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Below is the full text of Fire from the Sun.

The book has 76 chapters altogether, organized in 3 books. There is a brief postscript (part of the story), and a glossary of operatic terms. Each of these items is linked here as a PDF file, for which you will need the Acrobat reader. (You probably have it, if you use the Internet much.) These are small files, average size 70-80K, and should download very quickly.

Each chapter is "set up" with an epigrammatic couplet, in the style of old Chinese novels. I have included these couplets here, as a rough guide to events; though a particular couplet may not make sense until you have read the chapter...

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— Book 1 —

Chapter 1	New Costumes at the Swimming Pool We Have Friends All Over the World!
Chapter 2	A Fairy Weeps a Lake of Tears Moon Pearl Dances in the Bamboo Grove
Chapter 3	A Bird Who Takes Fright at the Sound of the Bow The Liang Family Entertains Ardent Young Guests
Chapter 4	Down with Bourgeois Things! Father Becomes a Big Character Poster
Chapter 5	Moon Pearl No Longer Cares for Loquats A Scholar Unwisely Speaks His Mind
Chapter 6	The Wood Has Been Made Into A Boat Through the Palace of Green Porcelain to the Willow Palisade
Chapter 7	Flat All Around Brings Forth an Upright Official An Enterprising Young Man Tells of His Conquests
Chapter 8	Clean Up the Class Ranks! Weilin Joins a Daring Expedition
Chapter 9	Mother Divulges a Terrible Secret The Barefoot Doctor Shows His Art
Chapter 10	Weilin Ventures a Bold Suggestion An Old Campaigner Earns Merit for His Next Life
Chapter 11	Strange Blessings Fall on Weilin's Head A Brief Experience of the Seafaring Life
Chapter 12	If You Don't Love Opera, You're Not a Human Being Half Brother Answers Chairman Mao's Call
Chapter 13	A Startling Demonstration of the Power of Poetry Peach Blossom Lets Down the School
Chapter 14	Moon Pearl Makes the Acquaintance of Yellow Tiger A Situation in the Affairs of Our Country
Chapter 15	A Young Man's Tears Flow at Parting An American President Makes Little Impression
Chapter 16	Big Ten Bestows Favor on the Han Family Moon Pearl Encounters a Potent Demon
Chapter 17	Words of Encouragement Beneath the White Stupa An Old Revolutionary's Principles Come Under Siege
Chapter 18	Moon Pearl Seeks Divine Assistance Strange Portents Foretell Great Changes
Chapter 19	The Stage Trembles As a Great Man Departs The White-Haired Girl Takes a Victim
Chapter 20	Comrade Deng Xiaoping Finds Food for His Soul Father Returns to His Principles
Chapter 21	A Great Party Shows Symptoms of Decline Moon Pearl Receives a New Name
Chapter 22	The World's Greatest Tenor Enters the Middle Kingdom Teacher Powell Bids Farewell to a Favorite Student
Chapter 23	Father Regrets Past Indulgence Secretary Kang Conducts a Special Examination
Chapter 24	An Offering Declined, an Offering Accepted A Famous Boxer Displays True Compassion
Chapter 25	Fourth Uncle Holds a Full Month Party Hong Kong — A Paradise for Shoppers!
Chapter 26	When Constabulary Duty's To Be Done The Excellent and Manly Game of Rugby Football
Chapter 27	Holly and Ivy Prompt Certain Significant Changes Christmas Feasting Recalls a King of Ancient Times
Chapter 28	The Voice of a Goddess Touches Weilin's Heart A Lookout Helps Further Some Business Discussions
Chapter 29	A Foreign Official Shows Skill in Rhetoric The Wu Clan Takes in an Orphan
Chapter 30	One Romantic Young Lady Endures a Rebuff Another is Broken by Despair
Chapter 31	Thought Processes of a Mathematician The Hazards of Playing the Financial Markets
Chapter 32	Excessive Purity Turns Away Affection Weilin Finds the Tinder Box At Last
Chapter 33	Enterprise Blossoms in the Middle Kingdom Big Fu is Overwhelmed by Greatness
Chapter 34	Pilgrimage to the White Goddess Harmony Disturbed by Strange Events

