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"The Shui Hu Chuan, mostly translated as the "Water Margin" or "Brothers of the Marshes," is a fantasy novel edited by Shi Nai An in the 15th century. The original story is based on a bandit rebellion lead by Sung Jiang and 35 other bandit leaders, known as the 36 Braves of Liang Shan Po. Sung Jiang lead an unsuccessful rebellion against the Northern Sung empire, and it is said that he was recruited by the said Empire. However, the stories of these bandits was passed on and elaborated by peasants of the time.
Shi Nai An, who's real name is unknown (Shi Nai An just means, "Editor" or something), was a struggling scholar class (highest social class in China) who was trying to make ends meet. He realized that fanatasy novels sold better than annotated confucian texts, so he decided to collect the various accounst of the Liang Shan Po bandits and edit it into one cohesive writing--the Shui Hu Chuan. The first edition was written around the 14th century, composed of Chapters 1-70. Later on, chapters were added, and by the end, the Shui Hu Chuan had 110 chapters, and became immensely popular in China.
Shui Hu Zhuan was first brought to Japan during the edo period by Chinese merchants in th mid-17th century. The story became extremely popular in Japan due to all the colorful characters described in the book. Many parts of the book have been adapted into kabuki plays, and many woodblock prints still remain depicting various scenes from the book, such as Li Kwei killing a tiger with his bare hands. The story was first introduced as "Suikoenbu," which translates to "Water Margin Play" but later on was changed to "Suikoden"--Water Margin Legends.
Suikoden's popularity created a Japanese story of it's own, the "Nanso Satomi Hakkenden" written by Makoto Kyokutei, who is an artisan of unknown origin. This story speaks about 8 warriors born under a curious destiny, fated to unite and fight against a mysterious evil. That story is still very popular in Japan.
Suikoden's popularity soared during Japan's militant Meiji, Taisho, and early Showa eras because of the militaristic ideals that the story preached helped with the Japanese government's propaganda.
After WWII, Suikoden lost popularity while the Romance of the Three Kingdoms gained wide popularity. Suikoden still remains somewhat unknown compared to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. If you ask a young Japanese person these days about Suikoden, they might be able to say that it is a name of a famous Pachinko (pinball gamble) machine, but you may not hear anything about the old Chinese tale."
Remélem ez is kielégítő válasz volt.
"Sometimes justice is just a word, but sometimes justice is also three feet of sharp steel smashing in your face."
