The works that Jin Shengtan, a novel critic in Ming Dynasty, called the fifth gifted scholar book are as follows

Water Margin. Zhuangzi, Li Sao, Historical Records, Du Fu's Regular Poems, Water Margin and The West Chamber were called "the book of six talents" by Jin Shengtan, a literary master in the early Qing Dynasty. Water Margin ranked fifth, so it was called "the book of five talents". "Water Margin" is the last year of the Northern Song Dynasty. It describes the story of 108 heroes led by Song Jiang who gathered in Liangshan Park, Shandong Province.