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legend of the wedding of the mouse, 19,
Chaos in the Eastern Capital; One Hun
178–79, 214n26; paintings and prints,
dred Court Cases
179, 181, 210n28, 214n41; stories of cats
Jürchen, 207n26
and mice, 179–80; story of war between
justice, xiii–xiv, 14, 91, 173
mice and cats, 180–81. See also Sino-
Japanese War
Karmic Retribution That Awakens the
jataka tales, 5, 10, 190n13
World (Lunhui xingshi), 66, 68
jewelry, stolen by rats, 26
Kawanabe Kyōsai, Sketches from Hel , 181
Ji Yun, 190n18
Kedi ile fare hikajesi, 214n20
Jia Yi, Rhapsody on the Owl (Funiao fu),
Keio University, 92
11–12
Khitan, 102, 207n19
Jiajing emperor, cat of, 198n94
King of the Cats, 88–89
Jiang Taigong (Great Lord Jiang), 132,
kitchen god, 95
208n29
kittens, 6, 41–42, 43–44, 197n58, 198n96
Jiang Tingxi, 18
Kobayashi Kiyochika, 181
Jing Fang, Commentary on the Changes,
Koguryo, 204n40
201n3
Korea: legend of the wedding of the mouse
Jinyong granaries, 206n59
in, 19, 179; tales from, 90, 203n28; Tang
joke books, 40–41, 196–97n56
campaigns against Koguryo, 204n40;
Journey to the West (Xiyou ji): account of
texts on law cases between animals,
the spider demons, 199nn8,13; animals
192n39
in human form, 9, 200n20; as culmina-
Krasicki, Ignacy, Myszeis (Mousiad), 177,
tion of legend of Xuanzang, 58; in Hai-
213n16
yan Lee’s discussion of animals in liter-
ature, 191n23; rescue of Xuanzang, 88;
Lament of the Mouse (Laoshu zitan), 61–
rhyming translation by Anthony Yu,
65, 69
60; used to comment on human behav-
land ethic, 189n6 (foreword)
ior, ix, 4; Xuanzang and the Old Mouse
land reform, 172
Demon, 57–61, 205n56. See also Bottom
Lantern Festival, vii, 209n43
less Cave; Xuanzang
Lao She, Cat Country, ix, 171, 211n45
Judge Bao: in the case of the Five Rats, 65,
Laoshu gao limao. See court case of the
68, 77–81, 121, 150–51; in Golden Rats
mouse against the cat
and a Silver Cat: Li Bao (Jinshu yin-
Laoshu jianü. See wedding of the mouse
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Laozi, xiii
Liu Ji, On a Painted Cat, 42, 43, 197n61
The Latest Version of the Accusation of the
Liu Jinchan, 68
Mouse against the Cat (Zuixin laoshu
Liu Kezhuang, An Indictment against My
gao mao), 99
Cat (Jiemao fu), 45–46
Lee, Haiyan, 191n23
Liu Xiang: Garden of Tales (Shuoyuan), 35;
Leopold, Aldo, 189n6 (foreword)
Treatise on the Five Elements, 44
Lévy, André, 200n27
Liu Yuanqing, Xianyi bian, 202n17
li (wildcat), 35, 41. See also wildcats
Liu Zongyuan, 195n33; Rhapsody on the Ox
Li, Concubine, 69
(Niu fu), 15, 193n45
Li, Lady (cat owner), 99–100
Liuchu xiangfa (Methods to physiogno-
Li, Lady (wife of Bao Zheng), 78, 80
mize the six domestic animals), 104,
Li Bao, 68
197n71
Li Deyu, 197n74
Lou the Rat (Lou Ashu), 26, 194n14
Li Fuyan, Xu xuanguai lu, 190n17
love, 168–70, 210n35, 210–11n36
Li Fuyi, 54, 199n99
Lü, Empress, 196n43
Li Jing (Heavenly King of the North/
Lu Xun: as cat hater/mouse lover, xiv, 19,
Vaishravana), 26, 28, 59–60, 62, 104,
166–67; Dawn Blossoms Plucked at
121, 205n56
Dusk (Zhaohua xishi), 19; “Dogs, Cats,
Li Kejin, 123, 158
and Mice,” vii, xiv, 19; Story of A Q ,
Li Mengyang, 11
211n43
Li Mengyin, 209n1
Lu You, On a Cat That Was Given to Me, 42
Li Mi, 112, 206n59
Lubei hangge (stamping songs from north-
Li Ping’er, 52
ern Lu), 101
Li Shimin, 28, 93, 101, 204nn40–41
Luo Yuan, Wings to Approaching the
Li Si, 22
