Oh, but Chinese literature was already very mature by the time those were written. Most folklore is bits and pieces, with the same story retold different ways, etc. Quite literally things like Water Margin are more akin to a modern novelization of of an epic folkloric cycle than the myths themselves. Quite coincidentally I'm reading Journey to the West myself at the moment. Just slowly, and interspersed with other things.
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Date: 2011-01-23 05:47 am (UTC)