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"Water Margin" truly describes the entire process of the development and failure of peasant uprisings in the Song Dynasty, exposing the darkness and decadence of feudal society and the crimes of the ruling class. It uses outstanding artistic description methods to reveal that the fundamental cause of the peasant uprising in China's feudal society was "officials forcing the people to rebel". The successful creation of heroic characters with distinctive personalities in the book is also an important factor in the brilliant artistic life of this novel.