Water Margin

Author: Shi Nai'an
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: The Water Margin is a long historical novel that was finally completed after centuries of brewing and accumulation during the Song and Yuan dynasties. The Water Margin portrays a group of vivid and brilliant legendary heroes with distinct personalities: the courageous and fierce Wu Song, the loyal and straightforward Li Kui, the rough but simple-hearted Lu Zhishen, the fierce and astute Shi Xiu, and the righteous and capable Song Jiang, among others. The Water Margin inherits the tradition of Song and Yuan storytelling, using Northern dialect as its foundation. Through meticulous refinement, it creates a vivid, expressive, and exceptionally rich literary language, truly reaching a level of perfection.