What is the creative background of Water Margin?

As one of the four classical novels in China, Water Margin is a well-known story in China, and there are more and more TV dramas and movies with the theme of Water Margin. But to understand a story, we need to know its creative background first, which helps us to understand the content of the story in depth.

The Water Margin is actually adapted from the story of Sung River Uprising in history. This story happened in the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, the Northern Song Dynasty was weak in national strength and dark in politics. Many people live in poverty and complain about the government. So many people were forced to embark on the road of uprising, and Song Jiang was one of the bigger forces.

Later, Song Jiang's story was written as a novel by many calligraphers, and naturally there were many versions. Coupled with the prevalence of storytelling culture in Song Dynasty, many stories about Liangshan hero Song Jiang were changed into storytelling content, which was handed down from generation to generation until these stories were collected and compiled into a book, that is, the Water Margin we saw.

The heroes of Liangshan 108 in Water Margin are mostly fugitives. They became fugitives and were forced by the court. Many of them even had official backgrounds and were finally forced to go to Liangshan. Their successful gathering in Liangshan also reflected the political darkness and poverty of the people in the Song Dynasty.

After Song Jiang was acclaimed by the imperial court, he fought a lot of big battles for the imperial court. This was also because the imperial court in the Song Dynasty was relatively weak at that time, and wars with neighboring countries emerged one after another. In addition, the domestic uprising in the Song Dynasty continued, which directly led to the demise of Liangshan heroes.

Especially when watching the Water Margin, you will be particularly angry when you see the back. Why did so many Liangshan heroes finally die? This is unacceptable. However, this tragic color also adds a lot of charm to the novel Water Margin.