Refined (Erya yi), 38–39, 41
Li Yu, 194n14
Li Zicheng, 208n38
Ma Tongxiu, 206n2
Liang Yusheng, Bal ad of the Marriage
Ma Yiqin, 206n2
of the Mouse, 84–85
Mahabharata, 212n9
lianhualao (beggars’ songs), 99
Manchuria, occupation of, 155, 164,
Liao Bingxiong, A Chronicle of Cat Coun
209n9
try (Maoguo chunqiu), 171, 211n47,
Manjusri, lion of, 200n20, 201n45
212n53
mao (cat), 17, 35, 36, 43. See also cats;
Liaodong, 93, 204n40
wildcats
lice, 15, 91
Mao Zedong, viii, 161, 171
Lin Mingde, 203n28
Market-Day Rat, 104, 148, 205n55
Ling Mengchu, Pai’an jingqi, 203n32
marriage customs, 82–83
Linxian (Shanxi), 160
The Marriage of Miss Mouse (Yu Ping and
lion cats, 18, 42–43, 197nn63–64
Ren Ping; papercut), 89, 203n24
lions, 79, 90, 200n20, 201n45
The Marriage of the Mouse at the Bottomless
litigation masters, 92, 114, 116, 193n44
Cave (Wudidong laoshu jianü; New
Little Two, 71, 72–73, 74
Year print), 88–89
Liu, Concubine, 69
martens, 17; Yellow Marten character,
Liu Bang, 196n43
136–38, 208n36. See also weasels
Liu Dengxin, 209n1
May Fourth literature, 155; poetry, 167
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May 30 incident of 1925, 211n39
Wearing Me Out (Shengsi pilao), 172,
Mencius, xi, 189n9
212n51
Methods to Physiognomize the Six Domestic
Mohism, xi, 11, 189n6 (foreword)
Animals (Liuchu xiangfa), 104, 197n71
mongoose, 212n9; of Vaishravana, 28, 60,
Mi Heng, Rhapsody on the Parrot (Yingwu
199n10
fu), 12
Monkey. See Sun Wukong
mice/rats: allegorical use of, viii, xii–xiii,
monkeys, 6, 17
20, 165–66, 171, 210n28; in biological
monks, affinity to cats, 38, 39, 48, 196n49
warfare, 209n9; as birth-year animal,
morality, animal tales and, ix–xi
18, 25, 31–34, 103, 104, 114, 121, 140, 144,
mosquitoes, 16, 193n53
160, 193n58, 195n33, 202n18, 20
5n50;
Mount Baoding, 203n27
burying a cat, 213n19; in Chinese paint-
Mount Longhu, 68
ing, 34; crimes of, 147–48, 151–52; as
The Mouse Accuses the Cat (Laoshu gao
descendants of tiger, 164, 166; differ-
mao), 102–3, 205n53
entiation of, 17, 22; and dissemination
“The Mouse and the Five Grains,” 27–28,
of diseases, 158–59; elimination of, 22–
194n16
23; in encyclopedias, 18; entitlement to
“The Mouse Lodges an Accusation against
share of grain, 27–28, 93, 101–2, 104,
the Cat” (Laoshu gao limao; published
110; exorcism of, 22–23; flying rats, 112,
by Hao Wanhui), 130
206n59; habitats of, 22; in human form,
The Mouse Marries Off Its Daughter in
57, 65, 179, 200n20, 202n18; as immortal
Western Style (Xiyang laoshu jianü;
bats, 56, 99; mischief of, 122; in night-
New Year print), 89
mares, 26–27; as performers, 30; physi-
“The Mouse Selects a Husband for His
ognomy of, 122; poisoning of, 26, 121,
Daughter,” 85–86
181; rapaciousness of, 23–27, 194n5; sac-
mousers, 18, 163; in Chen An’s “On the
rifice to, 24–25, 61, 83, 201n3; services
Origin of Cats,” 36–37; domestic cats
to the state, 28; stealing of lamp oil,
as, 41–42; failure as, 18, 45–47, 197n74,
107, 147, 151, 180; as symbols of fertility,
206n59; ferocious, 44, 197n70; in hand-
18, 34; terms for, vii, 17, 22, 210n22;
books on cat physiognomy, 18, 45; and
thievish nature, 18, 22, 23, 26, 36, 37,
the omen of cats suckling rats, 43–44;
107, 148, 151, 165; transformation of, 42,
palace, 35; tale of old cat who practiced
56–57, 99, 197n61; use of whiskers for
religion to catch mice, 40–41; wildcats
brushes, 122, 133; white, 57, 181, 214n40.
