The Romance of the Yang Family

Author: Qin Huai Moke
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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 Wosongtang edition of 1606 (the 34th year of the Ming Wanli reign) and supplemented with the Shuyeyantang edition of 1809 (the 14th year of the Qianlong reign). Additionally, the of contemporary scholars was referenced. Since no (correction notes) are provided, only a few issues encountered during are explained here. , the names of characters such as Hu Yanzan, Mu Guiying, Xiao Tianzu, and Xiao Tianyou in the base text differ from the commonly recognized forms, 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. Regarding "Lingpo" She Taijun, the base text uses "Yu Shi" (a single occurrence), which is directly revised to "Yu Shi." Second, the base text contains a small number of annotations in double-line small print, some of which were incorporated into the main text in this edition, and all such annotations were uniformly removed during this printing. Third, for errors, omissions, or inverted characters in the base text, corrections were made based on the supplementary text where applicable, or directly revised. Obvious typographical errors were corrected directly. For individual words, such as the " ()" in the chapter "Emperor Taizong Visits the Haotian Temple," which carries an unclear meaning, it was left unaltered due to the difficulty of making authoritative changes. Generally, characters commonly used in Ming-Qing novels, colloquial characters, and homophonic loanwords are retained.