The Water Margin is based on the story of Sung River Uprising in the Song, Jin and Yuan Dynasties. It originated from stories, folk stories and operas. It is China's first novel in vernacular Chinese, which is of milestone significance in the development history of China vernacular literature. The appearance of it and The Romance of the Three Kingdoms indicates that China's ancient novels have reached a new peak. The novel form is "Zhang Hui novel", which is also adopted by later ancient novels. The Water Margin is the first novel describing the peasant uprising. Focusing on the clue of "officials forcing the people to revolt", the book shows the whole process that a group of "heroes" who could not bear the oppression of tyranny rose from the pole and gathered in Liangshan, Shui Bo, until they accepted their demands and led to the failure of the uprising. The novel fully affirmed the peasant uprising regarded by feudal rulers as "thieves" and profoundly revealed the social roots of the peasant uprising. The successful shaping of the protagonist with distinctive personality in the work is an important factor for this novel to have a brilliant artistic life. Due to the script, the language of Water Margin has the outstanding characteristics of colloquialism, such as vividness, conciseness, vividness, accuracy and vividness, and has made great artistic achievements in personalization. The Water Margin is also the earliest and most complete chivalrous novel of China. Although its technique of expression is slightly different from that of today's martial arts novels, the spirit of justice is the same, which is also the reason why Water Margin can last for a long time. From Sima Qian's chivalrous narration to contemporary martial arts novels, Water Margin plays a connecting role and continues to shine in the history of literature.

The main content of Water Margin is that the rulers of Song Dynasty were corrupt and cruel, and the captain Gao Qiu was a rogue. Because he could play football, he was appreciated by the emperor, and he rose all the way from now on, doing all kinds of evil. His only son, Gao Yanei, is overbearing. In order to possess the beautiful wife of Lin Chong, the head coach of the Imperial Army with 800,000 yuan, she slandered Lin Chong for taking a knife into the White Tiger Hall of the important military region and exiled Lin Chong. He also tried to kill him halfway in the wild pig forest. Fortunately, Hua Shanlu bravely saved him. On Taishi Ci's birthday, the son-in-law searched for hundreds of gold and silver treasures, sent them to Beijing to celebrate, and sent Yang Zhi to escort them. The three brothers, Chao Gai, Wu Yong and Ruan Shi, decided to outwit the birth outline, and then fought fiercely with the court. Finally, everyone went to Liangshan together. Another tiger hero, Song Wu, was sentenced to banishment for Ximen Qing's collusion with his eldest brother, Wu Dalang. In the end, he experienced a series of twists and turns and was forced to rebel. In addition, there are many heroes such as Song Jiang and Lu, *** 108, who were eventually forced to become an outlaw and rise up in revolt for various reasons. They held high the banner of justice, and under the slogan of doing justice for heaven and robbing the rich to help the poor, they killed all parts of the country, dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of reactionary rulers, publicized the heroic fighting spirit of the people, and made a vigorous and great cause.