There were many critics of the Chinese classic novel Water Margins, among which the more famous ones were the Ming Dynasty writer Shi Naian and the Ming Dynasty novelist Luo Guanzhong. Both of them had made great contributions to Water Margins and had a profound influence on the development of Chinese classical novels. Shi Naian had deeply shaped the characters in the novel, and had cleverly arranged the plot and structure of the story, making Water Margins a classic of Chinese classical novels. Luo Guanzhong reflected and criticized the ancient Chinese society through the world view, historical background and character relationships in the novel, making Water Margins one of the representative works in ancient Chinese novels.