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message 1: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca | 19 comments Hello,

This Chinese book is missing the English summary, the translated English title, and the cover.

The book:
判官

The English title to add on to the current Chinese title: Panguan

The cover:
https://cdn.novelupdates.com/images/2...

The English summary:
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There once existed an honorable founder of this panguan school of cultivation. His reputation was illustrious, but nowadays nobody dared to mention him. Even if they did, all they said was, “He met a miserable end.”

Only Wen Shi still abided by the rules. Every day, he would pay respects to the founder’s ferocious, colorful portrait, but because of that he ended up summoning a sickly tenant.

The tenant stood in front of the portrait and asked, “Who drew this?”

Wen Shi: “Me.”

Don’t ask. If you do, you’ll just end up feeling touched.
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I hope someone can help with this. Thank you very much.


message 2: by Dobby (new)

Dobby (dobby0390) | 7869 comments This edition of 判官 is written in Chinese, so it is appropriate that the description is in Chinese.

If there is an English-language translation available, please link to it and we can add it — with the caveat that the information source is one that we can use.

Regarding the cover, that site is not one that we can use for a data or cover image source. Please see this article from the Librarian Manual that explains the policy: Acceptable sources for covers and book data


message 3: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca | 19 comments Dobby0390 wrote: "This edition of 判官 is written in Chinese, so it is appropriate that the description is in Chinese.

If there is an English-language translation available, please link to it and we c..."


Hi Dobby, thanks for this and I understand about the name and description. I'm just wondering if the hanyu pinyin of the book title, Panguan, can be added as a searchable term for this book to make it easier for people to search for this.

As for the cover image, this is actually a self-published book on the Chinese self-pub platform, JJWXC. The image is the one in blue on the left: https://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?nov... I'm not sure if this source is one that can be used according to GR guidelines.


message 4: by Dobby (new)

Dobby (dobby0390) | 7869 comments Rebecca, thank you for the publisher information. We can use the cover image from that site; I'm so glad I could add it because it is a beautiful image.

I also added the hanyu pinyin, Panguan, to the book title: 判官 Panguan

Do you know the format of this book? (ebook, paperback, so forth) If you know the date it was published and the page count, we can add that as well.


message 5: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca | 19 comments Dobby, thanks for adding the pinyin and the cover! This is an ebook published in serial format beginning in April 27, 2020. I believe there are plans for the book to be published in hardcover, although I don't know when.


message 6: by Dobby (new)

Dobby (dobby0390) | 7869 comments I added the format as ebook and the year of publication as 2020. Serialized books don't qualify to be added to Goodreads until they are complete, so if the book was completed in 2021, I can change that.


message 7: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca | 19 comments Dobby0390 wrote: "I added the format as ebook and the year of publication as 2020. Serialized books don't qualify to be added to Goodreads until they are complete, so if the book was completed in 2021, I can change ..."

Yes, this book was finished in May 10 2021. Thanks for your help thus far.


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