Water Margin facts for kids
An illustration of the novel
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| Author | Shi Nai'an |
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| Original title | 水滸傳 |
| Country | China |
| Language | Chinese |
| Genre | Historical fiction, wuxia |
Water Margin (水浒传 Shui Hu Zhuan) is a novel that is said to have been written by Shi Nai'an. It is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. The story is set during the Song Dynasty. It is about a group of outlaws who gather to form an army, and are later sent to fight foreign invaders and suppress rebel forces by the government.
The book was written during the 14th century.
Images for kids
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A 19th-century mural depicting Lu Zhishen uprooting a tree, a scene from the novel
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Yang Lin, a hero from the novel, from Utagawa Kuniyoshi's series of woodblock prints illustrating the 108 Suikoden.
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Illustration of a game of cuju from Water Margin, from a 15th-century woodcut edition.
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Pages of an illustrated woodblock version of Water Margin by Hokusai, 1805–38, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Illustration from a 15th-century woodcut edition
See also
In Spanish: Bandidos del pantano para niños
