Water Margin (Illustrated Collector's Edition)Volume I/水浒传（上）, (Hardcover)

The classic Rong Yu Tang Edition of "Water Margin", featuring authoritative annotations by experts from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Includes hundreds of explanatory notes, phonetic notations for difficult characters, ensuring an accessible reading experience. Beautifully presented with forty finely crafted illustrative inserts. 经典容与堂本《水浒传》，中国社科院专家权威校注，数百条注释、疑难字注音，无障碍阅读，四十张绣像版插图精美呈现！ Water Margin provides a vivid and detailed portrayal of the entire process of the peasant uprising led by Song Jiang-from its inception and growth to its ultimate failure. It exposes the darkness and decay of feudal society and the various evils of the ruling class, while passionately celebrating the rebellious spirit and righteous actions of the uprising's heroes. The novel gives life to a brilliant array of梁山 heroes, vividly revealing the objective truth of feudal society-that "officials drive the people to rebellion"-as well as the internal causes underlying the failure of peasant uprisings. In 1953, during the early years of the Writers Publishing House, among its very first publications were these four classical masterpieces: Dream of the Red Chamber, Water Margin, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Journey to the West. These editions are among the earliest published in New China and remain some of the most influential. For this four-volume series, we have selected the editions that best capture the essence of each work: Dream of the Red Chamber (Cheng Yi Ben), Water Margin (Rong Yu Tang Ben), Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Mao's Commentary Edition), and Journey to the West (Shi De Tang Ben). Experts from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences have been invited to meticulously proofread and annotate the texts, and nearly two hundred finely crafted illustrations have been carefully chosen, striving to provide readers with the definitive editions for their personal libraries. 《水浒传》具体而生动地描写了以宋江为首的农民起义发生、发展直至失财的整个过程，揭露了封建社会的黑暗、腐朽和统治阶级的种种罪恶，热情歌颂了起义英雄的反&am

• Water Margin (Illustrated Collector's Edition)Volume I/水浒传（上）, (Hardcover)
• Author: China National Publications Import & Export C
• ISBN: 9787506396301
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2019-01-01
• Page Count: 660