Important Contents of Water Margin Manuscript

The main contents of the handwritten newspaper "Water Margin" are: author introduction, story catalogue, content summary and character introduction.

1 The Water Margin, also known as The Water Margin of Loyalty, was written by Shi Naian, a famous writer in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. It is the first vernacular novel in the history of China and one of the four classical novels of China. There are many versions, which are widely circulated and widely known.

2. The author of Water Margin is said to be Shi Naian, who was polished by Luo Guanzhong. It is the first novel to praise the peasant uprising. In the eyes of feudal autocratic rulers of past dynasties, rebellion is immoral, and "rebellion" is all monsters who kill and set fire. The Water Margin, one of China's four classic works, does the opposite, setting a monument for the so-called "rebels", exaggerating their heroic feats of fighting bravely, fighting against violence and doing justice for heaven, and making them heroes in readers' minds.

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the government was corrupt, officials forced the people to revolt, and the people had to revolt. From court officials to ordinary people, even thieves, they were slightly disillusioned with the government, and it was difficult to maintain their survival. Finally, they were caught up with Liangshan. However, when the heroic deeds of the people's uprising made the morale of the heroes rise day by day, Song Jiang's acceptance of harness changed everything, and the hero disappeared into the world like this, and the peasant uprising that had been raging was so calm.

The Water Margin is the novel with the largest number of characters in the world. * * * There are 787 people involved, including 577 with well-known surnames, 9 with no surnames and 99 without names.