水滸傳 by Nai'an Shi

"水滸傳" by Nai'an Shi is a Chinese novel from the Ming dynasty and one of the Classic Chinese Novels. Set during the Northern Song dynasty around 1120, it follows 108 outlaws who gather at Mount Liang to rebel against a corrupt government. After their uprising, they are granted amnesty and recruited to fight foreign invaders and other rebels. Written in vernacular Mandarin, the novel introduced iconic characters like Wu Song and Lin Chong, becoming a masterpiece that influenced fiction throughout East Asia. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Shi, Nai'an, 1290?-1365?
Title 水滸傳
Alternate Title Shui hu zhuan
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Margin
Credits Produced by Xiu-Mei Lin
Language Chinese
LoC Class PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Subject Robbers and outlaws -- Fiction
Subject China -- History -- Song dynasty, 960-1279 -- Fiction
Subject Heroes -- Fiction
Subject China -- Social life and customs -- 960-1644 -- Fiction
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EBook-No. 23863
Release Date
Most Recently Updated May 20, 2016
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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