debauchery, novels of, 184

Deer and the Cauldron, The,, 19, 22, 60, 65, 78, 96, 148, 168, 231

jianghu in,, 2

hybridity of Chinese identity in, 13

footnotes in, 63

confrontations between Han and Manchus in, 122, 129, 130, 132

anti-wuxia novel, 128

hybridity and Wei Xiaobao in, 137–141

gender politics in, 197, 198

translation of, 202–217

irony in, 234–239

Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, The,, 19, 65, 78, 98, 236, 298

Buddhism and, 222

gender politics in, 183, 194

gongfu classics in,, 161–163

Ni Kuang’s contribution to, 93

picture manuals in, 249

trope of the innocent in, 110

Wu dialect in, 82

desheng huitou, See achieving victory and turning around

detective novels, 61, 62

Di Yun, 134, 162

dialect, regional, 47, 294

Diamond Sutra, 110

Diaspora, 2–5

contemporary global Chinese, 262–266

paradigm of, 13

readers of the Chinese, 201, 245

text and, 109

“transnational framework” of, 208

writing in, 193–198

Dispute of the Swords on Mount Hua,, 104

“Divorce”, 68

dog bastard, 102, 294

Dongfang Bubai, 174, 187, 230, 231, 294

Dongnanya zhoukan, See Southeast Asia Weekly

Dongxie xidu, See Ashes of Time

Dream of the Red Chamber,, 42, 184, 288, 295, 321

Duan Yu, 83, 94, 110, 134, 195, 246–253, 260, 261, 267, 294

duanhun qiang,, 68, 294

Duosan Tanan,, 44

Dyer, Richard, 152, 165, 178

Eagle-Shooting Heroes, The,, 78, 87, 88, 103, 118, 122, 125, 127, 135, 161, 163, 172, 194, 271

Eighteen Dragon-Quelling Palms, 41

enlightenment, Buddhistin Song of the Swordsman,, 119n.10, n.12, 116

Jin Yong’s critique of, 15

Li Zehou andthe May Fourth literary revolution and, 30, 33

Envoys of Retribution and Reward, 105, 298

Eoyang, Eugene, 202, 204, 210

Ernü yingxiong zhuan, See Biography of Heroes and Beauties, The

Essence, 1, 152, 210, 297

Europeanized national language, 6, 48, 297

Existentialism, xii, 9

Fan Li, 169

Fan Yanqiao, 26, 62, 71, 96, 294

fangyan, See dialect, regional

Fantastic Knights-Errant of the Rivers and Lakes, The,, 44, 133, 295

Foucault, Michel, 22, 285