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CONTENTS
- Translator’s Note and Acknowledgments
- Introduction by Mark Edward Lewis and Brigitte Baptandier
- THE LADY OF LINSHUI PACIFIES DEMONS
- CHAPTER 1. Wang Yanbin Builds Luoyang Bridge / Duanming Scholar Cai Completes the Work and Returns to the West
- CHAPTER 2. Chen Jinggu Studies Magic at Mount Lü / The Ravine Demon Takes on Illusory Forms at Xue Mountain
- CHAPTER 3. Jiang Shanyu Renounces Her Selfhood to Obtain the Way / Chen Jinggu Cuts Out a Piece of Her Flesh to Save Her Parents
- CHAPTER 4. Cinnabar Cloud Is Captured and Converts to Buddhism to Earn Good Karma / Madame Shen Is Rescued by Being Given a Soul Taken from a Dead Person
- CHAPTER 5. At Lingxiao Pan the Rock Press Women Are Captured / At Guojie Mountain We Meet Jiang Hupo
- CHAPTER 6. The Spider Fiend Is Captured and Dies / The Ravine Demon Uses a Stratagem to Seek Refuge
- CHAPTER 7. Bringing an End to the Auspicious Period, Jinggu Eliminates the Fiend / Meeting Misfortune, Liu Encounters a Demon
- CHAPTER 8. The Snake Monster Having Been Expelled, Future Calamity Is Left Behind / The Husband Having Been Saved, Their Prior Karma Is Assisted
- CHAPTER 9. In the Old Temple the Fiend Monk Works His Evil Magic / The Lian River Clam Monster Creates a Spectral Tower
- CHAPTER 10. As the Old Ruler Is on His Deathbed, the People Grieve / The New Lord Inherits the Throne, and the Common People Encounter Misfortune
- CHAPTER 11. Wang Yanbing Is Routed at Fuzhou City / Chen Shouyuan Proposes to Build the Baohuang Palace
- CHAPTER 12. [Yanbin] Ascends to the Emperorship, and All the Officials Offer Congratulations / [Chen Jinggu] Kills the White Snake and Receives Her First Honorary Title
- CHAPTER 13. Madame Chen Retires to Linshui / Yuan Guangzhi Leaves Mount Mao for the First Time
- CHAPTER 14. Xue Wenjie Spreads Rumors in the Palace / Wang Jitu’s Army Surrounds Fuzhou City
- CHAPTER 15. Yuan Guangzhi’s Army Suffers Defeat / Madame Chen Receives a Second Title
- CHAPTER 16. Praying for Rain, the People Feel Grateful / Perfecting the True Way, a Third Title Is Granted
- CHAPTER 17. Avenging Deep Hatred by Capturing the Ravine Demon / Weeping Tears of Blood and Gathering Again at the Bridge of One Hundred Flowers
- Dramatis Personae
- Glossary of Chinese Characters
- Notes
- Bibliography