該系列圖書(shū)精選自中國(guó)古代經(jīng)典小說(shuō)名著,為方便外國(guó)讀者理解,專門請(qǐng)有關(guān)專家對(duì)原著進(jìn)行縮寫(xiě)改編,內(nèi)容涵蓋原著中有代表性的情節(jié)和故事,通過(guò)這些可讀性強(qiáng)的故事傳達(dá)出其中蘊(yùn)含的中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)文化精髓,吸引國(guó)外讀者的閱讀和探究興趣,出版后特別受到國(guó)外讀者喜愛(ài)。 《水滸傳》是我國(guó)明代長(zhǎng)篇小說(shuō)的一部杰作。它不是作者憑空杜撰的,而是以北宋宣和年間宋江率眾造反起義的歷史事件為素材,并廣泛吸收了宋、元間街談巷議和說(shuō)書(shū)人、雜劇表演依據(jù)的“梁山泊故事”。小說(shuō)描寫(xiě)了水泊梁山一百單八將反抗官軍、殺富濟(jì)貧的故事。本書(shū)是針對(duì)外國(guó)讀者的改編故事版。 Outlaws of the Marsh, One of the best known and best loved of the ancient Chinese novels which have come down through the ages, written in the fourteenth century, is a fictional account of twelfth-century events in the final years of Hui Zong, a Song Dynasty emperor who reigned from 1101 to 1125. It tells why and how one hundred some-old men and women are forced by the harsh feudal officialdom and banded together on a marsh-girt mountain, became leaders of an outlaw army of thousands and fought brave and resourceful battles against pompous, heartless tyrants.