Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Women's Script -- Part I: Moral Tracts -- 1. Admonitions for My Daughter -- 2. The Ten Months of Pregnancy -- 3. The Family Heirloom -- 4. The Lazy Wife -- Part II: Narrative Ballads -- 5. The Tale of Third Sister -- 6. The Daughter of the Xiao Family -- 7. Lady Luo -- 8. The Maiden Meng Jiang -- 9. The Flower Seller -- 10. The Demonic Carp -- 11. The Karmic Affinity of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai -- 12. Fifth Daughter Wang -- Notes -- Chinese Character Glossary -- Bibliography.