As one of China's four classical novels, The Water Margin tells what happened in which dynasty?

The Water Margin belongs to the Northern Song Dynasty.

Outlaws of the Marsh is one of China's four classical novels. It describes the story of 108 hero headed by Song Jiang, who accepted the appeal and fought everywhere after Juyi.

The Water Margin is also one of the most epic works in China literature. This is one of the earliest Zhang Hui novels written in vernacular Chinese in the history of China. There are many versions, which are widely circulated and widely known, and have a far-reaching influence on narrative literature in China and even East Asia.

The Water Margin is a novel with the theme of describing the ancient peasant uprising. It vividly depicts the whole process of peasant uprising from its occurrence, development to failure, profoundly reveals the social roots of the uprising, enthusiastically praises the resistance struggle and social ideal of the uprising heroes, and specifically reveals the internal historical reasons for the failure of the uprising.