The Marshes Of Mount Liang

Author : Luo Guanzhong
Publisher : The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789622017511

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The Tiger Killers by Luo Guanzhong Pdf

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.

Author : Nai'an Shi,Guanzhong Luo,Alex Dent-Young
Publisher : Chinese University Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9622016022

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The Marshes of Mount Liang: The broken seals by Nai'an Shi,Guanzhong Luo,Alex Dent-Young Pdf

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.

Author : Naian Shi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9622019897

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The Marshes of Mount Liang by Naian Shi Pdf

Author : Naian Shi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9622019900

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The Marshes of Mount Liang by Naian Shi Pdf

Author : Nai'an Shi,Guanzhong Luo,John Dent-Young,Alex Dent-Young
Publisher : Chinese University Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : China
ISBN : 9622019897

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The Marshes of Mount Liang: Iron ox by Nai'an Shi,Guanzhong Luo,John Dent-Young,Alex Dent-Young Pdf

Author : Luo Guanzhong
Publisher : The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789882378629

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The Broken Seals by Luo Guanzhong Pdf

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 landscope 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.

Author : Nai'an Shi,Guanzhong Luo,Alex Dent-Young
Publisher : Chinese University Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9622019900

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The Scattered Flock by Nai'an Shi,Guanzhong Luo,Alex Dent-Young Pdf

"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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:38240336

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The Marshes of Mount Liang: The gathering company by Anonim Pdf

Author : Nai'an Shi,Guanzhong Luo,Alex Dent-Young
Publisher : Chinese University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9622018475

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The Marshes of Mount Liang: The gathering company by Nai'an Shi,Guanzhong Luo,Alex Dent-Young Pdf

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."

Author : Luo Guanzhong
Publisher : The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789882378612

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The Tiger Killers by Luo Guanzhong Pdf

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.

Author : Luo Guanzhong
Publisher : The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789882378605

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The Gathering Company by Luo Guanzhong Pdf

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 favourite 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 honour, 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. The translators have made the English translation as readable to English readers as possible by finding meaningful equivalents for many local terms and proverbial expressions, while aiming to retain some flavour of other times and customs. Readers in the West, even with no specialized knowledge of Chinese, will certainly enjoy the stories and characters presented in the novel.

Author : Nai'an Shi,Guanzhong Luo,Alex Dent-Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:98216056

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The Tiger Killers by Nai'an Shi,Guanzhong Luo,Alex Dent-Young Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:38240336

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The Marshes of Mount Liang by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:38240336

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The Marshes of Mount Liang: Iron ox by Anonim Pdf

Author : Luo Guanzhong
Publisher : The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789882378582

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The Scattered Flock by Luo Guanzhong Pdf

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. But the theme of the vanity of human wishes, the emptiness of ambition, becomes prominent earlier."