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Water Margin

A page from a [[Woodblock printing|block-printed]] version of the novel ''Water Margin'', brought to [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]] in the early part of the 17th-century | wuu = Sy vhu tsuae | j = | y = Séui-wú jyuhn | ci = | poj = Suí hóo tuān }} ''Water Margin'', also called ''Outlaws of the Marsh'' or ''All Men Are Brothers'', is a Chinese novel from the Ming dynasty that is one of the preeminent Classic Chinese Novels. Attributed to Shi Nai'an, ''Water Margin'' was one of the earliest Chinese novels written in vernacular Mandarin Chinese.

The story, which is set in the Northern Song dynasty (around 1120), tells of how a group of 108 outlaws gathers at Mount Liang (or ''Liangshan'' Marsh) to rebel against the government. Later they are granted amnesty and enlisted by the government to resist the nomadic conquest of the Liao dynasty and other rebels. While the book's authorship is traditionally attributed to Shi Nai'an (1296–1372), the first external reference to the novel only appeared in 1524 during the Jiajing reign of the Ming dynasty, sparking a long-lasting academic debate on when it was actually written and which historical events the author had witnessed that inspired him to write the book.

The novel is considered one of the masterpieces of early vernacular fiction and Chinese literature. It has introduced readers to some of the best-known characters in Chinese literature, such as Wu Song, Lin Chong, Pan Jinlian, Song Jiang and Lu Zhishen. ''Water Margin'' also exerted a significant influence on the development of fiction elsewhere in East Asia, such as on Japanese literature. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Räuber und Soldaten : Roman frei nach dem Chinesischen / by Shui hu zhuan

    Published 1963
    Book
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    Shui hu wen hua da guan /
    水浒文化大观 /
    by Liu, Rensheng

    Published 1997
    Other Authors: “…Xinling (Writer on Shui hu zhuan)…”
    Book
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