What is the meaning of "Water Margin" in Water Margin?

"Water Margin" refers to the water margin, and "Water Margin" also refers to the water margin. The Book of Songs Feng Wang Ge: "Mianmian Ge is in the river." "The Book of Songs is elegant": "Uncle, come to the DPRK to get the horse, and lead the West Liangshan Lake. As for the difference. The "tribal tiger" and "water margin" here refer to the water's edge.

Why did the author of Water Margin give this book such a title?

There are several theories about this.

First, according to the meaning of the poem "The Book of Songs" quoted above, it is believed that Zhou Wenwang's grandfather Gu Gongfu once passed through lacquer painting and fell into the water in the process of creating the inheritance of the Zhou Dynasty. Song Jiang and others also rebelled against the Song Dynasty at the water's edge and established their own political power. The name Water Margin means advocating the peasant revolution.

Second, people think that Song Jiang and others live in Shui Bo, just like Jiang Gong waiting for an opportunity to assist King Wen by the Wei River, waiting for the Song Dynasty to win over and serve the imperial court. Song Jiang and others are not thieves, and Shui Bo is also a "king of soil". Hence the name "Water Margin".

The third is that Song Jiang and others are thieves and fierce things, like garbage thrown at the water's edge. Heroes of the Water Margin are all rubbish at the water's edge. This is Jin Shengtan's explanation.

Fourthly, it is considered that Water Margin has no special meaning, and refers to all kinds of stories that happened by the water.

These statements are more appropriate as the final explanation. Other theories are far-fetched and unconvincing.

So it's the title of Water Margin?

There are four versions of this: one is Song Jiang; Second, the legend of loyalty; Third, the legend of Jianghu hawks; Third, the Water Margin.

In fact, the book Water Margin has an evolutionary process. It evolved from speaking, and was based on stories told by storytellers. Speaking, like storytelling and storytelling today, is a popular and popular cultural style, which inevitably needs an easy-to-understand name.

According to the manuscripts of Lang Yingqi in Ming Dynasty, the earliest name of Water Margin was Song Jiang. Lang Ying also said that he had read two kinds of books, both called Song Jiang, one was The Book of Shi Naian, and the other was Luo Guanzhong. The word "editor" and the word "editor" in other books mean not writing, but processing and sorting out other people's works. Because this book has been processed by scholars, it is normal to change it to an elegant title in the process of processing and sorting.

Therefore, Shuihu can't be called Shuihu at first, but Song Jiang.

As for the other two statements, although there are certain shadows and basis, they are basically not credible, so I won't repeat them here.