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Water Margin Revisited

Water Margin Revisited WATER MARGIN REVISITED *) BY RICHARD G. IRWIN Research on the Chinese novel, Shiti-hu-chitan, has dealt chiefly with the relationship between its various editions. This is a paradox, since until recently no more than two or three of a given family of texts were ever simultaneously available for comparative study. For the rest, one had to depend on reports of varying scope from such scattered spots as Kyoto, Paris, and Peking, where the one, or perhaps two, known exemplars of a particular edition were to be found. Under these circumstances it was inevitable that the relationships we postulated were subject to error. Fortunately that situation was changed by the publication, in 1954, of Shui-hu -ch'iian-chuan Shui-hu ch'iian-cht,,ait is an edition prepared under the direction of the late Cheng Chen-to and published by the Jen-min wen-hsueh ch'u-pan-she -?fil in Peking, whose collation notes record the textual variations of seven earlier editions. The collation is unfortunately marred by errors, both of omission and commission, some of which were called to the attention of, and acknowledged by, the editors 1). But on the whole their work is reliable. By taking a broad sampling which *) Cf. Irwin, R. G., The Evolution http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png T'oung Pao Brill

Water Margin Revisited

Irwin, Richard G.
T'oung Pao , Volume 48 (1): 23 – Jan 1, 1960
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WATER MARGIN REVISITED *) BY RICHARD G. IRWIN Research on the Chinese novel, Shiti-hu-chitan, has dealt chiefly with the relationship between its various editions. This is a paradox, since until recently no more than two or three of a given family of texts were ever simultaneously available for comparative study. For the rest, one had to depend on reports of varying scope from such scattered spots as Kyoto, Paris, and Peking, where the one, or perhaps two, known exemplars of a particular edition were to be found. Under these circumstances it was inevitable that the relationships we postulated were subject to error. Fortunately that situation was changed by the publication, in 1954, of Shui-hu -ch'iian-chuan Shui-hu ch'iian-cht,,ait is an edition prepared under the direction of the late Cheng Chen-to and published by the Jen-min wen-hsueh ch'u-pan-she -?fil in Peking, whose collation notes record the textual variations of seven earlier editions. The collation is unfortunately marred by errors, both of omission and commission, some of which were called to the attention of, and acknowledged by, the editors 1). But on the whole their work is reliable. By taking a broad sampling which *) Cf. Irwin, R. G., The Evolution

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