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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