishment

Scene Forty-Two

Waking Up to the Reality

Scene Forty-Three

Affections Expounded

Scene Forty-Four

End of Affection

Scene One

Reminding the World

(Enter the Narrator)

NARRATOR (To the tune of Nankezi):

The rain falls on the lake outside the Jade Tea House

And the sun shines over the small Metal Brake Hall.

Don’t stop your song nor lower your cup

When you see the heedless ants

Show signs of passion to all.

The country founded in July

Was nothing but a castle in the sky.

Master Qixuan is still preaching.

May I ask the east wind

When I’ll wake up from my dream?

He ranks high in the State of Peaceful Locust,

With the princess in his arms.

In recording the feats of Nanke Magistrate,

The venerable monk will speak the truth.

Scene Two

Chivalrous Passions

(Enter Chunyu Fen, bearing a sword on his back)

CHUNYU FEN (To the tune of Poqizhen):

With soaring aspiration,

I stay in Yangzhou although I often dream of home.

I wander here and there,

Sniffing the world,

For the world is blind.

Since childhood, I have been fond of wine,

Never feeling sad for spring sights.

And now in late autumn, I see a locust-tree behind me.

(In the pattern of Dielianhua)

“A locust-tree stands in the empty yard,

With its leaves ruffling in the autumn wind,

Wailing o’er the passage of time.

I never wield my precious sword,

Wandering in Wu and Chu in my prime.

I do not want to live here for long,

For I will stay

Where there is wine and song.

Before my bosom friends arrive,

My sorrow has gone away.”

I am Chunyu Fen, a native of Dongping. I am a descendant of Chungyu Kun, a man renowned for drinking deep and making people roar with laughter. A later ancestor the good doctor Chunyu Yi was made the Magistrate of Taichang. He had no sons but his daughter saved him from death. My father is a general in the border areas. He has been there for many years and I don’t know whether he’s alive or dead. I am skilled in the martial arts and am a man with a generous heart, having spent a thousand ounces of gold at a time. When carousing with good fellows of the rivers and lakes, I have led a nomad’s life in the regions of Wu and Chu. Once I served as an assistant general in the Huainan troops and hoped to be promoted in Hebei.

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