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butterflies, 42, 43, 197n66
hypocrisy of, 167, 168, 170; Japanese
tales of, 180; as judge in court case, 176;
Cairo Genizah, 214n21
killing of, 47, 52; laziness of, 18, 25, 45,
Calenzio, Eliseo (Elisiu Calentius), 213n13
47–48; licensed to kill mice and rats,
Cao Ye, Government Granary Rats, 25
44, 91, 180; Lu Xun on, xiv, 19, 166–67;
Cao Zhi, Rhapsody of the Falcon and the
as mousers, 18, 35–37, 40–41, 41–47,
Sparrow (Yaoque fu), 12
163, 197nn70,74, 206n59; and the
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mouse’s wedding, viii, 84, 86, 87–89,
Confucianism, xi, xiii, 6, 7, 21, 48
123–27, 134–35; naming of, 202n17;
corruption, 25, 44, 171, 173
nursing of kittens, 6, 43–44, 198n96; in
court case of the mouse against the cat:
paintings and prints, 34, 43, 87–89, 181,
accusation and statements of the
197nn65–66, 210n28; as pampered pets,
mouse, 17, 92, 93, 101, 104–6, 108, 109–
18, 42–43, 105, 145, 180; as pets of monks,
10, 144–45, 152–53; arrest of the cat,
38, 39, 48, 196n49; in political allegory,
94–96, 115–16, 145–46; case file, 91–92,
20, 165, 167–71; reincarnation as, 37;
104; condemned as superstition, 119,
skinned, 50, 69–70; sleeping arrange-
206n8; details of judicial proceedings,
ments of, 118, 124, 145, 168–69, 191n21,
114–15; The Different Statements of the
206n3; in stories of the Five Rats, 61–
Cat and the Mouse, Opposed by Nature
63, 65, 68, 69, 130; sutra recitation by,
(Maoshu yixing butong ci), 92–99;
136, 149; as tiger relative, 34, 35, 84, 85,
display of underworld punishments,
168, 195n35; as villain, 19, 163–68; visit
96–98, 99, 100, 116; expansion of,
to the underworld, 94–98, 99, 100,
114, 127, 129; as fairy tale in primary
204n44. See also court case of the
schools, 162–63; genres of, 82, 91–
mouse against the cat; war between
92, 99, 102–3, 205n52; introduced by
mice and cats
summary of Chinese history, 154–55;
The Cat’s Visit to the Underworld on the
justice in, 173; King Yama’s verdict,
Eighth Day of the Fourth Month (Siba
99–100, 104, 107–8, 113, 150, 157–58, 159;
mao you yin), 204n44
modern reformulations, 20–21, 156–
Ce, Prince of Yan, 201n3
63, 173; The Narrative of the Court Case
Cha jiu lun, 192n39
of the Rat (Korean: Sŏ okki; Chinese:
Chaucer, The Parlement of Foules, 5, 192n37
Shuyu shuo), 90, 203n28; The Newest
Che Xilun and Shang Lixin, Study of Popu
Version of the Complete Song of the
lar Precious Scrol s of Northern China
Mutual Accusations of the Cat and the
(Beifang minjian baojuan yanjiu), 108
Mouse (Zuixin Maoshu xianggao
Chen An, “On the Origin of Cats” (Ben-
quange), 156–57; Newly Composed: The
mao shuo), 36–37
Mutual Accusations of the Cat and the
Chenhe opera, 205n53
Mouse (Xinbian Maoshu xianggao),
children’s stories and songs, 162–63, 171,
