"Water Margin", also known as Loyalty Water Margin, was written by Shi Naian, a native of Xinghua, Jiangsu, in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. It is one of China's four classical novels. The book describes the story of 108 heroes headed by Song Jiang in Liangshan Uprising at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty. After gathering righteousness, they accepted the appeal and fought everywhere.
Shi Naian s Creation of Water Margin;
The earliest blueprint of Water Margin is the legacy of Xuanhe in Song Dynasty, which focuses on the main characters such as Yang Zhi selling knives, Chao Gai ganging up to grab the birth outline, Song Jiang killing and Lin Chong, jy, and He Lu.
In the Yuan Dynasty, many stories were adapted from the story of Water Margin. In Yuan Zaju, the number of Liangshan heroes increased from 36 to 108. Shi Naian sorted out the stories and characters in Water Margin, and faithfully accepted the views of the people in the process of writing Water Margin, which is the ideological basis for the great achievements of Water Margin.