The author of "Water Margin" is generally considered to be Shi Nai'an, but not all the stories of "Water Margin" are original works by Shi Nai'an.

In fact, before the book "Water Margin", there were already records of the uprising of Song Jiang and others, and there were many versions.

In addition, there are also a large number of stories about Song Jiang and others among the people, and the details of the stories circulating in different regions are also different.

Shi Nai'an gathered these stories that were circulated in different regions, and after selection, processing, and re-creation, he wrote this magnificent masterpiece "Water Margin".

Now, Li Fan is going to bring this work to this world.

...

Li Fan was still sorting out manuscripts in the study. The two girls Su Qing and Qin Yulin were back, and Qin Lie and Su Yilin were also back together.

Not only that, Zheng Jie and Liang Sheng also came.

It is obvious that they are all for Li Fan’s upcoming new work.

"Brother-in-law! Brother-in-law!" As soon as he returned to the yard, Qin Yulin called out loudly.

Li Fan smiled helplessly, temporarily saved the manuscript, got up and walked out of the study.

After going downstairs and just walked to the yard, Qin Lie said, "I heard that you will start serializing new works in three days, or about ancient uprisings. This type of work is not easy to create. You only have three days to conceive, is there enough time?"

Li Fan laughed and said, "It took more than three days. I had roughly thought about it before. This time, Director Wang and Director Liu from CCTV came to me, which was just right."

After hearing what Li Fan said, Qin Lie and others nodded. Su Yilin asked again: "What is the name of the new work? Have you thought about it?"

Li Fan said: "The name has been decided, it is called "Water Margin".

"Water Margin?" Qin Lie and others all showed confusion. It was obvious that they did not understand the meaning of the title of the book very much.

This is indeed a somewhat strange name.

Zheng Jie asked, "How to explain the word "Water Margin"?"

"Well," Li Fandao, "probably, maybe it means being by the water, in the wild."

There is no way, Li Fan can only use the words "probably", "maybe".

Because the exact meaning of the word "Water Margin" has been controversial in previous lives.

The word "Water Margin" comes from "The Book of Songs·Daya·Zeng", "The father of Gu Gong came to the court to take the horse and led the Western Water Margin to Qixia."

This sentence means that the ancestor of the Zhou tribe, Gu Gongfu, also known as King Wen of Zhou, drove his horse early in the morning and led his tribe members along the bank of the river that came from the west to the foot of Qishan.

This is the beginning of the prosperity of the Zhou Dynasty.

Therefore, some people believe that Shi Nai'an used "Water Margin" as the title of the book to compare the uprising of Song Jiang and others with the rise of the Zhou Dynasty, to affirm the fighting spirit of the uprising heroes and resist the rule.

But this statement has always been controversial.

In addition, there is another saying that the original name of "Water Margin" is "The Legend of Jianghu Haoke".

At that time, Shi Nai'an completed the creation of his work "The Legend of the Heroes in the Jianghu". Shi Nai'an was very satisfied with the plot in the book, but he felt that the title was poor.

Luo Guanzhong, a student of Shi Nai'an, suggested that the book be titled "Water Margin". Shi Nai'an was very happy when he heard it.

"Water Margin", which means waterside, has the meaning of "in the wild". In the Book of Songs, the allusion that "The Gu Gong Tanfu came to the court to take the horse and led the Western Water Margin, as for Qixia", is really wonderful.

Therefore, Shi Nai'an officially renamed "The Legend of the Heroes in Jianghu" to "Water Margin".

Similarly, this statement is also controversial.

The true meaning of the word "Water Margin" is probably only an unsolved mystery.

However, in this world, Qin Lie, Su Yilin, Zheng Jie, Liang Sheng and others nodded after listening to Li Fan's explanation. They agreed with Li Fan's explanation very much.

Since it is a subject of an uprising, it is really appropriate to have the meaning of "in the wild".

Liang Sheng said: "If you release this work after "Journey to the West", the outside world will definitely compare "Water Margin" with "Journey to the West". "Journey to the West" is too classic, and your new work is under a lot of pressure."

Li Fan smiled and said, "It's okay, "Water Margin" and "Journey to the West" are not the same type of works. It's hard to define which one is better? Who is worse? However, it's certain that "Water Margin" will become one of the most classic works, just like "Journey to the West".

After hearing this, Su Qing and Qin Yulin's two girls still couldn't help but roll their eyes. This guy still didn't know how to be modest.

Qin Lie smiled and scolded: "When will you learn to be modest? But that's fine. I want to see how your "Water Margin" becomes a classic like "Journey to the West"?"

Li Fan smiled and said, "Then, please log in to my Weibo on time at 10 a.m. three days later, at 10 a.m. to watch the update."

I knew this would be the result, and Qin Lie and others no longer planned to say anything about it.

...

Since the completion of "Journey to the West", Li Fan has not released new works for a while.

The outside world is very excited about Li Fan's new works. When they talk about Gu Yong's work "The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng", they often mention Li Fan's new works.

Countless people are eager to see Li Fan's new works, and they are very eager to see classic works like "Journey to the West".

Many people are also speculating about what genre of Li Fan’s new work will be? Or what subject it is about?

Because Li Fan has made it clear that he will not continue to launch works of gods and demons for the time being.

Therefore, the genre and subject matter of Li Fan's new work became the focus of discussion in the outside world.

Now, they finally knew the answer.

CCTV's official platform announced a news to the outside world, mainly saying that CCTV TV Series Channel will film a TV series with ancient uprisings as the theme, and has reached a cooperation agreement with Li Fan.

Li Fan will create a special work for this purpose, with the theme of ancient uprisings, and then the CCTV TV Series Channel will bring it to the screen.

Li Fan's work is called "Water Margin" and will officially start serialization on his personal Weibo three days later.

After CCTV's official news, Li Fan also announced the relevant news on his personal Weibo, inviting everyone to read it in three days.

A stone caused a thousand waves, and the news spread throughout the Internet in a very short period of time.

Li Fan's new work actually cooperated with CCTV. This is very surprising, but it is not surprising. Only authors like Li Fan and Gu Yong are qualified to cooperate with CCTV.

The theme of the new work is actually about ancient uprisings, which is even more surprising and a bit strange.

Because, for works of this type of subject, it is afraid that it will be difficult for everyone to be interested in reading them.

It is not surprising that CCTV is going to shoot a TV series like this.

As for CCTV, even if it is an unpopular subject, it sometimes needs to be filmed.

What surprised everyone was that Li Fan actually agreed to the cooperation request put forward by CCTV.

You should know that most people are afraid that they are not interested in works with uprisings.

What's good about the uprising?

It is really surprising and strange that Li Fan actually wanted to create a work of this kind of subject.
Chapter completed!