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

In fact, before the book "Water Margin" was written, 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 circulated among the people, and there are many differences in the details of the stories circulated in different regions.

Shi Nai'an brought together these stories that circulated in different regions, selected, processed, and re-created, and then wrote this magnificent masterpiece "Water Margin".

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

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Li Fan was still sorting out the manuscript in the study, Su Qing and Qin Yulin came back, and Qin Lie and Su Yilin also came back together.

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

Obviously, they are all here for Li Fan's upcoming new work.

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

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

After going downstairs, as soon as he walked to the courtyard, Qin Lie said: "I heard that after three days, your kid will start serializing new works again, which is still about the theme of ancient uprisings." This kind of work is not easy to create, you kid only need three days to conceive, is that enough?"

Li Fan laughed and said: "It's not just three days, I have roughly conceived it before, this time Director Wang and Director Liu of CCTV came to me, but it was just right." ”

Hearing Li Fan say this, Qin Lie and the others all nodded, and Su Yilin asked again: "What is the name of the new work?"

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

"Water Margin?" Qin Lie and the others all showed puzzled expressions, it was obvious that they didn't understand the meaning of the title of the book too much.

It's a somewhat strange name.

Zheng Jie asked, "What is the explanation of the word 'Water Margin'?"

"Well......" Li Fan said, "probably, maybe it means by the water, in the wild." ”

There is no way, Li Fan can only use words such as "probably" and "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, and Xuan", "The ancient father-in-law, who came to the dynasty and walked the horse, led the West Water Margin, as for Qixia." "One sentence.

This sentence is that the ancestor of the Zhou tribe, Gu Gong Tanfu, that is, the grandfather of King Wen of Zhou, drove his horse early in the morning and led his people along the bank of this westward river to the foot of Qishan Mountain.

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

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

But this claim has always been controversial.

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

At that time, Shi Nai'an completed the creation of the work "The Legend of Jianghu Hawkers", and Shi Nai'an was very satisfied with the plot in the book, but he felt that the title of the book was not good.

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

"Water Margin", that is, the meaning of the water's edge, has the meaning of "in the wild", and it is in line with the allusion of "Gu Gong Tan's father, who came to the dynasty to walk the horse, led the West Water Margin, and as for Qixia", it is really very wonderful.

As a result, Shi Nai'an officially renamed "The Legend of Jianghu Hawkers" to "Water Margin".

Again, this argument is equally controversial.

The true meaning of the word "Water Margin" can only become an unsolved mystery.

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

Since it is the theme of an uprising, it has the meaning of "in the opposition", which is really appropriate.

Liang Shengdao: "When you launch this work after "Journey to the West", you will naturally compare "Water Margin" and "Journey to the West", but "Journey to the West" is too classic, and you kid has a lot of pressure on this new work." ”

Li Fan said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, "Water Margin" and "Journey to the West" are not the same type of works, it is difficult to define who is better? Who is worse? However, it is certain that "Water Margin" will also become one of the most classic works like "Journey to the West". ”

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

Qin Lie scolded with a smile: "When will you kid learn to be humble? But that's fine, I want to see your "Water Margin", how to become 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 to see the update." ”

Knowing that this would be the result, Qin Lie and the others didn't plan to say anything about it.

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Li Fan has not released a new work for a while since the end of "Journey to the West".

The outside world is looking forward to Li Fan's new works. When they discuss Gu Yong's work "The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng", they often mention Li Fan's new works.

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

There are also many people who are speculating about what genre Li Fan's new work will be, or what kind of work will it be about?

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

Therefore, the genre and subject matter of Li Fan's new works have become the focus of discussion in the outside world.

Now, they finally know the answer.

CCTV's official platform announced a news to the outside world, mainly saying that the CCTV TV drama channel is going to shoot a TV series with the theme of ancient uprisings, 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 CCTV TV drama channel will put it on the screen.

Li Fan's work is called "Water Margin", and it will be officially serialized on his personal Weibo three days later.

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

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the news spread throughout the entire network in a very short time.

Li Fan's new work is actually cooperating with CCTV, which is very surprising to everyone, but it is not surprising, and only authors like Li Fan and Gu Yong are qualified to cooperate with CCTV.

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

Because, for works of this kind of theme, everyone is afraid that it is difficult to be interested in watching them.

It is not surprising that CCTV wants to shoot such a TV series.

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

To everyone's surprise, Li Fan actually agreed to CCTV's request for cooperation.

You must know that the vast majority of people are not interested in works with the theme of uprisings.

What's so nice about an uprising?

And Li Fan wants to create a work with this theme, which is really surprising and strange.

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