Water Margin (Complete Edition)

Author: Shi Nai'an (Ming Dynasty)
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Water Margin is the first long novel in Chinese literary history that depicts a peasant uprising and is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of China. Water Margin is like a long historical scroll, from which we not only see the moving and tragic peasant uprising itself but also the political culture, urban life, and social landscape of the Song Dynasty. In a sense, it is a complete record of that era. Water Margin is the first long, chaptered novel in China centered on a peasant uprising. It stands as a towering monument in the history of Chinese literature and a shining gem in the treasure trove of world literature. For centuries, it has been deeply loved by the Chinese people and translated into multiple languages, becoming one of the most widely circulated ancient long novels in China.