The 36 Examinations of Song Jiang and the Examination of Credibility of the Yang Family Story

Author: Yu Jiaxi
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Publishing Date: 2005-12-01
Features: "A Study of the Thirty-Six Outlaws" traces the story of Song Jiang and the thirty-six others who roamed the Hebei region as described in the prequel to "Water Margin," "Remnants of the Xuanhe Era," by following the documentary evidence and clarifying the historical prototypes of the main characters in "Water Margin." From multiple perspectives such as text, system, geography, and folklore, it restores historical authenticity to Song Jiang's uprising. The book records the five-and-a-half-year (1950–1955) campaign to suppress bandits during the liberation of Zhaotong, Yunnan, documenting the glorious achievements of the People's Liberation Army of China, which sacrificed its precious lives and blood to liberate Zhaotong.