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The Marshes of Mount Liang: The broken seals

By: Nai'an Shi,Guanzhong Luo,Alex Dent-Young

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The Marshes of Mount Liang: The broken seals

By: Nai'an Shi,Guanzhong Luo,Alex Dent-Young

When Marshal Hong breaks the seals which generations of Taoist Masters have placed on the temple doors to hold back 108 incarcerated Demon Princes, powerful forces of disorder are released. One after another, brave men fall out with officialdom and are obliged to join the brotherhood of the rivers and lakes-the mixed company of heroes and vagabonds who live by their wits and their fighting skills. The story of The Broken Seals branches this way and that, following first one hero, then another, as their paths converge and part, until finally 108 brave-but not entirely admirable-men are united at the outlaws' stronghold in the Marshes of Mount Liang. The story takes us through the vast landscape of imperial China. We hear of epic duels, gargantuan feasts, and cunning ambushes, and we witness injustice, betrayal, murder and revenge. We are told also of the beauty of the moon during Mid-Autumn Festival or of the snow, crisp underfoot on a stormy night in the country. This volume consists of the first twenty-two chapters of the full 120-chapter version of the classic Chinese novel by Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong. It is the first English translation based on this version and including much of the verse. It offers the English reader something of the liveliness and humour of a work which has delighted generations of Chinese readers.

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Chinese University Press

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9622016022

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9789622016026

The Scattered Flock

Part Five of the Marshes of Mount Liang, a New Translation of the Shuihu Zhuan Or Water Margin of Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong

By: Nai'an Shi,Guanzhong Luo,Alex Dent-Young

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The Scattered Flock

Part Five of the Marshes of Mount Liang, a New Translation of the Shuihu Zhuan Or Water Margin of Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong

By: Nai'an Shi,Guanzhong Luo,Alex Dent-Young

The Scattered Flock," the last volume of this new series of translations, contains chapters 91-120 that mark the disastrous end of the 108 heroes. The action in this volume can be divided into three parts: the campaign against Tian Hu, the campaign against Wang Qing and the campaign against Fang La. It is in the last of these that the heroes of Mount Liang begin to die. Their demise is as haphazard and casual as the scattering of the flock of geese when the Prodigy shoots them for mere amusement. The themes of the vanity of human wishes and the emptiness of ambition are prominent throughout.

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9622019900

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9789622019904

The Marshes of Mount Liang: The gathering company

By: Nai'an Shi,Guanzhong Luo,Alex Dent-Young

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The Marshes of Mount Liang: The gathering company

By: Nai'an Shi,Guanzhong Luo,Alex Dent-Young

This is the third volume of a series of the new translation of the Chinese classical novel generally known as "The Water Margin." In this volume, the company of outlaws on Mount Liang continues to grow: a butcher, a blacksmith, a public executioner, a petty thief... and the usual generals defecting from the government forces. Lu Zhishen, the Flowery Monk, and his companions from Twin Dragon Peak reappear and finally join the company, uniting two important strands of the story. Some episodes are relatively light: a tiger is stolen, an innkeeper's favorite rooster is illicitly eaten, Iron Ox is lowered to the bottom of a well and nearly gets forgotten. But in general the mood is darker. The naked bodies of a lecherous wife is carved up, an innocent child is mercilessly dispatched to gain a reluctant recruit. Chao Gai, the leader on Mount Liang, is killed in battle. Song Jiang replaces him, but for how long can he control his unruly forces? Despite the attraction of the life on the marshes, with its rootless freedom and rough code of honor, we are not to forget how the story was launched, when 108 Demon Princes were released in a black cloud. This series of new translation by John and Alex Dent-Young is also the first English translation of the 120-chapter version of "The Water Margin.

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9622018475

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9789622018471

The Scattered Flock

Part Five of the Marshes of Mount Liang, a New Translation of the Shuihu Zhuan Or Water Margin of Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong

By: Nai'an Shi,Guanzhong Luo,Alex Dent-Young

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The Scattered Flock

Part Five of the Marshes of Mount Liang, a New Translation of the Shuihu Zhuan Or Water Margin of Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong

By: Nai'an Shi,Guanzhong Luo,Alex Dent-Young

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Chinese University of Hong Kong Press

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Iron Ox

Part Four of the Marshes of Mount Liang

By: Guanzhong Luo,Nai'an Shi

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Iron Ox

Part Four of the Marshes of Mount Liang

By: Guanzhong Luo,Nai'an Shi

?Iron Ox contains chapters 63-90 of the original and can be divided into four main sections. The first of these is very much concerned with the question of the leadership on Mount Liang. Iron Ox is prominent in the second section, probably the most varied and entertaining part of this volume. The third section is concerned with the count's various attempts to subdue Mount Liang by force or win them over with an amnesty. The fourth section begins with the granting of the amnesty and the first campaign in the Emperor's service against the Liao Tartars. This part ends with an encounter which foreshadows the campaign against Tian Hu in Volume 5, The Scattered Flock.

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9622019897

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9789622019898

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The Marshes of Mount Liang: The broken seals

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The Marshes of Mount Liang: The gathering company

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