Far is he, however, from
entertaining the presumptuous expectation that a destiny of equal
splendor awaits the present drama; and he will be quite satisfied if the
reader has patience to read it to the end, and then pronounces it to be
a somewhat curious sample of a very foreign literature.
JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
YUENTE, Emperor of China of the Dynasty Han.
HANCHENYU, K'han of the Tartars.
MAOUYENSHOW, a worthless Minister of the Emperor.
SHANGSHOO (a title), President of the Imperial Council.
CHANGSHEE (a title), Officer in waiting.
FANSHE (a title), Envoy of the K'han.
CHAOUKEUN, Lady, raised to be Princess of Han.
Tartar Soldiers, Female Attendants, Eunuchs.
The Scene is laid in the Tartar Camp on the Frontiers; and
in the Palace of Han.
~THE SORROWS OF HAN~ [1]
~PROLOGUE~
_Enter Hanchenyu, K'han [2] of the Tartars, reciting four verses_.
K'HAN. The autumnal gale blows wildly through the grass,
amidst our woolen tents.
And the moon of night, shining on the rude huts, hears the
lament of the mournful pipe:
The countless hosts, with their bended horns, obey me as
their leader.
Our tribes are ten distinguished friends of the family of Han. I am
Hanchenyu, the old inhabitant of the sandy waste; the sole ruler of
the northern regions.
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