Have been reading WATER MARGIN
This is a medieval chinese book that is, supposedly, about a group of virtuous bandits that gather together in a marsh, in opposition to the vicious and corrupt officials of the Song Dynasty. However, I wonder if any of the people who describe the bandits this way have actually read the book, because actually the bandits are quite vicious and amoral!
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