Water Margin

"Water Margin" is one of the four famous classics of Chinese classical literature. The book describes the story of 108 heroes led by Song Jiang in the Liangshan uprising in the late Northern Song Dynasty, and the story of how they accepted recruitment and fought in various places after they gathered together. "Water Margin" is a novel with the theme of ancient peasant uprising. It vividly depicts the entire process of the peasant uprising from occurrence, development to failure, profoundly reveals the social roots of the uprising, enthusiastically praises the resistance struggle of the uprising heroes and their social ideals, and also specifically reveals the internal historical reasons for the failure of the uprising. "Water Margin" is also one of the most epic works in Chinese literature. It is one of the earliest chapter novels written in vernacular Chinese in Chinese history. There are many editions, it is widely circulated and popular, and it has a profound influence on the narrative literature in China and even East Asia. This book mainly refers to the 100-chapter edition and the 120-chapter edition, and is collated and compiled on this basis.