Transcribed from:
This is a facsimile and transcription of
The transcription was encoded in TEI P5 XML by Yijing Shi.
Created by encoding transcription from block printed text.
The transcription is based on a block printed Ming edition of
The source text is printed in vertical columns, reading from top to bottom and from right to left. In this transcription, the layout has been normalised to modern horizontal, left-to-right reading order. Although the reading direction has been changed, the original pagination has been retained and is recorded using <pb n="…" facs="…"/>.
Dramatic structure follows TEI guidelines: stage directions are encoded with <stage>, and spoken lines with <sp> containing <speaker>. Lyrics are marked up with <lg> and <l> elements.