# The Chinese theater

Author: Zucker, A. E. (Adolf Eduard), 1890-1971

Genre: Category: Plays/Films/Dramas

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69475

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Chinese+theater+Zucker&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

“Students of the Pear Garden” (Li Yuan Tzu Ti) is the name by which actors in China are called in elegant literary style. This appellation was given them in memory of the traditional origin of the Chinese theater in the imperial palace gardens of a T’ang Dynasty emperor, Ming Huang (Yuen Tsung, 713-756 A.D.), who was a generous patron of the arts in his splendid capital Ch’ang An. This ruler established a college called the Pear Garden for the training in music and dramatics of young actors of both sexes. His plan for court entertainment the emperor had derived, according to legend, from a visit to the moon where he had seen a troupe of performers in the Jade Palace of the lunar emperor....

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER NINE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chinese-theater-69475/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER FOUR](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chinese-theater-69475/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER SIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chinese-theater-69475/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER THREE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chinese-theater-69475/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER FIVE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chinese-theater-69475/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER EIGHT](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chinese-theater-69475/chapters/9/index.md)
- [ill. The quick-witted, impertinent maid sent to look after the wants of](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chinese-theater-69475/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER ONE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chinese-theater-69475/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Volume XX, “Chinese Theatricals”, and Volume XXI, “Histrionic](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chinese-theater-69475/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER SEVEN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chinese-theater-69475/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TWO](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chinese-theater-69475/chapters/2/index.md)