The Water Margin is a famous novel about peasant uprising. "Historical Records" recorded that 36 people, including Song Jiang, rebelled, and then the story of the Water Margin was widely circulated among the people. At the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, scripts and plays with the theme of Water Margin came out one after another, and were finally processed and recreated by Shi Naian, a man of Amin Dynasty.

The literary masterpiece Water Margin, like a long historical scroll, shows the political culture, street customs and social features of the Song Dynasty. Liangshan heroes are the most eye-catching They are chivalrous and fearless, dare to report the injustice of the world, and their personality is radiant, which is admired by the world.

The legend of one hundred and eight generals in the Water Margin is the reincarnation of thirty-six highest day stars and seventy-two earth stars. During the Jiayou period in Song Renzong, plagues spread all over the world and people lived in dire straits. Emperor Renzong ordered Hong Xin, an imperial envoy, to go to Longhu Mountain in Xinzhou, Jiangxi Province, and announced that he would invite the heir Han to Beijing at night to use magic to eliminate disasters and protect the people.

Unexpectedly, Hong Taiwei inadvertently released thirty-six highest-day stars and seventy-two highest-day stars in Voldemort Hall, and * * * was one hundred and eight demons. This is one hundred singles and eight generals in the water margin in the future.

The origin of the title of Water Margin

The Water Margin is one of the four classic novels in the history of China ancient literature.

The author of this book is Shi Naian, but its title is Luo Guanzhong. Author Shi Naian was born in Yuan Dynasty. Because he hated the intrigue of officialdom, he only worked for two years and then resigned and returned to his hometown. While teaching, I wrote "Biography of Jianghu Vendors". The book was finally published. Shi Naian was satisfied with the plot in the book, but felt that the title was not good.

At that time, Luo Guanzhong, a student in Shi Naian, suggested that the title should be Water Margin. Hearing this, Shi Naian said happily again and again, "Good, good! This title is great! Water Margin', meaning the edge of the water, means' in the wild', which is in line with the allusion in the Book of Songs that' Tan Fu, an old duke, came to the DPRK to lead a horse, led the west to the water margin, but as for ambiguity'. Wonderful! " Thus, The Legend of the Jianghu Vendors was officially renamed The Water Margin.