The theme and main content of the water margin
Water margin was one of the four famous novels in ancient China. It was a story about 108 righteous men rebelling against the ruling class. Its main idea and content can be summarized as follows: [Thematic thought: The theme of Water Margins is "The Way of Loyalty", emphasizing that people should uphold justice, loyalty, courage, and stick to their beliefs without fear of power.] At the same time, it also reflected the darkness and injustice of society and revealed the ugliness and complexity of human nature. The Water Margins tells the story of 108 righteous men who gathered in Liangshan to resist the ruling class. They came from different social classes, including generals, bureaucrats, tycoons, beggars, etc., but they all gathered together because of their beliefs and justice. After a series of battles and negotiations, the Liangshan heroes finally reached a "seating arrangement" plan and launched an uprising. During the uprising, they overcame many difficulties and challenges, including the siege of the enemy, internal division and financial management, but finally succeeded in establishing their own regime and became an important force against the ruling class. Water margin is not only a story about the uprising against the ruling class, but also a story that reflects social history and human nature. It showed the kindness, justice, courage and loyalty of human nature, but also revealed the darkness and injustice of society.