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Credit: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Water Margin is a novel attributed to Shi Nai'an. Considered one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, the novel tells the story 108 outlaws that gather to form a sizable army, are granted amnesty by the government, and are sent on campaigns to resist foreign invaders and suppress rebel forces. This woodblock print depicts Yang Lin, the hero of the novel.