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"Water Margin" is the first vernacular chapter novel in the history of Chinese literature, setting a precedent for Chinese vernacular novels. Together with "A Dream of Red Mansions", "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Journey to the West", it is also known as the "Four Great Masterpieces of Chinese Classical Literature". The novel is based on the story of the Song Jiang Uprising in the late Northern Song Dynasty. It takes the society during the Huizong period as the background and portrays 108 heroes including Song Jiang, Lu Zhishen, Lin Chong, and Wu Song. The tragic story of the government, Juyi Liangshan, accepting recruitment, conquering the South and the North, and finally shocking the Lord due to his outstanding achievements, but being killed by treacherous ministers, shows a chaotic society where the government forces the people to rebel, and eulogizes the social ideals of the people at the bottom who resist tyranny and yearn for freedom and justice. "In the Name of the People": A project director of a national ministry was reported to have taken tens of millions of dollars in bribes...

"Water Margin" is my country's first novel describing a peasant uprising. The whole book uses the theme of "officials forcing the people to rebel" as a clue, describing the story of a group of "heroes" who could not bear the oppression of tyranny and rose up. The novel tells the whole process of Juyi Shuibo Liangshan, acceptance of recruitment and final failure. The ideological highlight of "Water Margin" is that it fully affirms the rebellious peasants who were regarded as "thieves and bandits" by feudal rulers, and praises the spirit of all strata who dare to resist corrupt bureaucrats, safeguard their own interests, and not bow to the powerful. The novel also profoundly reveals the social roots of the peasant uprising. It tells readers that the reason why the peasants revolted was because the people, ranging from the emperor and fatuous ministers like Gao Qiu to the overbearing officials, large and small, had made their lives miserable.

"Water Margin" is my country's first full-length novel that describes the ancient peasant uprising. The whole book unfolds the plot around the clue of "officials forcing the people to rebel", showing the whole process of a group of "heroes" who could not bear the oppression of tyranny, rising up and gathering in Liangshan, until they accepted the call for security and the uprising failed. The book has accumulated rich artistic experience in shaping characters. The works can closely follow the different life experiences of the characters and express their personalities through the characters' own words and actions. For example, Wu Yong's magical calculations, Lu Zhishen's loyalty and bravery, Wu Song's majesty and bravery, and Lin Chong and Hua Rong's bravery and good fighting skills all left a deep impression on people. At the same time, the work can accurately grasp the interaction between the character's personality, identity, social status, and life experience, creating vivid and three-dimensional images of ancient green forest heroes that have far-reaching influence on generations of readers.