 Cover of the 1980 edition | |
| Author | Jin Yong |
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| Original title | 鹿鼎記 |
| Translator | John Minford (English, highly abridged) |
| Language | Chinese |
| Genre | Wuxia, historical fiction |
| Publisher | Ming Pao |
Publication date | 23 September 1972 |
| Publication place | Hong Kong |
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| Preceded by | The Sword Stained with Royal Blood |
| Followed by | A Deadly Secret |
| The Deer and the Cauldron | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 鹿鼎記 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 鹿鼎记 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Tale of the Deer and the Cauldron | ||||||||||
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The Deer and the Cauldron, also known as The Duke of Mount Deer, is a historical novel by Jin Yong. It is his last and longest novel, originally serialized in the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao from 24 October 1969 to 23 September 1972..[1]
- ^ The date conforms to the data published in Chen Zhenhui (陳鎮輝), Wuxia Xiaoshuo Xiaoyao Tan (武俠小說逍遙談), 2000, Huizhi Publishing Company (匯智出版有限公司), p. 57.