"The Tiger Killers" is the second volume of a new translation of
the Chinese classical novel generally known as "The Water Margin."
Like the first volume, "The Broken Seals," it follows the fortunes
of various outlaw heroes as they move through a world of
treacherous officials, jealous toadies, bullying jailers, hired
assassins, foolhardy generals and cannibalistic innkeepers.
This volume contains some of the most famous scenes in the
novel, starting with the episode in which Wu Song gets drunk at the
tavern, ascends the pass in late evening and kills a notorious
man-eating tiger with his bare hands. His subsequent encounter with
his midget brother's flirtatious wife, Jinlian or Golden Lotus, and
her vain attempt to seduce him lead into a tale of adultery,
callous murder and bloody vengeance. The second half of the book is
concerned with Song Jiang's attempts to serve out his prison
sentence honorably and avoid becoming an outlaw, until he is
unjustly condemned to death for a misconstrued poem. Towards the
end of this volume we meet the violent Li Kui, variously known as
Iron Ox or Black Whirlwind, who also turns out to have a way with
tigers. This volume consists of chapters 23 to 43 of the full
120-chapter version of the novel by Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong.
It is the first English translation based on this version.
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