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Can you recommend an English translation?

• bxbb 6y ago
  The Story of the Stone by Hawkes and Minford. https://www.goodreads.com/series/175344 https://www.goodreads.com/series/175344
• justicezyx 6y ago
  Warning: Lower your expectation. The novel was written in traditional Chinese, with a different style and narration system. The novel has many ancient poem mixed in the text, a major part of the plot, they were almost always vastly inferior when translated. Lastly, even if the translation goes well, the cultural sensitivity required to appreciate the story and character is going to put you in such a disadvantage that you'll wonder why it feels so bland, even claimed one of the best...