The Outlaws of the Marsh,One of the best known and bestloved 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,aSong Dynasty emperor who reigned from 1101to1125,It tells why and how one hundred some-old men and women are forced by the harsh feudal officialdom and bandedtogether on a marsh-girl mountain,became leaders of an outlaw army of thousands and fought brave and resourcefulbattles against pompous,heartless tyrants.