作者介紹
(明)湯顯祖|責編:李婉婧|譯者:黃必康
湯顯祖，字義仍，號海若、清遠道人、若士、繭翁，書齋號玉茗堂，江西撫州府臨川縣（今撫州市臨川區）人。生於明嘉靖二十九年八月十四日（公曆1550年9月24日）。嘉靖四十二年（1563）成秀才。隆慶四年（1570）中舉。萬曆十一年（1583）中進士，十二年八月赴任南京太常寺博士，十六年改南京詹事府主簿，十七年升南京禮部祠祭司主事。萬曆十九年閏三月上《論輔臣科臣疏》，五月貶廣東徐聞縣典史。九月赴貶所，二十年回到臨川家中，年底晉京，量移浙江遂昌知縣。萬曆二十一年三月到任，在任獎勵農耕，抑制豪強，興建相圃書院。萬曆二十六年初在北京上計後向吏部告假歸里，萬曆二十九年正月吏部大計，被以「浮躁」名義正式罷職，自此閑居，萬曆四十四年六月十六日（公曆1616年7月29日）去世。
目錄
AUTHOR'S FOREWORD
TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION
NOTES ON TEXTUAL AFFINITIES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
SCENES
SCENE 1 Prologue
SCENE 2 A Scholar's Longing for Love
SCENE 3 A Pair of New Hairpins Brings New Joy
SCENE 4 Seeking Good Counsel at the Matchmaker's
SCENE 5 The Capital is Open for the Lantern Show!
SCENE 6 A Pair of Hairpins Dropped Makes Two Hearts Tied in Love
SCENE 7 Make Hastel Propose Marriage to My Love
SCENE 8 A Love is Sealed by the Mother's Consent
SCENE 9 A Matchmaker Works: A Marriage Bond Sealed
SCENE 10 I Need Horses and Servants for the Wedding
SCENE 11 Are You Ready for the Wedding Night Happiness?
SCENE 12 The Arrival of the Borrowed Servants and Horses
SCENE 13 Happy Nuptial Hour on the Day of Flowers
SCENE 14 Congratulations on Your Marriage, but Remember Your Career Goal
SCENE 15 Learning Made Tongue-tired by Authority
SCENE 16 Swear Your Love and Let the Flowers Witness
SCENE 17 Make Hastel For Luoyang! For the Exams!
SCENE 18 An Elderly Governor's Farewell with Words and Wine
SCENE 19 The Gallant General Calls for a Wise Adviser
SCENE 20 A Young Wife's Longing Complaints
SCENE 21 Your Name is to be Hailed and Cheered at the Apricot Park
SCENE 22 A Churlish Marshal is Offended and His Plot is Hatched
SCENE 23 Home is the Scholar; Joy be the Consequence!
SCENE 24 What a Store of Parting Tears are Shed!
SCENE 25 O Weeping, Willow, Willow, You Witness a Woeful Farewell!
SCENE 26 From Mount Longshan: Look Back Towards Home with a Poem
SCENE 27 Be Generous, Money Buys Help in the Time of Need
SCENE 28 The Tubo General and His Plundering Warriors
SCENE 29 A General's Wine and an Adviser's Ultimatum
SCENE 30 Submit to Us, Thou Kingdoms of Hext, Or Thou Perish!
SCENE 31 Music and Wine, the Summer's Heat to Shun
SCENE 32 The Honest Never Escapes the Trap of the Great
SCENE 33 O Goddess of Love, Let Me Meet My Love at This Night for Love
SCENE 34 Homesickness Painted to be Sent Home
SCENE 35 Home is the General, Home from the Frontier
SCENE 36 If You Have Tears, Lady, Shed Them Now
SCENE 37 The Trap is Set at Mengmen Camp
SCENE 38 Be Merciful! Fake News Kills!
SCENE 39 Out, Out, Brief Candle, with This Poem All in Tears
SCENE 40 O Credulous Lady! Did You Ever Ask Why?
SCENE 41 Tell Your Friend to Marry My Daughter!
SCENE 42 To Say No to the Arranged Marriage with Double Talk
SCENE 43 Wed in a Later Date but Jewels Must Ready for the Maid
SCENE 44 O My Jade Swallow Hairpins, I Must You Sell
SCENE 45 An Old Jade-smith's Sigh over the Despised Love
SCENE 46 O, Ill-fated Hairpins, I will Keep You in the Sea of My Tears
SCENE 47 You Worthless Gold Coins, I Scatter You in the Air, for My Love is Dead!
SCENE 48 A Drunken Swordsman in the Alchouse
SCENE 49 Congratulations, Lady! You Had a Happy Dream
SCENE 50 O Hairpins, Tell Me Your Mistress is Still Waiting for Me!
SCENE 51 A Swordsman Arrives for Justice amid Scholars and Flowers
SCENE 52 Keep up Your Sword, for the Hairpins Have Returned Happily Home
SCENE 53 For the Supreme Justice Proclaimed, All Hall
譯後記 AFTERWORD
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