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Simplified Chinese
内容提要
薛蟠仗着家里有财有势，骄纵成性，当地人个个怕他，背地里称他『呆霸王』。
薛蟠婚后，对妻子金桂十分宠爱。不想金桂为人阴险凶悍，撒泼耍赖，闹得全家不宁。薛蟠赌气出门，途中打死酒店伙计张三，被拘入狱。
薛家为了给薛蟠翻案，贿赂了证人和县官，才得上呈开脱，但刑部故意驳回呈子，从中勒索巨款，逼得薛姨妈折变家财，最后弄得倾家荡产，方赎回薛蟠的性命。
Tradionnal Chinese
內容提要
薛蟠仗著家裡有財有勢，驕縱成性，當地人個個怕他，背地裡稱他『呆霸王』。
薛蟠婚後，對妻子金桂十分寵愛。 不想金桂為人陰險兇悍，撒潑耍賴，鬧得全家不寧。 薛蟠賭氣出門，途中打死飯店夥計張三，被拘入獄。
薛家為了給薛蟠翻案，賄賂了證人和縣官，才得上呈開脫，但刑部故意駁回呈子，從中勒索鉅款，逼得薛姨媽折變家財，最後弄得傾家蕩產，方贖回薛蟠的性命。
Simple Translation
Summary
Relying on the wealth and power of his family, Xue Pan became arrogant and indulged. The local people were afraid of him, and secretly called him “stay bullied”.
After her marriage, Xue Pan loved his wife Jin Gui very much. I don’t want Jin Gui to be insidious and fierce, and to play tricks and make the whole family uneasy. Xue Pan went out in a fit of pique, killed Zhang San, a hotel clerk, and was jailed.
In order to overturn the case for Xue Pan, the Xue family bribed the witness and the county magistrate, and then had to plead guilty. However, the Ministry of Punishment deliberately rejected the petition, extorted huge amounts of money from it, forced Aunt Xue to change her family fortune, and finally made her lose all her money, and then redeemed Xue Pan’s life.
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Simplified Chinese
『呆霸王』薛蟠，原住在金陵，母亲王氏，与荣国府王夫人是同胞姊妹。薛蟠还有一个舅父王子腾，现任京营节度使。
Tradionnal Chinese
『呆霸王』薛蟠，原住在金陵，母親王氏，與榮國府王夫人是同胞姊妹。 薛蟠還有一個舅父王子騰，現任京營節度使。
Simple Translation
Xue Pan, the “king”, lived in Jinling. His mother, Wang, and the wife of Rongguo Mansion were siblings. Xue Pan also has an uncle, Wang Ziteng, who is now the envoy of the Beijing camp.
