Notes
1 For more on the traditional versions of this legend, see Wilt L. Idema, Filial Piety and Its Divine Rewards: The Legend of Dong Yong and Weaving Maiden with Related Texts (Indianapolis: Hackett, 2009).
2 On the impact of Stanislavski’s method on Chinese theater, also see Anne Rebull, “Locating Theatricality on Stage and Screen: Rescuing Performance Practice and the Phenomenon of Fifteen Strings of Cash (Shiwu guan; 1956),” CHINOPERL: Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature 36.1 (July 2017): 46–71.