Top 10 works of Chinese literature

By Elaine Duan
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   Outlaws of the Marsh (simplified Chinese: 水浒传; pinyin: Shuǐ Hǔ Zhuàn)

Outlaws of the Marsh, also known as The Water Margin or All Men Are Brothers is one of the four great Chinese classic novels together with The Dream of the Red Chamber, Journey to the West and Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Written by Shi Nai'an more than 600 years ago, Outlaws of the Marsh is based on the story of the outlaw Song Jiang and his 36 companions, and details the trials and tribulations of 108 outlaws during the Song Dynasty. It has been compared to the tales of Robin Hood.

Full of legendary stories, the novel describes in vivid and expressive language a total of 787 characters, more figures than any other novel in the world.

There have been many translations of the work, including versions by Pearl Buck and Sidney Shapiro, an American Jewish scholar who later took Chinese nationality.

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