This detailed novel traces the origins of each character and how they ended up on Mount Liangshang, whose names were immortalized in stone after a lightning strike as 36 Heaven elements and 72 Earth elements.
There are several instances of implied cannibalism in this work, such as where people are drugged to be used as ingredients in dumplings. One of the title characters is considered a descendent of the mythical god-hero from Romance of the Three Kingdoms. This detailed novel traces the origins of each character and how they ended up on Mount Liangshang, whose names were immortalized in stone after a lightning strike as 36 Heaven elements and 72 Earth elements. Together they squelched three rebellions of the Sung Dynasty. For 10 points, name this novel that criticized the rampant corruption and injustice of the Sung government, written by Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong and known in translation by any of a host of fraternal and wetlands-based titles.
There are several instances of implied cannibalism in this work, such as where people are drugged to be used as ingredients in dumplings.
{Shui Hu Zhuan} (be generous with pronunciation) [or {Outlaws of the Marsh}, or {The Water Margin}{,} or {All Men Are Brothers}, or {Bandits}; or equivalents to any of those]