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''Water Margin'' (Traditional: 水滸傳 Simplified: 水浒传), also known as ''Outlaws Of The Marsh'', is one of the "Four Great Classical Novels" of Chinese literature along with ''[[Journey to |
''Water Margin'' (Traditional: 水滸傳 Simplified: 水浒传), also known as ''Outlaws Of The Marsh'', is one of the "Four Great Classical Novels" of Chinese literature along with ''[[Journey to the West]]'', ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'' and ''[[Dream of the Red Chamber]]''. |
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The novel was written during the 14th century, although it is clearly based on older folk stories. Authorship is traditionally attributed to two authors, Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong, but modern scholarly opinion is that Shi Nai'an is simply a pen-name for Luo Guanzhong, who also wrote the definitive version of ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms''. |
The novel was written during the 14th century, although it is clearly based on older folk stories. Authorship is traditionally attributed to two authors, Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong, but modern scholarly opinion is that Shi Nai'an is simply a pen-name for Luo Guanzhong, who also wrote the definitive version of ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms''. |
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* [[I Am a Humanitarian]] - Sun Er Niang runs a shop where she sells buns of "mystery meat" (i.e., the chopped up corpses of former guests). Lu Zhishen actually decides to ''become sworn brothers'' with this woman's accomplice and husband. After they narrowly made him into a human meat bun. |
* [[I Am a Humanitarian]] - Sun Er Niang runs a shop where she sells buns of "mystery meat" (i.e., the chopped up corpses of former guests). Lu Zhishen actually decides to ''become sworn brothers'' with this woman's accomplice and husband. After they narrowly made him into a human meat bun. |
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* [[Karma Houdini]]: Gao Qiu and a ton of other corrupt officials, who get away with poisoning and killing the remaining "heroes" scott free. |
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Gao Qiu and a ton of other corrupt officials, who get away with poisoning and killing the remaining "heroes" scott free. |
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* [[Kill Them All]]: {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge |
* [[Kill Them All]]: {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge on Him|A huge number of the "heroes" don't survive the encounter against a rival outlaw band]], and the government has the rest of them poisoned.}} |
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* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Well there are well over a hundred. |
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Well there are well over a hundred. |
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* [[Murder the Hypotenuse]]: What Gao Qiu wanted to do to Lin Chong so Lin's wife could be up for grabs. Wu Song's brother was murdered by his wife when she gained a lover on the side. |
* [[Murder the Hypotenuse]]: What Gao Qiu wanted to do to Lin Chong so Lin's wife could be up for grabs. Wu Song's brother was murdered by his wife when she gained a lover on the side. |
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