"Water Margin" is one of the four great masterpieces in China. The whole book describes the story of 108 heroes headed by Song Jiang in the Liangshan uprising in the late Northern Song Dynasty, and the story of accepting enlistment and fighting everywhere after gathering together. "Water Margin" is a full-length novel with the theme of ancient peasant uprisings. It vividly depicts the whole process of the peasant uprising from occurrence, to development to failure, profoundly reveals the social roots of the uprising, enthusiastically praises the uprising heroes' resistance struggle and their social ideals, and concretely reveals the inner history of uprising failure reason.
