Fu Jin is a Professor of the National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts, a researcher at the Institute of Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage, Sun Yat-sen University and doctoral advisor at the China Art Academy. He has published widely on the history, modernization and localization of Chinese theater.

• Foreword; 1. Prelude: the origins of Chinese theater; 2. Peaks towering magnificently: Song Xiwen and Yuan Zaju; 3. Refinement and elegance: Chuanqi of the Ming and Qing dynasties and the era of Kunqu opera; 4. Flowers in bloom: diversified opera varieties; 5. Ups and downs: extending Chinese theater globally; Appendix: chronological table of the Chinese dynasties.

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Fu Jin is a Professor of the National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts, a researcher at the Institute of Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage, Sun Yat-sen University and doctoral advisor at the China Art Academy. He has published widely on the history, modernization and localization of Chinese theater.

• Foreword; 1. Prelude: the origins of Chinese theater; 2. Peaks towering magnificently: Song Xiwen and Yuan Zaju; 3. Refinement and elegance: Chuanqi of the Ming and Qing dynasties and the era of Kunqu opera; 4. Flowers in bloom: diversified opera varieties; 5. Ups and downs: extending Chinese theater globally; Appendix: chronological table of the Chinese dynasties.

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Fu Jin is a Professor of the National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts, a researcher at the Institute of Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage, Sun Yat-sen University and doctoral advisor at the China Art Academy. He has published widely on the history, modernization and localization of Chinese theater.

• Foreword; 1. Prelude: the origins of Chinese theater; 2. Peaks towering magnificently: Song Xiwen and Yuan Zaju; 3. Refinement and elegance: Chuanqi of the Ming and Qing dynasties and the era of Kunqu opera; 4. Flowers in bloom: diversified opera varieties; 5. Ups and downs: extending Chinese theater globally; Appendix: chronological table of the Chinese dynasties.

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