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| English | Pinyin | Attributed to | Earliest known printing |
Editor of classic recension | Year | Classical / Vernacular (V) | Setting | English Translations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms | Sānguó Yǎnyì | Luo Guanzhong | Classical | Mao Lun and Mao Zonggang | 17th | 169-280 CE Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms | Moss Roberts | |
| Water Margin The Outlaws of the Marsh The Marshes of Mount Liang |
Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn | Shi Nai'an | Luo Guanzhong | 14th | Easy classical | 1120s CE Northern Song dynasty | 71-chapter version: J. H. Jackson and Fang Lo-Tien 100-chapter version: Sidney Shapiro 120-chapter version: Alex and John Dent-Young (with help from John Minford) | |
| Journey to the West | Xī Yóu Jì | Wu Cheng'en | 629-646 CE Tang dynasty | Anthony C. Yu (Revised - 2012) | ||||
| The Plum in the Golden Vase The Golden Lotus |
Jīn Píng Méi | The Scoffing Scholar of Lanling | Zhang Zhupo | 1695 | Vernacular, Poems | 1120s CE Northern Song dynasty | 1610 version: David Tod Roy 1695 version: Clement Egerton (sp?) and Lao She | |
| (Story of the Stone) Dream of the Red Chamber |
Hónglóu Mèng | Cao Xueqin | Cheng Weiyuan and Gao E | 1793 | Vernacular | Qing dynasty | David Hawkes John Minford Yang Xianyi Gladys Yang | |
| The Scholars | Rúlín Wàishǐ | Wu Jingzi | 1750 | Vernacular | Ming dynasty | Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang |