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Water Margin (Shuǐhǔ zhuán水浒传)– Translations and Secondary Sources|Shuǐhǔ zhuán水浒传

By Marjolijn Kaiser|2014-12-16T17:05:32-05:00June 27th, 2013|Literature|

Written by Shi Nai’an 施耐庵 , although his (sole) authorship is topic of scholarly debate. Also known as Story of

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By Marjolijn Kaiser|2014-12-16T17:05:32-05:00June 20th, 2013|Literature|

Summary The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a historical fiction (based on “real” characters and events) of epic proportions

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By Marjolijn Kaiser|2014-12-16T17:05:32-05:00June 13th, 2013|Literature|

Summary Loosely based on historical records, Journey of the West tells the story of the Buddhist monk Xuanzang who travels

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By Marjolijn Kaiser|2014-12-16T17:05:32-05:00June 5th, 2013|Literature|

Also known as Dream of Red Mansion or Story of the Stone. The first 80 chapters are attributed to Cao

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Jing JIANG Woodcut depicting the smashing of the “Gang of Four.” Liu Xinwu’s story “The Head Teacher” (1977) stresses the

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Haiwang YUAN The stories in Water Margin, documenting the adventures of 108 bandits, became wildly popular in Japan in the

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