as, 197n57
See also court case of the mouse against
mousetraps, 22, 30, 61, 63, 64
the cat; Five Rats; shu; war between
The Mutual Accusations of the Cat and the
mice and cats; wedding of the mouse;
Mouse, 91–92, 103–8
White Mouse Demon
Middle East: animal tales of, 4–5; theme
The Names of the Hundred Birds (Bainiao
of war of mice against cat in, 127, 175
ming), 13, 192n37
Minnanese ballads, 20, 103, 156
Nanquan Puyuan and the cat, 38
Mitman, Gregg, ix, 4
The Narrative of the Court Case of the Rat
mo (end), 36, 196n40
(Korean: Sŏ okki; Chinese: Shuyu
Mo Hongmei, 119
shuo), 90, 203n28
Mo Yan: “The Best about Cats” (Maoshi
national character, 171, 211n43
huicui), 210n20; Life and Death Are
Nationalist Party (Guomindang), 155, 171
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New Year celebration, mouse weddings
officials, 13, 23–25, 44, 171, 194n5, 210n21
and, vii–viii, 19, 83–84
Old Mouse Demon. See White Mouse
New Year prints: based on Seven Heroes
Demon
and Five Gallants, 69; court case of the
omens: anecdote of Empress Wu and the
mouse against the cat, 203–4n37; Great
cat as, 196n44; cats suckling rats as,
Battle at Cat Mountain (Dazhan Mao’er-
43–44
shan), 207n22; Lament of the Mouse
One Hundred Court Cases (Baijia gong’an),
(Lao shu zitan), 61–65; old cat who
67, 68, 70, 200n36. See also Judge Bao
practiced religion to catch mice, 41;
Open Season, xi
wedding of the mouse, vii, 19, 20, 34,
Orwell, George, Animal Farm, ix
82, 87–89, 171; wedding processions
Overton, John, The Cats Castle Besieged
of animals, 202n19
and Stormed by Rats (print), 213n15
New York Times, 211n48
The Owl and the Nightingale, 5
The Newest Version of the Complete Song
owls, 5, 124–25, 212n9
of the Mutual Accusations of the Cat
oxen: court cases involving, 15, 91, 92,
and the Mouse (Zuixin Maoshu xiang-
203n33; The Plaint of the Ox (Niu su
gao quange), 156–57
yuan; Yao Shouzhong), 15; services
Newly Composed: The Mutual Accusations
to humankind, 15, 193n45. See also
of the Cat and the Mouse (Xinbian
water buffalo
Maoshu xianggao), 91–92, 104–8
Oxhead, 91, 94
Newly Printed: The Accusation of the Mouse
Oxherd and Weaving Maid, 84, 201n6
against the Cat (Xinke laoshu gao
limao), 92
Pan Jianguo, 67, 68
Newly Printed: A Complete Account of
Pan Jinlian, 52, 198n93
the Judgment of King Yama concerning
Pan Renmei, 102
the Cat and the Mouse (Xinke Yanluo
Panchatantra, 5, 9, 191n24; “The Cat’s Judg-
panduan maoshu quanzhuan), 98
ment,” 176; legend of the wedding of
A Newly Printed Capital Edition of the Pop
the mouse, 19, 86–87; tale of old cat who
ular Exposition of One Hundred Cases
practiced religion to catch mice, 40
Judged by Judge Bao (Xinkan jingben
papercuts, 34, 87, 89–90
tongsu yanyi Bao Longtu pan Baijia
Papyrus 55001 (Turin), 212n1
gong’an; comp. An Yushi), 70
parrots: Chinese popular tale, 10, 191n28;
A Newly Printed Story of the Song Dynasty:
killed by cats, 37, 45; in revolutionary
The Five Rats Create Havoc in the East
