Water Margin

Author: He Jie
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Publish Date: 2001-03-01
Features: This young reader's edition is tailored to the reading level and cognitive abilities of children, emphasizing readability and fun. While staying true to the original, it strives for a coherent and smooth storyline. It preserves the original's passages, vivid character descriptions, and detailed famous chapters, accompanied by exquisite illustrations and Pinyin annotations to spark children's interest in reading independently. Water Margin is a novel that combines numerous oral traditions, storytelling ballads, and theatrical performances, continuously refined and compiled by scholars. It depicts a story of commoners, lower-tier gentry, officials, and military officers in the Northern Song Dynasty who, unable to endure the exploitation, oppression, and bullying by the government and court, rise up in rebellion and gather on Mount Liang. The entire narrative is full of twists and touching moments, featuring lifelike and vivid characters. The 108 heroes each possess a unique charm, and the language is both accessible and refined, holding significant cultural value. It is a renowned, widely beloved, and universally appealing classic novel.