"Water Margin (2 volumes)" Author: Luo Guanzhong / Shi Naian Publisher: People's Literature Publishing House

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"Water Margin" is the first long chapter novel in my country with the theme of peasant uprising. It is a monument in the history of Chinese literature and a dazzling pearl in the treasure house of world literature. For hundreds of years, it has been deeply loved by the Chinese people and has been translated into many languages, becoming one of the most widely circulated ancient novels in my country.

"Water Margin" describes in detail and vividly the entire process of the peasant uprising headed by Song Jiang, its occurrence, development and loss of wealth, exposing the darkness, corruption and various crimes of the ruling class in feudal society, enthusiastically praising the rebellious spirit and just actions of the uprising heroes, and creating a large number of glorious images of Liangshan heroes. It vividly reveals the objective truth of " officials forcing the people to rebel " in feudal society and the internal reasons for the failure of the peasant uprising.