The Three Sui Quash the Demons' Revolt: A Comic Novel Attributed to Luo Guanzhong 9780824860707

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Contents
Acknowledgments
Translator’s Introduction
Preface to the San Sui ping yao zhuan
1. The pawnbroker Moneybags Hu gets the magic painting. His wife burns the painting and gives birth to Yong’er
2. Hu Yong’er goes to buy steamed cakes in a snowstorm. Auntie Sheng gives her the magic teachings of the Goddess of the Ninth Heaven
3. Hu Yong’er conjures up cash and rice. Moneybags Hu angrily burns the magic wishing book
4. Hu Yong’er changes straw into horses. Hu Yong’er changes beans into soldiers
5. The daughter of Moneybags Hu marries Idiot Boy. Hu Yong’er secretly flees to Zhengzhou
6. Hu Yong’er conjures up a hideous face at the inn. Bu, the peddler, pursues Yong’er, and she jumps into a well
7. Bu Ji encounters Auntie Sheng in the Octagonal well. Bu Ji is banished to Mizhou after presenting the golden caldron
8. Zhang Luan rescues Bu Ji in the woods. Zhang Luan enjoys two moons at the shrine of a mountain deity
9.Zuo, the lame priest, buys steamed cakes and hoodwinks Ren Qian. Ren, Wu, and Zhang angrily pursue Zuo, the lame priest
10. The lame priest enters the belly of the Buddha in the Burial Mound Temple. Ren, Wu, and Zhang dream they receive Yong’er’s magical art
11. The Pellet Priest bilks Grand Commandant Bighearted Wang. Du Qisheng magically beheads his son
12. His Excellency Bao orders the capture of the demon priest. Second Brother Li denounces the demon and dies in a fall
13. Yong’er sells mud candles to gain the attention of Wang Ze. Auntie Sheng counsels Wang Ze to plot rebellion
14. Zuo, the lame priest, hands out cash and rice to muster an army. Wang Ze is arrested and thrown into prison
15. The lame priest rescues Wang Ze and disables his captors. Liu Yanwei leads an army to apprehend Wang Ze
16. Wang Ze leads the people of Beizhou in rebellion. Yong’er marshals her troops and captures prefectures and cities
17. Wen Yanbo leads troops to conquer Beizhou. Assistant Commander Cao’s blood pumps destroy the demons’ magical powers
18 .The lame priest’s flying millstone strikes the Duke of Lu The Many-eyed Monster saves the Duke of Lu and offers a word of advice
19. Wen Yanbo chances to meet Zhuge Suizhi. Fishsoup Li offers a plan to capture Wang Ze
20. Beizhou City carves up the demons. Commander Wen quashes the demons and returns to the Eastern Capital
A Fantastic History. San Sui ping yao zhuan Reconsidered
Appendix A. Early Historical and Anecdotal Materials Pertaining to the Wang Ze Rebellion
Appendix B. A Note on the Possible Identity of Wang Shenxiu
Notes
Bibliography
About the Translator