91–92, 104–8; Newly Printed: A Com
179, 194n61, 202n13, 205n52, 211n44,
plete Account of the Judgment of King
212n50
Yama concerning the Cat and the Mouse
Chinese history, 118, 154–55, 172
(Xinke Yanluo panduan maoshu quan-
Christian theology, 6, 7
zhuan), 98; Newly Printed: The Accusa
Chronicle of Cats (Maosheng; Wang
tion of the Mouse against the Cat (Xinke
Chutong), 18, 53, 55
laoshu gao limao), 92; as parody, 92,
Chu Renhuo, Cat Demons in Jinhua, 50–51
104, 173; prequels to, 16, 20, 87, 118–
City God, 77-–78
30, 131–32, 138–43; The Rat Accuses the
clerk fees, 114–15, 130, 146, 148
Cat (Haozi gao mao), 99–101; The Rat
The Col ected Essentials of the Five Lamps
Seeks Redress (Haozi shenyuan), 101–
(Wudeng huiyuan), 38
2, 204n48; The Scroll of the Accusation
Communist Party, 155
of the Mouse against the Cat (Laoshu
Complete Books of the Four Storerooms
gao limao juan), 92, 94, 108–13; setting
(Siku quanshu), 53
in the underworld, 91; sex of mouse
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court case of the mouse against the cat:
The Different Statements of the Cat and the
( continued)
Mouse, Opposed by Nature (Maoshu
lodging complaint, 206n1; statement
yixing butong ci), 92–99
of the cat, 17, 106–7, 111–13, 146–52,
Ding Yusheng, 51
158–59; versions of, 90, 91–94, 98–102,
disaster incense, 75, 76, 77, 201n42
103–4, 108, 119–20, 203n29, 204n47,
dismemberment, 23, 194n12
205nn50,53; and Zhang Tang’s trial of
Disney, viii, ix, 162
thieving rat, 23. See also A Tale without
disputation literature ( zhengqi wenxue),
Shape or Shadow
190n9, 192n39. See also debates between
court cases: of animals, 15–16, 90–91, 101,
animals
192n39, 204n49; of birds, 12–13, 130,
Diyong Furen (Lady Emerging from the
192n35; Chinese judicial system, 14,
Earth), 57–58. See also White Mouse
193n44; courts of the Ten Kings, 14;
Demon
fees of clerks, 114–15, 130, 146, 148;
Dr. Dolittle, xi
illustrations from Dunhuang, 14; of
dogs: ghost of Lady Qi as, 196n43; as judge
Judge Bao, 67, 68, 70, 200n36; judge in,
in court case, 162–63; in morality tales,
90, 162–63, 176; parodies of, 90, 92, 104,
ix; in political allegory, 21, 211n39; as
173; in the underworld, 14–15, 91, 192–
rodent chasers, 35; symbolism of, ix;
93n42; Zhang Tang’s trial of thieving
in war of mice against cats, 130, 181; as
rat, 23. See also court case of the mouse
witness for the mouse, 92, 105, 106, 108
against the cat
“Dogs, Cats, and Mice” (Lu Xun), vii, xiv,
The Court Cases of Judge Bao (Longtu
19
gong’an), 68, 70. See also Judge Bao;
Dongfang Shuo, 35
One Hundred Court Cases
door gods (gods of the gate), 90, 95
cricket-snatchers, 41, 46, 197n58. See also
dragons, 31, 33, 104, 163
, 205n56
Sun Sunyi: A Small Record of the
drum ballads, 87, 127, 159, 161–62, 203n33.
