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Shi Nai'an

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Suzhou, China

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Classics, History, Historical Fiction

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Shi Nai'an (Chinese: 施耐庵; pinyin: Shī Nài'ān, ca. 1296–1372), was a Chinese writer from Suzhou. He was attributed as the first compiler of the Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.
Library of Congress Authorities: Shi, Nai’an, approximately 1290-approximately 1365

Not much biographical information is known about him. Traditionally it was believed that he was a teacher of Luo Guanzhong, who was attributed as a main compiler of Romance of Three Kingdoms, another of the Four Great Classical Novels. Some modern scholars doubt that Shi actually existed, but was merely a pseudonym for Luo himself. ...more

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	Outlaws of the Marsh (4-Volume Boxed Set) by Shi Nai'an, Luo Guanzhong, Sidney Shapiro (Translator) 4.13 avg rating — 3,054 ratings — published 1370 — 339 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Water Margin, Volume 1 by Shi Nai'an, J.H. Jackson (Translator) 3.99 avg rating — 220 ratings — published 1963 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Water Margin, Volume 2 by Shi Nai'an, J.H. Jackson (Translator) 4.04 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1963 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Au bord de l'eau (#1) by Shi Nai'an, Jacques Dars really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 1641 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Broken Seals: Part One of the Marshes of Mount Liang by Shi Nai'an, Luo Guanzhong, John Dent-Young (Translator) 4.26 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1368 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Outlaws of the Marsh, V1 of 2 by Shi Nai'an, Luo Guanzhong, Sidney Shapiro 3.72 avg rating — 67 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tiger Killers: Part Two of The Marshes of Mount Liang by Shi Nai'an, Luo Guanzhong, Alex Dent-Young 3.96 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Au bord de l'eau (#2) by Shi Nai'an, Luo Guanzhong, Jacques Dars 3.84 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1641 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Outlaws of the Marsh, Vol. 2 of 4 by Shi Nai'an, Luo Guanzhong, Sidney Shapiro (Translator) 4.12 avg rating — 33 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gathering Company: Part Three of The Marshes of Mount Liang by Shi Nai'an, Luo Guanzhong, John Dent-Young (Translator) 4.03 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Au bord de l'eau (2 books)
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Jacques Dars

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水滸傳 (1 book)
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Luo Guanzhong,

Sidney Shapiro (Translator)

4.13 avg rating — 3,054 ratings

The Marshes of Mount Liang (5 books)
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Luo Guanzhong,

John Dent-Young,

Alex Dent-Young

4.10 avg rating — 208 ratings

Tepi Air (Shuihu Zhuan) (6 books)
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Senghock Teo (Illustrator),

Wu Jingyu (Translator)

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Berättelser från träskmarkerna (4 books)
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Shi Nai'an,

Göran Malmqvist (Translator)

4.30 avg rating — 53 ratings

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Quotes by Shi Nai'an (?)

“Li Gui called out, "Sir, if you kill me you will kill two persons."

"How do you make that out?" asked Li Kui, staying the blow.

"At home I support my mother who is ninety years of age, and this is my only means of helping her in her old age," said Li Gui. "I never injure people, but only make them afraid. If you kill me, my old mother will die of starvation."

Li Kui who never twinkled his eyes in chopping off people's heads, paused and thought when he heard this. "Here am I trying to succour my old mother, and yet killing a man who supports his old mother. Heaven will not allow me to live if I do this. No! No! I will forgive this man.

(J.H. Jackson translation)”
― Shi Nai'an, Outlaws of the Marsh

tags: deception, forgiveness, mercy

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War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

32 votes, 23.7%

The Sea of Fertility by Yukio Mishima

23 votes, 17.0%

Don Quixote (write-in)

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The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu

5 votes, 3.7%

U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel / 1919 / The Big Money by John Dos Passos

5 votes, 3.7%

The Water Margin by Shi Nai'an

2 votes, 1.5%

The Sea ofFertitilty (write-in)

1 vote, 0.7%

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