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Water Margin, one of four great Chinese classic novels, depicts the Northern Song Dynastys 108 outlaws led by Song Jiang who were forced to rebel but suppressed by treacherous officials. Out of the novel come many well-known characters such as Song Jiang and Wu Song. The work, Chinas first chapter novel on peasant uprising, is a milestone and bright pearl in the history of Chinese or even world literature, with profound influence on the creation of drama and fiction and peoples ideology in China. As one of the most popular ancient Chinese novels, it has been translated into many languages.