When Marshal Hong breaks the seals which generations of Taoist
Masters have placed on the temple doors to hold back 108
incarcerated Demon Princes, powerful forces of disorder are
released. One after another, brave men fall out with officialdom
and are obliged to join the brotherhood of the rivers and lakes --
the mixed company of heroes and vagabonds who live by their wits
and their fighting skills. The story of "The Broken Seals" branches
this way and that, following first one hero, then another, as their
paths converge and part, until finally 108 brave -- but not
entirely admirable -- men are united at the outlaws' stronghold in
the Marshes of Mount Liang. The story takes us through the vast
landscape of imperial China. We hear of epic duels, gargantuan
feasts, and cunning ambushes, and we witness injustice, betrayal,
murder and revenge. We are told also of the beauty of the moon
during Mid-Autumn Festival or of the snow, crisp underfoot on a
stormy night in the country.
This volume consists of the first twenty-two chapters of the
full 120-chapter version of the classic Chinese novel by Shi Nai'an
and Luo Guanzhong. It is the first English translation based on
this version that includes much of the verse. It offers the English
reader something of the liveliness and humor of a work which has
delighted generations of Chinese readers.
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