"The Water Margin" is one of the four famous Chinese classics, and it is a chapter novel written by Shi Nai An in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. After it came out, it had a huge impact on society, and became a model for later Chinese novel creation. At the same time, it is also one of the earliest Zhanghui novels written in vernacular in Chinese history. It is widely spread and popular. It is also one of the epic works in Chinese language and literature, which has a profound impact on Chinese and East Asian narrative literature.
《水浒传》是中国古典四大名著之一，是元末明初施耐庵编著的章回体长篇小说。问世后，在社会上产生了巨大的影响，成了后世中国小说创作的典范。同时也是中国历史上最早用白话文写成的章回小说之一，流传极广，脍炙人口；同时也是汉语言文学中具备史诗特征的作品之一，对中国乃至东亚的叙事文学都有极其深远的影响。
