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Water Margin

Outlaws of the Marsh

By: Shi Naian

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Based upon the historical bandit Song Jiang and his companions, The Water Margin is an epic tale of rebellion against tyranny that will remind Western readers of the English classic Robin Hood and His Merry Men. This edition of the classic J. H. Jackson translation brings a story that has been inspiring readers for hundreds of years to life for modern audiences. It features a new preface and introduction by Edwin Lowe, which gives the history of the book and puts the story into perspective for today's readers. First translated into English by Pearl S. Buck in 1933 as All Men Are Brothers, the original edition of the J.H. Jackson translation appeared under the title The Water Margin in 1937. In this updated edition, Edwin Lowe addresses many of the shortcomings found in the original J.H. Jackson translation, and reinserts the grit and flavor of Shuihui Zhuan found in the original Chinese versions, including the sexual seduction, explicit descriptions of brutality, and the profane voices of the lower classes of Song Dynasty China. Similarly, the Chinese deities, Bodhisattvas, gods and demons have reclaimed their true names, as has the lecherous, ill-fated Ximen Qing. This 70-chapter book includes much that was sanitized out of the 1937 publication, giving Anglophone readers the most complete picture to date of this classic Chinese novel. While Chinese in origin, the themes of The Water Margin are so universal that they have served as a source of inspiration for numerous movies, television shows and video games up to the present day.

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1462902596

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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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Chinese University Press

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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

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 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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9622016022

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9789622016026

Water Margin

Outlaws of the Marsh

By: Shi Naian

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Outlaws of the Marsh

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The Marshes of Mount Liang

A New Translation of the Shuihu Zhuan Or Water Margin of Shi Naiʼan and Luo Guanzhong

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

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A New Translation of the Shuihu Zhuan Or Water Margin of Shi Naiʼan and Luo Guanzhong

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Chinese University of Hong Kong Press

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Water Margin

By: Shi Nai'an

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Water Margin

By: Shi Nai'an

Water Margin is well-known as one of the four greatest Chinese literary classics*. It tells the stories of a group of heroes, who stand for different classes of people daring to struggle against the corruption and oppression of the times. Altogether there are 105 men and three women among the notable characters in the Liangshan band. These stories take place at the end of the Northern Song period and describe vividly the people??s lives of love and hate, ties of friendship, loyalty and enmity, etc. This book relives the most stirring chapters in the novel which have become the subject of numerous dramas and films, and are the most popular episodes in Chinese fiction. They include Lin Chong killing the unworthy chief of Liangshan Marsh, Wu Song slaying a tiger with his bare fists and avenging injustices, and Song Jiang??s attacks on the Zhu Family Village. With artistic skills and wit, cartoonist Huang Qingrong presents vivid scenes in this drama of valour and brings alive the heroic legend.

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Asiapac Books Pte Ltd

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9812294589

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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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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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Water Margin (2010 Edition - EPUB)

108 Heroes of the Marsh

By: Shi Nai'an

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108 Heroes of the Marsh

By: Shi Nai'an

Water Margin is well-known as one of the four greatest Chinese literary classics. It tells the stories of a group of heroes, who stand for different classes of people daring to struggle against the corruption and oppression of the times. Altogether there are 105 men and three women among the notable characters in the Liangshan band. These stories take place at the end of the Northern Song period and describe vividly the people's lives of love and hate, ties of friendship, loyalty and enmity, etc. This book relives the most stirring chapters in the novel which have become the subject of numerous dramas and films, and are the most popular episodes in Chinese fiction. They include Lin Chong killing the unworthy chief of Liangshan Marsh, Wu Song slaying a tiger with his bare fists and avenging injustices, and Song Jiang's attacks on the Zhu Family Village. With artistic skills and wit, the cartoonist Huang Qingrong presents vivid scenes in this drama of valour and brings alive the heroic legend.

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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 Tiger Killers

Part Two of The Marshes of Mount Liang by Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong

By: Luo Guanzhong

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The Tiger Killers

Part Two of The Marshes of Mount Liang by Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong

By: Luo Guanzhong

The Tiger Killers is the second volume of a new translation of the Chinese classical novel generally known as The Water Margin. Like the first volume, The Broken Seals, it follows the fortunes of various outlaw heroes as they move through a world of treacherous officials, jealous toadies, bullying gaolers, hired assassins, foolhardy generals and cannibalistic innkeepers. This volume contains some of the most famous scenes in the novel, starting with the episode in which Wu Song gets drunk at the tavern, ascends the pass in late evening and kills a notorious man-eating tiger with his bare hands. His subsequent encounter with his midget brother's flirtatious wife, Jinlian or Golden Lotus, and her vain attempt to seduce him lead into a tale of adultery, callous murder and bloody vengeance. The second half of the book is concerned with Song Jiang's attempts to serve out his prison sentence honourably and avoid becoming an outlaw, until he is unjustly condemned to death for a misconstrued poem. Towards the end of this volume we meet the violent Li Kui, variously known as Iron Ox or Black Whirlwind, who also turns out to have a way with tigers. This volume consists of chapters 23 to 43 of the full 120-chapter version of the novel by Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong. It is the first English translation based on this version.

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9622017517

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9789622017511

The Water Margin

Outlaws of the Marsh: The Classic Chinese Novel

By: Shi Naian

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The Water Margin

Outlaws of the Marsh: The Classic Chinese Novel

By: Shi Naian

Based upon the historical bandit Song Jiang and his companions, this Chinese equivalent of the English classic Robin Hood and His Merry Men is an epic tale of rebellion against tyranny and has been thrilling and inspiring readers for hundreds of years. This edition of the classic J. H. Jackson translation features a new preface and introduction by Edwin Lowe, which gives the history of the book and puts the story into perspective for modern readers. First translated into English by Pearl S. Buck in 1933 as All Men Are Brothers, the original edition of the J.H. Jackson translation appeared under the title The Water Margin in 1937. In this updated edition, Edwin Lowe addresses many of the shortcomings found in the original J.H. Jackson translation, and replaces the original grit and flavor of Shuihui Zhuan found in Chinese versions, including the sexual seduction, explicit descriptions of brutality and barbarity, and the profane voices of the thieving, scheming, drinking, fighting, pimping lower classes of Song Dynasty China. Similarly, the Chinese deities, Bodhisattvas, gods and demons have reclaimed their true names, as has the lecherous, over-sexed and ill-fated Ximen Qing. All of which was sanitized out when first published in 1937. While Chinese in origin, the themes of The Water Margin are universal enough that it has served as a source of inspiration for numerous movies, television shows and video games up to the present day.

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0804840954

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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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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 Marshes of Mount Liang

A New Translation of the Shuihu Zhuan Or Water Margin of Shi Naiʼan and Luo Guanzhong

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

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A New Translation of the Shuihu Zhuan Or Water Margin of Shi Naiʼan and Luo Guanzhong

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The Marshes of Mount Liang: The gathering company

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

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Water Margin

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Water Margin

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The Marshes of Mount Liang

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Water Margin

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The Scattered Flock

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Water Margin (2010 Edition - EPUB)

Water Margin (2010 Edition - EPUB)

The Marshes of Mount Liang: The broken seals

The Marshes of Mount Liang: The broken seals

The Tiger Killers

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The Water Margin

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The Scattered Flock

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The Marshes of Mount Liang

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The Marshes of Mount Liang: The gathering company

The Marshes of Mount Liang: The gathering company

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