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DRAMATIS PERSONÆ:

The Emperor of Peking, a Tartar of the Tsing (Pure) Dynasty (aged 30)

Fount-in-the-Forest, Councillor to the Tartar Emperor

Arrow-Bearer	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Chinese dignitaries of the Court of Nanking
Faithful Prince
Winged Prince

The Son of Springtime, the little Chinese Emperor at Nanking (aged seven or eight) Veield-Light, the Empress's Councillor Chief Astrologer A Tartar General Poplar, a high mandarin

Rock	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Gardeners at the Nanking Palace
Fir-Sapling
Humpback
Strong-Arm
Two Tartar Spies
Two Tartar Executioners

An Eunuch

The Daughter of Heaven, Chinese Empress of the Ming (Bright) Dynasty (aged twenty-four or twenty-five)

Golden Lotus

Cinamon	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Ladies-in-waiting to the Empress
Tranquil Beauty
Peral