What does The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Outlaws of the Marsh talk about？

This novel is thought to have been compiled by Luo Guanzhong between the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.It is based on existing written and oral accounts of the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms Period of Wei，Shu and Wu. The novel traces the rise and fall of the three kingdoms and shows the different approach of the three political groups in their aspirations to unite China and live in peace.It contains 400 characters，of which Cao Cao，Liu Bei，Zhuge Liang，Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have captured the imaginations of generations of readers.The language in the novel is a mixture of the literary and the vernacular，and it sounds easy and fluent.The novel has given rise to many other novels and stage plays related to The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

What does Outlaws of the Marsh talk about？

Outlaws of the Marsh is also known as The Water Margin or All Men Are Brothers.

This is the first novel that gives a detailed account of Chinese peasant uprisings in feudal society.Its authorship is uncertain，but the current edition has been attributed to Shi Nai’an and Luo Guanzhong. The author or authors collected materials from oral legends，storytellers’scripts and various dramas，providing continuity between unconnected episodes and improving the literarquality of the original material.The book relates the stories of 108 men and women who gathered at Liangshan，in present Shandong Province，under the leadership of Song Jiang during the Northern Song Dynasty.Day by day，this uprising becomes more powerful，and the government is unable to put them down.

Eventually the emperor has to offer them amnesty and official positions.The book is divided into many chapters，describing 108 men and women one by one.Most of the chapters can be thought of as independent biographies，and they have been told and retold by generations of Chinese people.

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