Being a Thai translation of the Chinese novel <i>Wan Hua Lou</i> (萬花樓; "Pavilion of Ten Thousand Flowers"). The original novel was composed by Li Yutang (李雨堂) during the Qing dynasty. The Thai translation is believed by Prince <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damrong_Rajanubhab" class="extiw" title="w:Damrong Rajanubhab">Damrong Rajanubhab</a> to have been done by an unnamed translator at the behest of Chancellor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somdet_Chaophraya_Sri_Suriwongse" class="extiw" title="w:Somdet Chaophraya Sri Suriwongse">Chuang Bunnak</a> of Siam at the same time as the translation of the novel <i>Wu Hu Ping Nan</i> (五虎平南; "Five Tigers Conquering the South") in the year 2400 BE (1857/58 CE). This translation was found in a 13-volume manuscript and was first printed by Doctor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Beach_Bradley" class="extiw" title="w:Dan Beach Bradley">Dan Beach Bradley</a> as a one-volume book in the year 2423 BE (1880/81 CE) during the reign of King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chulalongkorn" class="extiw" title="w:Chulalongkorn">Chulalongkorn</a>.
Li Yutang
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