Outlaws of the Marsh
Outlaws of the Marsh is Sidney Shapiro's English translation of Water Margin, the Ming dynasty novel attributed to Shi Nai'an whose earliest complete printed edition dates from 1589. It follows 108 outlaws at Mount Liang. Shapiro's version is dated 1980.
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Awards, adaptations and setting
Adaptations
- Jin Ping Mei adaptation, 1610
- The Later Story of Water Margin adaptation, 1664
- Caricatures of the One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Suikoden adaptation, 1830
- Shui Hu Zhuan television series, 1983
- 108 Heroes of the Popular Water Margin adaptation
- Beauty and Valor in the Novel Suikoden adaptation
- Heroes of the Novel Suikoden adaptation
- Honchō suikoden gōyū 800 nin hitori adaptation
- Mizunohe Monogatari comic
- One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Suikoden adaptation
- One of the 108 Heroes of the Popular Water Margin adaptation
- Suikoden of Japanese Heroes adaptation
Setting and characters
- Characters
- Song Jiang, Zhang Heng, Pan Jinlian, Ximen Qing, Yang Jian
- Genre
- adventure fiction, historical fiction
In print
- Editions recorded
- 2 on Open Library, 2 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 54 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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How many editions of Outlaws of the Marsh are there?
We track 1 edition of Outlaws of the Marsh. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Has Outlaws of the Marsh been adapted?
Yes, including 108 Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (adaptation), Beauty and Valor in the Novel Suikoden (adaptation), Heroes of the Novel Suikoden (adaptation), according to Wikidata.
When was Outlaws of the Marsh first published?
Outlaws of the Marsh by Luo Guanzhong was first published in 1400.
Where these facts come from
- Water Margin, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Water Margin (Q70827), Wikidata (wikidata.org)
- Review of Outlaws of the Marsh, The Christian Science Monitor, 1981 (csmonitor.com)
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