Song of the Swordsman,, 16, 78, 98–101, 104–107, 110–119, 299

Son-of-a-Bitch, 102–119

Southeast Asia Weekly, 78

Southeast Daily, 77

Standard Chinese, 44, 47, 50, 52, 297

Strange Records of the Firefly Window,, 223, 300

Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio,, 42, 296

Su Manshu, 25

suibi, See jottings

supernatural being, 87, 93, 297

Sword of the Yue Maiden,, 74, 78, 300

Sword Stained with Royal Blood, The , 62, 78, 88, 89, 93, 98, 122, 148, 160, 177, 178, 183, 293, 303

Swordsman’s Isle, 105–111, 115–119

swordplay techniques, 225, 295

Taiping guangji,, 42, 298

Taixuan jing, See Scripture of the Great Mystery

Tales of Magistrate Bao and his Valiant Lieutenants,, 69

Tan Dun, 1

Tang Changru, 64, 298

Tao Qian, 223, 298

Tao Yuanming, 173

Taohua dao, See peach blossom island

Taoism, 9, 69

Tay, William, 18, 22

The China Critic, 207

The Complete Works of Jin Yong,, 65

The Matrix,, ix, 21

Thirty Three Images of Chivalrous Swordsmen, 93, 244, 245, 298

Tian Boguang, 172, 227, 295

Tiandi hui, See Heaven and Earth Society

Tianlong babu, See Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, The

Tianshan Tonglao, See Childlike Grandma of Heaven Mountain

T’ien Hsia Monthly, 207

Tu Wei-ming, 116, 119

tupu, See picture manuals

Twelfth Month Porridge, 105, 119n.10, 296

Utopia, 18, 134, 180, 209

construction of, 134

Frye on, 170

jianghu and,and irony, 156–167, 170–176, 166

Kumer on, 159

Peach Blossom Spring, 223

Ricoeur on, 157

Valley of Severed Emotion, 189, 296

Veritable Scripture of the Nine Yin, 104, 109–111, 296

vernacular, the, 5, 7, 15, 33, 34, 44, 49, 290, 293, 296, 299

vernacular literature movement, 45–50, 296

Walk with Dainty Steps like Treading the Waves, 250, 267, 297

Wan Zhenshan, 162

Wang, David Der-wei, xv, 5, 6, 21, 175

Wang Dulu, 51, 299

Wang Fuzhi, 142

Wang Jinbao, 237, 299