The role of the chou ("clown") in traditional Chinese drama: comedy, criticism, and cosmology on the Chinese stage
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
List of illustrations i
Foreword by Dr John McCormick iii
Acknowledgements a
Introduction 1
Translating chou 4
Getting the joke 8
The structure of this book 10
1. The jester, the jing and the tradition of the admonishing actor 15
Jesters in the imperial courts 15
The origins of the,/ing role 24
Murderous monks, graceless gentry and joking beyond Has jing in Xixiangfi 37
Summary 46
2. Mirth and morality: the rise of the chou in traditional drama 47
The origins of the chou - 47
(Non-)Conformity, Confucianism and the State in Gao Ming s Pipaji 62
The chou in Kunju drama 70
The emergence of chouxi {chou drama) 92
The rise of Jingju choupai and the famous chou actor 102
The chou in Hapai Jingju 115
An insult to the labouring people ?—the chou in the communist Republic 119
The chou in revolutionary and post-revolutionary drama 126
The happy ending 137
Summary 141
3. Approaches to acting the chou in contemporary China 143
Wenchou 144
Paodaichou 144
Fangjinchou 149
Xiepichou 154
Suchou 157
Laochou 158
Chayichou I60
Caidan I61
Wuchou 163
Small in stature and light in weight 166
Quick-witted and clever 167
Clear diction 169
The relationship between the wenchou and wuchou _,
The painted face of the chou .,,
Summary
4. Only joking? The relationship between the chou and percussion
in Jingju lgl
The chou and the guban . qq
The chou and the use of song . gg
Secular theatre in a sacred setting .„,
The sacred and the profane .„-
Summary
209
5. Devils, disease and the chou as a co(s)mic figure .»
Cosmology and symbols of inconsistency ,
Demons, disorder and exorcism .
yi du gong du : the symbolic transference of disorder .
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King -
Sun Wukong, Buddhist Enlightenment and the Laughing Buddha
The chou as ugly ;¦
Ugliness and the embodiment of cosmology
Summary
6. Inversionary gods and funeral clowns: teasing and transformation in
vernacular religion, fiction and theatre *
An unseen theatre for unseen spirits ^
Addressing the spirits through incongruity: funeral jokers ^
Laughter and reincarnation in popular representations of Siyouji characters 258
Clownish clerics and political antagonism ^
Clowning and the Patron Saint of Theatre 267
Summary 276
Conclusion 279
Appendix A: Description of chou movements in Kunju 285
Appendix B: Layout of a traditional temple stage 311
Appendix C: List of Chinese dynasties 313
Glossary 315
Bibliography 325
Index 343
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CONTENTS
List of illustrations i
Foreword by Dr John McCormick iii
Acknowledgements a
Introduction 1
Translating chou 4
Getting the joke 8
The structure of this book 10
1. The jester, the jing and the tradition of the admonishing actor 15
Jesters in the imperial courts 15
The origins of the,/ing role 24
Murderous monks, graceless gentry and joking beyond Has jing in Xixiangfi 37
Summary 46
2. Mirth and morality: the rise of the chou in traditional drama 47
The origins of the chou - 47
(Non-)Conformity, Confucianism and the State in Gao Ming's Pipaji 62
The chou in Kunju drama 70
The emergence of chouxi {chou drama) 92
The rise of Jingju choupai and the famous chou actor 102
The chou in Hapai Jingju 115
"An insult to the labouring people"?—the chou in the communist Republic 119
The chou in revolutionary and post-revolutionary drama 126
The happy ending 137
Summary 141
3. Approaches to acting the chou in contemporary China 143
Wenchou 144
Paodaichou 144
Fangjinchou 149
Xiepichou 154
Suchou 157
Laochou 158
Chayichou I60
Caidan I61
Wuchou 163
Small in stature and light in weight 166
Quick-witted and clever 167
Clear diction 169
The relationship between the wenchou and wuchou _,
The painted face of the chou .,,
Summary
4. Only joking? The relationship between the chou and percussion
in Jingju lgl
The chou and the guban . qq
The chou and the use of song . gg
Secular theatre in a sacred setting .„,
The sacred and the profane .„-
Summary
209
5. Devils, disease and the chou as a co(s)mic figure .»
Cosmology and symbols of inconsistency ,
Demons, disorder and exorcism .
"yi du gong du": the symbolic transference of disorder .
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King -
Sun Wukong, Buddhist Enlightenment and the Laughing Buddha
The chou as "ugly" ;¦
Ugliness and the embodiment of cosmology
Summary
6. Inversionary gods and funeral clowns: teasing and transformation in
vernacular religion, fiction and theatre *
An "unseen" theatre for unseen spirits ^
Addressing the spirits through incongruity: funeral jokers ^
Laughter and reincarnation in popular representations of Siyouji characters 258
Clownish clerics and political antagonism ^
Clowning and the Patron Saint of Theatre 267
Summary 276
Conclusion 279
Appendix A: Description of chou movements in Kunju 285
Appendix B: Layout of a traditional temple stage 311
Appendix C: List of Chinese dynasties 313
Glossary 315
Bibliography 325
Index 343 |
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