Chinese Title: 中国名著简牍系列: 水浒传
English Title: Abridged Chinese Classic Series: Outlaws of the Marsh
ISBN-10: 7-5138-1321-3, 7513813213
ISBN-13: 978-7-5138-1321-1, 9787513813211
Pages: 300
Binding: softcover
Shipping Weight: 400g
Size: 145mm x 210mm
Language: simplified Chinese, pinyin, with English annotations
Publisher: Sinolingua
The novel Outlaws of the Marsh is one of the four classic Chinese novels. This edition of the well-known novel retains the course of action and the style true to the original, although the present version is greatly simplified and shortened. 108 impressive heroes seek refuge on Liangshan Mountain and become knightly outlaws who often destroy evildoers and help the needy.
Abridged Chinese Classic Series
Only selected, popular works of Chinese literature are selected and adapted and simplified by experts especially for the target group of Chinese learners who have a basic knowledge of Chinese grammar and a vocabulary of approx. 2500 words in this volume the language style of the original is preserved. The texts in this volume have a total of 36 chapters of 1500 words or less. New words that go beyond the default are limited to less than 5% of the text. Chinese phonetic spelling Hanyu Pinyin accompanies the entire text, as well as new words are annotated when they first appear.
