Outlaws of the Marsh, considered by many to be China's greatest chivalric romance, actually dates from this period. Although the book was compiled by Shi Naiyan in the late Yuan and early Ming, these tales of 108 "bandits" battling a corrupt government from their mountain hideout had been in circulation since the Song.
為了改變社會種種不合理現象，梁山泊一百零八位好漢展開一段和官府對立的驚險好戲。水滸雖在元末明初由施耐庵整理成長篇小說，相關故事其實早在宋代已在民間廣泛流傳。