Water Margin
Novel by Shi Nai'an
Water Margin is one of the earliest Chinese novels written in vernacular Mandarin. It is one of the Four Classic Chinese Novels and is attributed to Shi Nai'an. It is also translated as Outlaws of the Marsh and All Men Are Brothers. Wikipedia
Author: Shi Nai'an
Characters: Lu Zhishen, Lin Chong, Wu Song, and more
Publication date: Uncertain, perhaps mid-14th century; definitely before 1524
Dewey Decimal: 895.1346
Genre: Historical fiction
Language: Written vernacular Chinese
Original title: 水滸傳