Water Margin

Author: Shi Nai'an
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Water Margin is a long, episodic novel based on the peasant uprising led by Song Jiang in the late Northern Song Dynasty. It depicts the journey of the rebel leaders, led by Song Jiang, from rebellion to surrender, exposing the darkness of the Northern Song political system and the historical limitations of the peasant uprising leaders. It has become one of the finest long heroic legends in China, not only because it detailed and vividly portrays the rise and development of this peasant uprising.