The Study Of Abridge Edition Of Outlaws Of The Marsh

30 years passed by since people appealed to study the abridged edition of Outlaws of the Marsh in 1980s.However there are still few studies of the abridged copies.Many abridged editions have not received the appropriate attention let alone a systematic study.According to the collected 16 abridged version Jingben Zhongyizhuan,Zhongdeshu Tang Ben,Chazeng Ben,Pinglin Ben,Yingxiongpu Ben,Erke Yingxiongpu Ben,Liuxingwo Ben,Liguangtang Ben,Munihei Ben,Liyuxu Ben,Shijuan Ben,Hansongqishu Ben,Zhengsikou Ben,Baiershisihui Ben,Bajuan Ben,Sanshijuan Ben,this article systematically divides them,for example,Liuxingwo Ben,Liguangtang Ben,Munihei Ben and Liyuxu Ben belong to the embedded system.Shijuan Ben,Hansongqishu Ben,Zhengsikou Ben belong to the follow-up system of the embedded one.Based on the unit of system and the timeline of those versions,this article studies every version of them.In the process of studying,this article not only studies the single version of them but also compares them to other versions and even frames every one of them in the whole picture of this version study of Outlaws of the Marsh.According to the careful writing emendation,accurate data analysis and the elaborate version comparison,this article distinguishes their system,clears out their origin and generalizes the characteristic of each abridged edition.The innovation of this article lies in,firstly,the study of many abridged versions which have not been paid any attention by previous works,such as Munihei Ben,Liyuxu Ben,Shijuan Ben,Hansongqishu Ben,Zhengsikou Ben,Baiershisihui Ben and so on.Secondly,it studies and clears out all the version of Outlaws of the Marsh completely and systematically.Thirdly,except using the writing emendation method,the data analysis method is also been used in this article.