A Study on the Version of Jia Pingwa's Novella Ruined Capital
Prior to the novel Ruined Capital,Jia Pingwa had another novella,Ruined Capital,which was pub-lished in People's Literature and reprinted in the influential Novel Monthly.Although it is not as sensational as the novel of the same name,it is still an important work.In March 1995,when the work was included in the eight-volume Jia Pingwa Anthology edited by Radar,it was renamed as The Stone Left Behind by the author.In January 2007,a collection of novellas,Ruined Capital (Commentary),was published by Culture and Art Publishing,and it was changed back to its original name.At that time,the novel Ruined Capital was banned,so although the book marked the words"this book is not the banned Ruined Capital",it still stirred up heated discussion.In addition,before the public publication of this work,it was also published in an internal journal called Kite City,the"first e-dition",which is different from the later initial edition and commentary.This is another important clue to study the text and version of Jia Pingwa's novella.