CricketSnatchers
See also dagushu (big-drum books)
Cui Youfu, 43–44
Duan Zhidi, 209n1
Cultural Revolution, 155, 171–72
Dunhuang: disputation literature, 192n39;
illustrations of animals bringing court
dagushu (big-drum books), 99, 119. See also
cases, 91; manuscripts, 13–14; The
drum ballads
Names of the Hundred Birds (Bainiao
Dai Biaoyuan, 163
ming), 13; Rhapsody of the Swal ow
Daikokuten, 181
(Yanzi fu), 12–13, 90, 130, 191n29,
Daston, Lorraine, ix, 4
192n39, 212n7
Dazzi, Andrea (Andreas Dactius), Aeluromyomachia, 177, 213n13
Egypt, 4, 48, 175
dead cats’ heads, 55, 199n101
Eleventh Yama King, 103, 205n53
debates between animals, 5, 16, 33, 99, 176,
empress dowager (character), 76–78, 80
109n9, 192n39
encyclopedias, 18, 39, 92, 104
Dei, Benedetto, 176–77
Epistles of the Brethren of Purity, 193n42
Deng Xiaoping, 163
Erlang, 61, 63
Deng Zhimo, 192n39
errenzhuan, 68
Descent of the Ganges rock carving, 176
Ethiopia, 178
Di Qing, 80, 201n47
eunuchs, 36, 64, 68, 69, 196n39
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The Execution of the Five Rats That Created
folktales: about tigers and cats, 195n35; of
Chaos in the Eastern Capital, 70–81
court case of the mouse against the cat,
Extensive Records of the Taiping Era (Tai-
102, 206n2; on entitlement of mice to
ping guangji), 57
share of grain, 27–28; explaining rat’s
position in birth-year animals, 31–33;
Fan Rulin, 160
“The Mouse and the Five Grains,” 27–
Fang Hao, Empire of Cats (Mao diguo),
28, 194n16; of old cat who practiced
172–73
religion to catch mice, 41, 196–97n56;
Fang Xunshi, 83
of rice-growing areas, 28, 195n17; ver-
feigning cat, 40, 48–49, 89, 176, 177, 178
sions of Tale without Shape or Shadow,
Feng Menglong, Stories to Caution the
129–30; wedding of the mouse, 82,
World (Jingshi tongyan), 67–68
86–87, 125–27, 202nn17,18
Feng Xun, “Ballad of the Mice Marrying
“four pests” extermination campaigns,
Off Their Daughter” (Laoshu jianü ci),
viii
84
fox: in Akkadian narrative texts, 190n9;
Feng Zikai, 171
court cases involving, 90; cults of, 49;
fertility, 18, 34
in European animal tales, 5, 177; sym-
filial piety, 10, 124, 131, 191n28, 206n1
bolism of, ix; in traditional Chinese
Fireflame (cat), 40
tales, x, 10. See also fox demons
fish: in animal tales, 7; as food for cats, 172,
fox demons, 51, 52
212n53; as Japan in political allegory,
frogs, 4, 202n19
165, 210n26
Frost-like Brow (cat), 54, 198n94
Five Classics, 35, 39, 196n50. See also Book
fu. See rhapsodies
of Documents; Book of Odes
Fu Ssu-nien Library (Taipei), 204n38,
Five Elements, 142, 208n41
209n2
Five Rats: ability to take human shape,
funerals, 16, 49, 213n19
8–9, 65; as assistants of Judge Bao, 69;
in background to court case, 19–20;
“Galeomyomachia,” 176
creating havoc in the Eastern Capital,
Gan Luo, 69
61, 65, 69, 78, 110, 121, 147, 149–51, 153;
Ganesha, 214n40
fed to soldiers, 81; names of, 65, 69, 72;
Gang of Four, 161
in prosimetric ballads, 67, 70; versions
Gao, Lady, 49
of, 39, 61, 67–69, 70, 130, 200n28. See
Gao Di (Yinglou): On Detesting Cats
also The Execution of the Five Rats That
(Zengmao shi), 55; in Sun Sunyi’s
Created Chaos in the Eastern Capital;
The Cat That I Love Was Chased Away
One Hundred Court Cases
by Yinglou, 54–55
The Five Rats Create Havoc in the Eastern
Gaozong, Emperor, 37, 207n26
Capital: Judge Bao Subdues the Demons
Garden of Cats (Maoyuan; Huang Han),
(Wushu nao Dongjing Baogong shou-
18, 38–39, 43, 51–52, 55
yao zhuan), 68
Garden of Tales (Shuoyuan; Liu Xiang),
fleas, 15, 91
35
flies, 16, 59, 193n53
geese, 54, 168, 199n98
flying rats, 112, 206n59
Genesis, 6
folk songs, 85, 119–20, 206n2
