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At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the imperial court was corrupt. Externally, it was groveling and paying annual tribute; internally, it imposed excessive taxes and exploited the people. For a time, the people were in dire straits. Many bloody heroes were forced to take over the mountains as kings and the grass as bandits. They resisted oppression and acted for heaven, interpreting a heroic legend... "Water Margin" concretely and vividly describes the entire process of the occurrence, development and loss of money of the peasant uprising of one hundred and eight generals in Shuibo Liangshan headed by Song Jiang. , Exposed the darkness, decadence of feudal society and the evils of the ruling class, enthusiastically praised the resistance spirit and righteous actions of the uprising heroes, created a glorious image of a large number of Liangshan heroes, and vividly revealed the objective truth of "officials forcing the people to rebel" in feudal society and the internal reasons for the failure of the peasant uprising. The novel has a tortuous plot, vivid language, and distinctive characters. It is a model for describing heroic legends. "Water Margin" shows the whole process of a group of "heroes" who could not bear the oppression of tyranny, rising up and gathering in Liangshan, until they failed to accept the imperial court's invitation to peace.