Shi Naian (1296 ~ 137 1), formerly known as Yanduan, whose real name is Zhao Rui, Shonago An, and whose nickname is Naian. Writers in the late yuan dynasty and early Ming dynasty. Han nationality, Xinghua, Jiangsu (talking about Qiantang, Zhejiang). Originally from Hailing County, Taizhou, he lived in Shijia Lane outside Nagato, Suzhou, and then moved to Baijuchang, Xinghua County (now Baiju Town, Dafeng City, Jiangsu Province). He has been smart and studious since childhood. He was a scholar in the first year of Yuanyou (13 14), promoted in the first year of Taiding (1324), and was a scholar in the second year (133 1). Yin, who soon served as Qiantang County, was reprimanded by county officials for protecting the poor and resigned and went home.
Shi Naian is knowledgeable and talented. He is proficient in astronomy, geography, medical divination, astrology and all technologies. In the 13th year of Yuan Dynasty (1353), Bai Juchang, a salt farmer, Zhang Shicheng and other eighteen strong men led the Zaoding uprising against Yuan Dynasty. Zhang Shicheng respected Wen Tao's military strategy and invited him to serve as a military screen for many times. Shi Naian went with Hongyuan, who built the "Wang Dao Yue Fu", to offer advice and suggestions for Zhang Shicheng to seize the city. Later, due to Zhang Shicheng's arrogance and arbitrariness, his cronies were unfaithful, and he was at odds with Zhongliang. Shi Naian protested several times, but Zhang Shicheng refused to accept it. He angrily left Pingjiang and sent a song "Qiu Jiang Farewell" to Lu Yuan, Liu Liang and others who were in charge of the same curtain. Since then, I have been wandering in the Jianghu, helping people solve problems.
Later, Xu Qi, a rich man from Zhutang, Jiangyin, sat in the museum. In addition to teaching, he also studied the creation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Three Magic Fans in Suiping with Luo Guanzhong, who worshipped him as a teacher, and collected and sorted out the stories of heroes such as Song Jiang and Liang Shanbo, which prepared the material for writing the Jianghu Hawker Fans. In the twenty-seventh year of Zheng Zheng (1367), after Zhu Yuanzhang destroyed Zhang Shicheng, he investigated the deployment of Zhang Shicheng everywhere. In order to avoid trouble, Shi Naian consulted Gu Ti, Xinghua's good friend, and built a house in Bai Juyi. Since then, he has been unable to live in seclusion, and devoted himself to the creation of "Jianghu hawker turn". After the book "The Vendors Turn" was written, it was named "The Water Margin".