The heroes in The Water Margin are busy killing the rich and helping the poor, supporting Heaven and following the Way. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, they are busy devising strategy and planning how to achieve a balance of power. The pilgrims in Journey to the West hurry to obtain Buddhist scriptures. The bandits and courtesans in the Golden Lotus make love frantically.
《水滸》英雄人人給逼著殺富濟貧，替天行道；《三國》豪傑個個機謀巧算，圖爭三分天下；《西遊記》裡師徒一行趕著西天取經；《金瓶梅》裡的男盜女娼忙著妖精打架… …。