摘要
IN southwestern ShandongProvince,Liangshan County is known at home and abroad forthe Chinese classic novel Outlaws ofthe Marsh(or The Water Margin).Atpresent the county,the birthplace ofthe peasant uprising or oulaws inthe classic,has become a scenic spotand a showcase of this historic ev-ent.In the early 12th century,agroup of peasants,headed by ChaoGai and Song Jinag,gathered inLiangshan marsh to rise up