WATER MARGIN

Taj-Eddine and Soufiane

 • WATER MARGIN IS ONE OF THE 6
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MOST INFLUENCIAL ANCIENT
CHINESE NOVELS, THE 5 OTHERS
INTRODUCTION BEEN:

-  Romance of the 3 kingdoms.

-  The scholars.
-  Journey to the west.
-  Dream red chamber.
-  Plum in the golden vase.
-  Althougt it is not as famous
internationaly as the other
novels, is it definitely the most
influencial one, many of the
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Animes, Mangas, Novels and  
 even the yakuzas are inspired by this
3
masterpiece.

INTRODUCTION

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 SYNOPSIS

Presentation title

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2- THE PROBLEMS 5

OF THE NOVEL
With confucian morality:

- The problem with the story is that

the events are often bloody to an
extreme degree. Althougt some of the
copiers changed some details to make
the plot more bearable to read, the
story is still in general  very shoking.
So this is why confucians are the only
asians that hate the novels. 
 3- THE ISSUE WITH THE SECOND HALF
OF THE NOVEL

The novel is traditionally considered to have

been written by a certain shi Nai'an. But
there is one issue: 

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 - The first copy of the
water margin found by
4- buddhist monk named
IN JAPAN tenkai (1536 – 1643),
but the novel did
become popular in japan
only a century later,
when a novel inspired in
the possesion it was
published...
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