“中國戲曲海外傳播工程叢書”以英文圖書的形式向海外讀者介紹中國戲曲文化，由多部代表劇目構成。

●Chapter I
Historical Background:Eunuchs, Anti-eunuchism, and the Decline of the Ming Dynasty _ 1
1. The Ming Reconstruction of Ancient Chinese Administrative System _ 2
2. The Ascendancy of Ming Eunuchs _ 4
3. Anti-eunuchism, the Donglin Party, Wei Zhongxian,and the Revival Society _ 9
4. Peasant Rebellions, Li Zicheng and His Peasant Armies, and Manchus _ 16
5. The Establishment and Fall of the Southern Ming Dynasty _ 21

Chapter II
Kong Shangren and The Peach Blossom Fan _ 32
1. Kong Shangren and the Composition of The Peach Blossom Fan _ 32
2. The Historicity of The Peach Blossom Fan and Its Structural Features _ 38
3. The Spread of the Play _ 44

Chapter III
Aspects of the Play _ 63
1. Major Characters in the Play and Their Prototypes _ 63
2. A Detailed Synopsis of the Original Play _ 79

The Peach Blossom Fan _ 124
Appendix: Kunqu Opera ABC _ 183
Works Consulted and Cited _ 233
About the Author _ 237

本書是“中國戲曲海外傳播工程叢書”繫列中的一本，該繫列以英文圖書的形式向海外讀者介紹中國戲曲文化，由多部代表劇目構成。全劇以侯方域、李香君的悲歡離合為主線，展現了明末南京的社會現實，同時也揭露了弘光政權衰亡的原因，以男女愛情來寫國家興亡，是此劇的一大特色。本書第一部分介紹劇本的內容概要、來龍去脈以及主創人員，第二部分是腳本，第三部分是附錄，主要是對昆劇劇種的簡要介紹。