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It is believed that this book written by Shi Naian and Luo Guanzhong is actually written by Shi Naian himself but checked and revised by Luo Guanzhong. This novel is traditionally regarded as one of the four peaks in Chinese literature. The other three are Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West"" as well as A Dream in Red Mansions. The characters in this book are absolute Chinese who live in the Song Dynasty. Among them, there are corrupt local government officials as well as farmers who are exploited but have martial art and nicknames that are so vivid as to frighten people. The plots of the stories take root deeply in the land of China and because of the motto saying enforce justice on behalf of Heaven, which is embraced by the heroes in this book. Later, it is banded together by the insurrectionary army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and taken over by the Boxer in the end. As the saying goes, when one is old, it is not proper to read Romance of the Three Kingdoms and when one is young, it is inappropriate to read Water Margin, which is obviously out of date. As a result, no matter who you are, the readers of this book should just hurry up and cross all the mountains, rivers as well lakes without hesitation. Just step on the road that leads to Liangshan and let the screams made when they are killing enemies, the cracks produced when the knife and sword collide with each other as well as the chaos heard when they are getting together and holding a feast guide your steps, then youll witness the heroic achievements accomplished by the Liangshan heroes, including Shandong Timely Rain Song Jiang, Mastermind Wu Yong, Black Whirlwind Li Kui, Little Whirlwind Chai Jin, Leopard Head Lin Chong, Rasheed Wallace Ruan Xiaoer, Short Lived Man Ruan Xiaowu, Living Yama Ruan Xiaoqi and so forth. There are totally one hundred and eight loyal heroes, who have always been so vivid since eight century ago.