rewrite, 191n28; Rhapsody on the Parrot
ern Capital (Xinkan Songchao gushi
(Yingwu fu), 12; in South Asian animal
Wushu danao Dongjing ji), 67
tales, 6, 10
Nezha, 59–60, 61, 63, 121, 205n56
partridge and the hare, 176
Nigel of Longchamp, Speculum stultorum,
peace negotiations, 20, 156–57
190n6
Peach Blossom girl (Taohuanü), 132,
nightmares, 26–27
208n29
Niu Sengru, “Reproaching My Cat” (Qian
peacocks, 51; peacock blood, 78, 80,
mao), 197n74
201n44
Norms of the Ministry of Rites, 44
Pei Kuan, 37
Northern History (Beishi), 49
Pei Xu, 37–38
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People’s Republic of China: animal tales
origins of mice, 121–23; war between
in, 171–73; establishment of, 155; his-
mice and cats, 127–29, 138–43, 207n21
t
ory of, as observed by animals, 172
Prodromos, Theodoros, Katomyomachia,
Persia, 4–5, 177–78
177, 178, 212n10
Peter the Great, 213n19
prosimetrical narrative texts, 13, 67–68,
Phaedrus, 175
70, 92, 102, 108, 131; full text of A Tale
phoenix, 12–13, 90, 190n8, 192n37
without Shape or Shadow, 131–53
Pigsy (Zhu Bajie), 9, 58–59, 89
Proust, Marcel, À la recherche du temps
Pitfall Mountain. See Bottomless Cave
perdu, 189n9
Planet of the Apes, xi
Pu Songling, 92–93; “Three Lives” (San-
plants as characters in literature, x, 11, 16,
sheng), 212n51. See also Strange Stories
90
from MakeDo Studio
The Plum in the Golden Vase (Jin Ping
purring, 27, 39–40, 47, 48, 54, 165
Mei), 52, 198n93
poetry: “The Admonition by the Cat”
Qi, Lady, 196n43
(Zhu Xiang), 21, 167–71, 173, 194n5,
Qian Yong, “The Rats That Have Eaten the
210n31, 211nn43–44; The Cat That I
Herb of Immortality” (Shu shi xian-
Love Was Chased Away by Yinglou (Sun
cao), 83
Sunyi), 53–55; On a Cat That Was Given
Qian Zhongshu, “The Cat” (Mao), 211n44
to Me (Lu You), 42; On a Painted Cat
Qin Gui, 42, 130, 146, 207–8n26
(Liu Ji), 42, 43, 197n61; On Detesting
Qinding gujin tushu jicheng (Imperially
Cats (Gao Di), 55; Requesting a Kitten
sanctioned complete collection of
(Huang Tingjian), 41–42. See also
pictures and writings from past and
rhapsodies
present; ed. Jiang Tingxi), 18
political allegory, viii, x–xiii, 10–11, 20,
Qing dynasty: fall of, 154; founding of,
130–31, 164–67, 171, 173, 210nn21,26
208n38
The Popular Exposition of the Record of the
qingqu (pure song), 121
Eunuch Sanbao’s Journey to the Western
Qinjing, 192n37
Ocean (Sanbao taijian xia Xiyang ji
Qinqiang Opera, 102
tongsu yanyi), 68, 200n28
Qinzong, Emperor, 207n26
popular literature, 10, 13, 16, 87, 91, 129, 155–
quails, 42, 56, 197n61, 199n3
56, 192n37, 209n2
Queen-Mother of the West, 114; cat of,
The Precious Garland (Tibetan), 192n37
69
Precious Mirror for Unmasking Demons,
“Qutu Zhongren,” 203n32
121
The Precious Scroll of Ciyun (Ciyun bao-
rabbits, 36, 87; Hopping Rabbit character,
juan), 108
133, 137, 138, 139–40, 142; Jade Rabbit,
The Precious Scroll of the Mouse (Laoshu
199n8, 200n20. See also hare
baojuan), 121
Rainbow Skirt: A Continued Score
“Precious Scroll of the Parrot,” 191n28