Water Margin (Upper and Lower)

Author: Shi Nai'an
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: The "Popular Series of 30 Chinese Classical Novel Masterpieces," "Water Margin" is a long heroic legend and one of the representative works of ancient Chinese long novels. It was created based on the story of Song Jiang's uprising. Song Jiang's uprising occurred during the reign of Emperor Huizong in the Northern Song Dynasty. Records of this uprising can be found in the "Annals of Emperor Huizong," "Biography of Hou Meng," and "Biography of Zhang Shuni" in the "History of the Song Dynasty." From the Southern Song Dynasty onwards, the story of Song Jiang's uprising spread among the people. "The Drunken Scholar's Chat" recorded some independent legends about the Water Margin heroes, and "Remnants of the Great Song in Xuanhe" linked many Water Margin stories together, becoming very close to a full-length novel. During the Yuan Dynasty, numerous Water Margin plays emerged, with a group of heroes from Liangshan appearing as stage characters. "Water Margin" was born from the long-term of the story of Song Jiang's uprising in the, absorbing the nourishment of folk literature.