— Book 2 —

Chapter 35	Moon Pearl Ventures to the Far West A Fellow Traveler Hopes for News from India
Chapter 36	A Brief Introduction to the Culture of Our National Minorities Why Are There So Few Trees in Tibet?
Chapter 37	Johnny Liu Waits for an East Wind Unexpected Encounter on the Mountaintop
Chapter 38	Secretary Ma Speaks Out Against Demons Norbu Swears a Solemn Oath
Chapter 39	Does Heaven Speak? Old Bolmo Rescues a Snake
Chapter 40	Secretary Ma Loses His Temper The Demographics of Our Western Regions Explained
Chapter 41	When the Lips Are Gone, the Teeth Are Cold Signor Cinelli Honors the Privileges of Royalty
Chapter 42	Some Speculations on the Diffusion of Culture Moon Pearl Undergoes an Audition
Chapter 43	A Suitably Poetic Welcome to Shakespeare's Island Diplomatic Skills on Display at a Royal Palace
Chapter 44	Mr Lubetsky Psychoanalyzes a Voice A Visit to the Land of Saints and Scholars is Mooted
Chapter 45	Fate Fulfills a Rash Vow An Experience Too Strange for Words
Chapter 46	A Chance Encounter by the Ice Dragon Solitary Pleasures Prevail Over Party Spirit
Chapter 47	Tales of Success in the Land of Opportunity An Intimate Alliance With a Trusted Friend
Chapter 48	Discontent in Wealth, High Above the City An Old Acquaintance Has Taken Poetic Advice
Chapter 49	A Great Man Regrets His Flippancy Moon Pearl's Guiren Brings Her a Triumph
Chapter 50	A Romantic Tragedy Has Weilin's Full Attention The Way That Can Be Spoken Of Is Not the True Way
Chapter 51	From the Top of Mount Tai the World Looks Small Some Illusions the Mathematical Temperament is Prone To
Chapter 52	Precious Jade Reveals His Nature St Agatha Watches Over the Dance of Three
Chapter 53	A High Mandarin Pursues Enlightenment Significance of a Good Municipal Water Supply
Chapter 54	A Rare, Illegal Delicacy Proves Disappointing The Lotus Is Broken But the Threads Still Connect
Chapter 55	Johnny Liu Mates Expedience with Sincerity A Chivalrous Gentleman Performs a Second Rescue
Chapter 56	Moon Pearl Finds Solace at the Seashore And Braves the Lions in an Ancient Arena
Chapter 57	Money Can Move the Gods An Ironically-Named Heroine Comes to Grief
Chapter 58	Technology Holds Many Traps for the Sly Man A Mountain of Troubles Turns the Thoughts to Home

— Book 3 —

Chapter 59	Teacher Zou Makes an Attractive Offer The Students of Beijing Petition the Emperor
Chapter 60	Importance of Showing the Correct Attitude A Sentimental Education
Chapter 61	An Ancient Philosopher Teaches Us All A Lesson The Flowers of May Bloom in the Wild
Chapter 62	Seventeen-Arch Bridge Leads to a Temple Ghost An Appearance on Stage Brings Old Friends Together
Chapter 63	Moon Pearl Performs an Act of Deception Norbu Seeks the Consolations of Religion
Chapter 64	Wang Senior's Speech Fails to Persuade The People Confront Their Army
Chapter 65	Half Brother Offers His Opinion Our Nation's Leaders Fuss and Fret
Chapter 66	Who'd Miss Out on a Revolution? Yuehan Attains His Heart's Desire
Chapter 67	Beneath a Fallen Nest, How Can There Be Unbroken Eggs? Norbu Goes in Search of a Classmate
Chapter 68	A Perilous Journey, A Fragrant Haven The Secret of Great Opera Singers Revealed
Chapter 69	A Worldly Man Yearns for Tranquility A Kind Protector Bids a Warrior's Farewell
Chapter 70	Two Scholars Guard a Precious Treasure There is No Armor Against Fate
Chapter 71	A New Year Brings New Life Tasting the Air in a Famous Park
Chapter 72	News from a Place Far Away Three Calls on the Thatched Hut
Chapter 73	Reminder of a Promise Long Forgotten A Maker of Wigs Lifts Moon Pearl's Spirits
Chapter 74	I Have Lived for Art, I Have Lived for Love A Loyal Foster Parent Seeks Comfort
Chapter 75	An Invalid is Transported to the Seaside Painting the Eyes of the Dragon
Chapter 76	A Hero Crosses the Ocean to Find Shelter Weilin Voyages Beyond the River of Stars

Postscript

An Operatic Glossary