gods of the gate (door gods), 90, 95
folklore movement, 155
gods of the soil, 94, 146
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Golden-Nosed White-Furred Old Mouse
Weed Hare character, 133, 137, 138, 139–
Demon, 9, 19, 58–61. See also White
40, 142. See also rabbits
Mouse Demon
He Saihua (Lady He), 71, 73, 81
Golden Rats and a Silver Cat: Li Bao (Jin-
He Zunshi (Master Who), 197n65
shu yinmao Li Bao), 68–69
hell. See underworld
Gonnokami, 179
Herodotus, 195n18
grain: Jinyong granaries, 206n59; mice and
Hongze Lake, 205n56
rats’ entitlement to, 27–28, 93, 101–2,
Horseface, 91, 94
104, 110; pests who steal, viii, 22, 90,
horses, ix, 35, 199n98
107; wasted, 205–6n57
house god, 95
granary god, 90
Hu Di (Master Hu), 130–31, 146, 148,
granary rats ( cangshu), 22, 25
208n26
La Grande Battaglia del i gatti e dei sorci,
Huan, Duke of Qi, 140, 208n39
177, 213n14
Huang Han, Garden of Cats (Maoyuan),
gratitude, x, 11, 27
18, 38–39, 43, 51–52, 55
The Great and Wonderful Battle of the Cats
Huang Quan, 54, 198n95
and the Rats (La grande et merveille-
Huang Tingjian: Requesting a Kitten, 41;
use Bataille d’entre les chats et les rats;
“Thanking Zhou Wenzhi for Sending
woodblock), 213n15
Me a Kitten,” 41–42
Great Leap Forward, 155
Huang Zhijun, 47
Great Teacher Wide Square, 79
Huizong, Emperor, 207n26
Great Vehicle Arhat, 79
Humane Ancestor, 69, 75–77, 80–81
Greece: animal tales in, 4, 175–76, 189n4
Humanimalia (online journal),
3–4
(introduction); mythology, 8
Groot, J. J. M. de, 49, 198n82
Im Che, Narrative of the Court Case of the
Gu, Lady, 198n97
Rat (Sŏ okki), 90, 203n28
Guanyin: in descriptions of the under-
Imamura Yoshio, 171
world, 204n44; and the five rats, 66,
Immortal Dong, 73, 81
68; and the marriage of Gonnokami,
immortal rats ( xianshu), 56–57
179; in parrot tale, 10; rescue of Xuan-
Imperial y Sanctioned Complete Col ection
zang as cat, 88–89; and revival of the
of Pictures and Writings from Past and
cat, 100
Present (Qinding gujin tushu jicheng;
ed. Jiang Tingxi), 18
Han Yu, 6, 54, 198n96
Improved: The Accusation of the Mouse
Hanan, Patrick, 67–68
against the Cat (Gailiang laoshu gao
Handbook for Acquiring a Cat (Namao
mao), 99
jing), 39
India. See South Asia
Hangzhou, cats of, 43
intellectuals, satire of, 21, 211n44
Hanshu, 201n3
Issai Chosan, “The Miraculous Skills of
Hanuman, 9
Cats” (Neko no myōjutsu), 180, 214n36
Hao Wanhui, version of Tale without Shape
Iwaya Sazanami, “Nezumi no yomeiri,”
or Shadow, 130
214n26
haomi (wasted grain), 205–6n57
hare, ix, 33, 163; Jade Hare Demoness,
Jade Emperor: in Five Rats stories, 66, 78,
199n8, 200n20; and the partridge, 176;
79, 80, 121; ignorance of conditions on
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earth, 160–61; judgment in court case
mao Li Bao), 68–69; judgment in favor
stories, 90–91, 160; in Lament of the
of the cat, 203n29; as Kaifeng’s Star
Mouse New Year print, 62, 63; selection
of Literature, 209n49; legend of, 70,
of birth-year animals, 32–33
200n36; in prosimetric ballads, 67;
jade-faced cat, 66, 68, 78–81
reunited Humane Ancestor with his
“The Jade-Faced Cat” (Yumian mao), 68
birth mother, 69; in Seven Heroes and
Jade Hare Demoness, 199n8, 200n20
Five Gallants, 61; in songbook Rainbow
Jade Shards (Yuxie), 39
Skirt, 69; use of torture, 203n30; ver-
Japan: animal wedding stories, 179, 214n28;
sion of Shi Yukun, 69; as vicious minis-
disputation literature, 192n39; as fish
ter in statement of the mouse, 101. See
in political allegory, 165, 210n26; hand-
also The Court Cases of Judge Bao; The
book on breeding rats from, 193n58;
Execution of the Five Rats That Created