Theintentionofourcompilationofthisillustratedalbumoftheepicliesinthefollwingconsiderations:Itisalong-stand-ingcultureandtraditionsharedbydifferentcountriesaroundtheworldtoadaptclassicworksinlight,popularforms.Notonlyforeignmasterpieces,suchastheBibleandBuddhistScriptures,butalsoChina’sfourfamousclassicalnovels,includingThreeKingdoms,OutlawsoftheMarsh,JourneytotheWest,andADreamofRedMansions,haveallbeenpopularizedinlightways.EvenTheCommunistManifesto,agreatworkdubbedbyLeninasthe“Bibleoftheworkingclass,”hasalsobeenintroducedtothemassworkingclassandlaborersthroughanillustratedformat.Therefore,webelievedthattheepic,Gesar,shouldalsobepopularizedinadirectmanner.Furthermore,exceptforTibetanprints,therewasnocompleteMandarinversionoftheepic,nottomentionforeign-languageversions,sothetheintroductionofthedpicindifferentmodelsbecamenecessaryandurgent.Basedonthesefacts,wedecidedtocompilethisillustratedalbumofGesar.
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