The Romance of the Yang Family

Author: (Ming) Qin Huai Moke, edited by Yanbo Diangou, revised by Liu Qian, proofread by Liu Qian
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Publishing Date: 2007-01-01
Features: The story of the Yang Family, one of the most widely circulated heroic legends in Chinese folklore. This edition is based on the Wosong Tang edition of 1606 (the 34th year of the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty), with reference to the Shuyeyuan edition of 1809 (the 14th year of the Jiaqing era of the Qing Dynasty), and also incorporates the proofreading achievements of contemporary scholars. As no collation notes are provided, only a few issues encountered during the proofreading process are explained here. , the names of characters such as Hu Yanzan, Mu Guiying, Xiao Tianzu, and Xiao Tianyou in the original text differ from the commonly known versions, and are retained as is to preserve the original appearance; the "Mu Gezhai" mentioned due to Mu Guiying differs from the modern "Mu Kezhai," and is also left unchanged. "Lingpo" She Taijun is written as "Yu Shi" in the original text, appearing only once, and is directly corrected to "Yu Shi." Second, there are a small number of small annotations in double columns in the main text of the original, some of which have been incorporated into the main text in this edition, and all such annotations have been uniformly deleted during this printing. Third, for textual errors, omissions, or inverted characters in the original text, corrections are made based on the collated version or directly revised; obvious typos are directly corrected; and individual words, such as "Taizong's Visit to the Haotian Temple" in Volume, where "Ren ()" is used with an unclear meaning, are left unchanged due to the difficulty of making arbitrary revisions, and are retained as mysteries; characters commonly used in Ming and Qing Dynasty novels, vulgar characters, and homophonic loan characters are generally retained.