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149813 https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.9109 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ All Rights Reserved 2011 ii, 111 p. : ill Masters Thesis Academic theses Text eng Byrnes, Kelli West, Stephen H. Zou, Yu Ling, Xiaoqiao Arizona State University Partial requirement for: M.A., Arizona State University, 2011 Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-102) English and Chinese Field of study: Asian languages and civilizations This thesis examines the play Qian Dayin zhichong Xie Tianxiang, written by the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) playwright Guan Hanqing (c.1225-1302). The first chapter of this paper provides brief background information about northern style Yuan drama (zaju) as well as a plot summary and notes about the analysis and translation. Through a close reading of the play, I hope to illustrate how the play's complicated ending and lack of complete resolution reveals why it has received relatively little attention from scholars who have previously discussed other strong, intelligent female characters in Guan Hanqing's plays. The second chapter of this thesis includes translation of the play that is comprised of a wedge preceding the four acts. Before each act of the play is a critical introduction and analysis of the act to follow. Although many of Guan Hanqing's plays have been translated into English, this play has never been translated. Asian Literature Chinese literature Drama Guan Hanqing Xie Tianxiang Yuan Dynasty Zaju The frustrations of heaven's fragrance: an analysis and translation of Guan Hanqing's Qian dayin zhichong xie tianxiang