Being a Thai translation of the Chinese novel <i>Wu Hu Ping Xi</i> (五虎平西; "Five Tigers Conquering the West"). 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 14-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 2421 BE (1878/79 CE) during the reign of King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chulalongkorn" class="extiw" title="w:Chulalongkorn">Chulalongkorn</a>. The version contained in this file is the edition printed by Phanit Supphaphon Printing House, of which the year of publication is not mentioned in the book itself but is stated by the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://uc.thailis.or.th/Catalog/BibItem.aspx?BibID=b03097017">Thai Academic Libraries</a> to be "247-" (equivalent to "192-").
Li Yutang
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