Water Margin Up and Down

Author: (Ming) Shi Nai'an, (Ming) Luo Guanzhong, edited by Gong Zhaoji, Chen Yuanchun
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Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Water Margin is a long novel in Chinese literature with a theme of peasant uprising, which has achieved significant success and holds a very important position in the history of Chinese and world literature. It is based on the story of Song Jiang's uprising in the Northern Song Dynasty. The story has a certain (legendary quality) and, due to the specific historical context, the watermargin stories easily spread among the people, becoming part of "street talk," naturally entering the realm of literature.