Water Margin

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Chinese literature
- In China: Literature and scholarship
- In Chinese literature: Vernacular fiction
Chinese performing arts
- In Chinese performing arts: The Yuan period
discussed in biography of Luo Guanzhong
- In Luo Guanzhong

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Japanese Language and Literature - The Japanese Discovery of Chinese Fiction:“The Water Margin”and the Making of a National Canon.	Gloria Lotha	Jul 09, 2024
	New article added.	Kathleen Kuiper	Nov 21, 2011