水浒传Outlaws of the Marsh The novel "Outlaws of the Marsh" is somewhat like the Iliad and Odyssey... An ancient epic tale... no one remembers the period it was composed and immortalized. One knows this story is based on real facts and has inspired many storytellers. One knows the North Song Dynasty (XIIIth Century) lived its apogee and declined, a victim of corruption and decadence. One finds historical traces of these outlaws who challenged the imperial authority and died under the executioner's blade. At last, as anyone knows today that a man called Homer wrote the Iliad and Odyssey, no one doubts anymore that a man called Shi Nai-an wrote down during the XIVth century the novel Outlaws of the Marsh that reached us. Everyone recognizes that Jin Sheng-tan, during the XVIIth century, published what is now famous as the original version of a novel that obtained the interest and infatuation of successive generations. Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh ("All men are brothers" in Pearl Buck's translation, "Shui hu zhuan" in Chinese, "Au Bord de l'Eau" in French ) is an immortal novel because its tale is universal : it speaks of beings (outlaws but also notables, strong muscled heroes but also intellectual, anarchists but also philosophers...) who cannot bear injustice nor abuse nor arbitrariness... That is the reason they are immortal and their popularity has lasted for centuries . Discover the 108 heroes, the episodes , the paper-cuts representing them, the Beijing operas their fighting exploits inspired... 人物 Gai Ping Health gave special love make the world anyway, famous arena. Like charges to stick, chicken, and did not take wives, all hit others physique. Village Creek Village haunted legends, villagers digging a river in the town engraved art, ghost was rushed to the East seven. Classical hell, then alone will be engraved Creek Village in places away from the East side down. Thus so-called "Tota kings".
水浒传》又名《忠义水浒传》,简称《水浒》,作于元末明初,是中国四大名著之一。全书描写北宋末年以宋江为首的一百零八好汉在梁山泊起义,以及聚义之后接受招安、四处征战的故事。由施耐庵著,罗贯中编次,《水浒传》也是汉语文学中最具备史诗特征的作品之一。是中国历史上最早用白话文写成的章回小说之一。版本众多,流传极广,脍炙人口。对中国乃至东亚的叙事文学都有极其深远的影响。 The Water Margin also known as "loyalty and water margin", referred to as the "water margin", as in the late yuan Ming, is one of the four great classics in China. The book describes the song dynasty, led by sung river, one hundred and eight men in Liang Shanbo uprising, and after JuYi accept consigned, for the story. By shy naih-an, luo guanzhong editing order, "the water margin" is also one of the most epic characteristics in Chinese literature works. Is China one of the earliest written in the vernacular of zhanghui novel history. Version is numerous, spread very wide, so readable. For China and even in east Asia have extremely profound influence on narrative literature..