What is included in Water Margin ?

The 1 to 100 chapters of the Water Margin tell the heroic story of one hundred and eight heroes led by Song Jiang from Juyi Liangshan, to being recruited by the imperial court, to breaking the Liao soldiers, and finally to exterminate the rebel party, but were murdered by traitors. After reading the whole book, there are only two words that leave a deep impression in my mind: loyalty and righteousness.

The whole book describes the heroes of Liangshan.

The grand story of the rebellion against oppression, the growth of Shuibo Liangshan and the recruitment of the Song Dynasty, as well as the conquest for the Song Dynasty after being recruited and the eventual demise of the Song Dynasty, artistically reflects the Song River Uprising in Chinese history.

The whole process from occurrence to development to failure.

It profoundly reveals the social roots of the uprising, enthusiastically praises the resistance struggle of the heroes of the uprising and their social ideals, and also concretely reveals the internal historical reasons for the failure of the uprising.

Based on the Songjiang Uprising that occurred at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, it vividly narrates the occurrence, development and outcome of the uprising, creates a series of heroic images of peasant uprisings, and directly inspires the people in feudal society to resist the ruling class.

It uses pure vernacular to achieve the artistic effect of painting sound and color, vividly and vividly, establishing the advantages of vernacular style in the creation of the first language, occupying a lofty position in the history of Chinese literature, and having a far-reaching influence on the literature of later generations.

"Water Margin" truly reflects the whole process of the peasant uprising, which is connected into a whole by relatively independent and complete stories. The 120 chapters of "Water Margin" are composed of three major paragraphs: the front, middle and back, which are layered and unified and coherent.

The author first wrote the stories of Lin Chong, Chao Gai, Wu Song, Lu Zhishen, Song Jiang and others, which on the one hand reflected various forms of "forcing Liangshan", and on the other hand, it also showed the gradual gathering of heroes from all walks of life, and the development process of the Liangshan team from small to large, from weak to strong.

Extended information: "Water Margin", one of the four great Chinese masterpieces, is a long chapter hui style with the Songjiang Uprising in the late Northern Song Dynasty as the main story background and a heroic legend in terms of type**.

The whole book describes the grand story of the heroes of Liangshan who resisted oppression, the growth of Liangshan and the surrender of the imperial court, and the suppression of Tian Hu, Wang Qing, Fang La and other political forces that rebelled against the Song Dynasty after the surrender of the imperial court, and finally led to a tragic defeat.

It artistically reflects the whole process of the Songjiang Uprising in Chinese history from its occurrence, development to failure, profoundly reveals the social roots of the uprising, enthusiastically praises the resistance struggle of the heroes of the uprising and their social ideals, and specifically reveals the internal historical reasons for the failure of the uprising.

"Water Margin" mainly describes the story of one hundred and eight heroes led by Song Jiang in Liangshanbo, Shandong Province in the late Northern Song Dynasty.

"Water Margin" is a long story with the Songjiang Uprising in the late Northern Song Dynasty as the main story background and a heroic legend in terms of type**. The whole book describes the grand story of the heroes of Liangshan resisting oppression, the growth of Shuibo Liangshan and the surrender of the imperial court, and the suppression of Tian Hu, Wang Qing, Fang La and other political forces that rebelled against the Song Dynasty after surrendering to the imperial court, and finally failed.

Main content: "Water Margin" is a long story with the theme of describing ancient peasant uprisings**. It vividly depicts the whole process of the peasant uprising from its occurrence, development to failure, profoundly reveals the social roots of the uprising, enthusiastically praises the resistance struggle of the heroes of the uprising and their social ideals, and also concretely reveals the internal historical reasons for the failure of the uprising.

Extended information: Introduction: "Water Margin" is one of the four famous Chinese novels, the whole book describes the uprising of 108 heroes led by Song Jiang in Liangshan in the late Northern Song Dynasty, and the story of accepting Zhao'an and fighting everywhere after Juyi. "Water Margin" is also one of the most epic works in Chinese literature.

It is one of the earliest chapters written in vernacular in Chinese history.

Literary influence: "Water Margin" is the first long story written in vernacular in Chinese history, creating a precedent for vernacular chapter hui. In the Ming Dynasty, it was included in the "Four Great Strange Books".

Since modern times, the "Four Strange Books" have evolved into the classical ** "Four Great Masterpieces", and "Water Margin" is one of them. The style, conception and concept of "Water Margin" have had a significant impact on China and even East Asia in later generations.

Artistic value: As a long story written in the vernacular in Chinese history, "Water Margin" has a great influence on later generations. "Water Margin" has been adapted into a variety of musical forms.

Another classical masterpiece "Dream of Red Mansions" mentions the Water Margin track of "Lu Zhishen's Havoc on Wutai Mountain". Pingshu, Suzhou Pingtan and Shandong Kuaishu all have many classic programs based on "Water Margin".

1. Main content.

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Huizong of the Song Dynasty was mediocre, traitorous officials were in power, and the people were not happy. Thirty-six people led by Song Jiang in Yuncheng, Shandong Province set off a surging peasant uprising, they killed the rich and helped the poor, and acted chivalrous and righteous, which made the mediocre court frightened, and the common people applauded.

2. Introduction to the original work.

The Water Margin is one of the four great Chinese masterpieces, which describes the uprising of 108 heroes led by Song Jiang in Liangshan in the late Northern Song Dynasty, as well as the story of accepting Zhao'an and fighting everywhere after Juyi.

"Water Margin" is also one of the most epic works in Chinese literature. It is one of the earliest chapters written in vernacular in Chinese history. There are many editions, which are widely circulated and popular, and have had a profound impact on narrative literature in China and even East Asia.

3. Creative background.

"Water Margin" is a great work that has been organized, processed and created on the basis of the collective creation of the people for hundreds of years.

During the Southern Song Dynasty, the heroic stories of Liangshan were widely circulated. At that time, the painter and writer Gong Kai's "Song Jiang 36 People Praise and Preface" said: The story of Song Jiang and other 36 people has spread all over the streets and alleys; Painters also painted their figures.

The earliest blueprint of "Water Margin" is the Song people's "Xuanhe Legacy", which focuses on describing Yang Zhi's sale of knives, Chao Gai and other gangs to rob the Shengchengang and Song Jiang's killing of Yan Poxi, etc., and also describes Lin Chong, Li Kui, Wu Song, Lu Zhishen and other major characters. On the occasion of the Song and Yuan dynasties, there were still many scripts based on the story of the Water Margin. In the Yuan miscellaneous drama, the heroes of Liangshan have grown from 36 to 108.