`   Your argument makes no sense to me: 'You're wrong, just what did you meant by ``a few pages``, some of the juan in Taiping Guangji don't span even over a page. ``volume suggests something much bigger than these juan`` The volumes shown in your dictionary definitions that they are bound in the book.'  Yes, some of the juan are less than a page, which means they should not be called volumes, because ``volume`` in English suggests a single bound book. In any case, when I left the word ``volume`` in as a compromise and put ``juan`` in parentheses for those who do know Chinese (``many don't`` means some do) you left it out. As for ``novels``, what is your reference for claiming that the sources were novels?  As for ``Many of them were considered factual to Han-Song readers``, see the reference.  Other matters:  Taiping guangji (lower-case ``g`` is standard usage)  ``and consists of`` the ``and`` is poor English style.   `