This book is a study of the thematic, narrative, and musical structure of "Yuanqu xuan" A Selection of Yuan Plays] edition of the Yuan "zaju" (variety play) "Dou E yuan" Injustice to Dou E] originally composed by the highly regarded playwright Guan Hanqing (fl. 1260). Although other authors have studied these three aspects of "Dou E yuan" separately, this is the first comprehensive treatment of the topic as a scholarly monograph in English. Yumin Ao's analysis is based on the edition of the play in the "Yuanqu xuan" A Selection of Yuan Plays] compiled by the Ming publisher Zang Maoxun (ca. 1550-1620). Ao proposes that "Dou E yuan, " as a dramatic narrative which develops through its enactment on the stage rather than by verbal presentation as a story, displays its integrative structure of narration through its thematic development and within its musical conventions.