is the same as that of the text : title in Korean inside Filial Piety of the Yang Family", and the contents of the two works appeared, cursory examination, to be completely different. Courant does not list this. T'aejun includes this, but not the other, in his list, page 161, of titles of this type, which seems to be derived largely from Courant. Kim Kidong, 599,

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In fifteenth century China (Ming,Ch'eng-hua), two lovers are parted, die, and meet again in their next lives. Kim T'aejun, 220-223, gives the origin of the story in a Chinese legend, and points out the changes made for the novel. He states that the legend appeared under the title ~W1sllttt Liang Shan-po PaoChuan "The Precious Book on Liang Shan-po", in Ming times, and under the title ~R&: Pang-yu-chi, "Record of Searching out a Friend", in Ch'ing times, and that it is also known under the titles .mws [1'] Yang Shan-po chuan or Yang Sanbaek ch6n, "The story of Yang Shan-po",and ®t:~§ [1'] Chu Ying-t'ai chuan or Ch'u Yongdae chon, "The story of Chu Ying-t'ai" (she is the heroine). See also Kim Kidong (1956),237-241,for further discussion,and Pak SOng\ii, 436-442, and Sin Kihyong, 305-307, for fuller summaries of the story.