Water Margin

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Water Margin (simplified Chinese: 水浒传; traditional Chinese: 水滸傳; pinyin: Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn), also called Outlaws of the Marsh or All Men Are Brothers, is a Chinese novel from the Ming dynasty, attributed to Shi Nai'an. Regarded as one of the greatest Chinese novels, the novel is among the first works of Chinese fiction written entirely in vernacular Chinese. It is considered a masterpiece of Chinese literature, as well as a book of heroism and transgression. Set during the Northern Song dynasty (twelfth century), the story follows a group of 108 outlaws that gathers at Mount Liang (also known as 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. The original title of the novel was Water Margin for Loyalty and Justice (忠義水滸傳). A wealth of bibliographical and other evidence names Shi Nai'an, Luo Guanzhong (fl. 1330–1400), or both of them, as the novel's principal compiler...

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