The Water Margin is just a fictional romance novel. Some characters in it are real, but many stories and characters are fictional. The story is also true and false.
"Romance novels" refer to some characters and stories in novels, which do exist in history, but a large part of them are fabricated by the author. And this "Water Margin" is equivalent to a collection of historical figures and major events, which is also mixed with many fictional plots.
Nowadays, many people mistakenly think that the book Water Margin is about real history, which makes the real history unknown. Because this book is so vivid, and after so many years, it has become China's four classic novels. The influence is so extensive that many people mistakenly think that this is the real historical truth because they don't care much about and understand history.
This book has a great influence on society and literature. For example, in terms of social influence, the description of Zhao 'an in Water Margin once had a negative impact on some rebel leaders. For example, Zhang was caressed in Gucheng, which means that "the royal family is committed to the story of" Song Jiang Shui Hu Zhuan "(chronicle). But comparatively speaking, the positive influence of Water Margin on peasant uprising is still the main one.
Literary influence: The Water Margin is the first vernacular novel in the history of China. As a new style, it has since established its due position in the field of literature, and began to gradually change the face of the literary world with poetry as its authenticity.