After consuming eighteen bowls of wine, a character in this novel pummels a tiger to death with his bare fists.
After his hut collapses under heavy snowfall, a character in this novel takes refuge in a temple whose deity he pleases with the severed heads of two enemies. Sidney Shapiro's acclaimed translation of this novel amalgamates the 70- and 100-chapter "complex" editions, which diverge at the point where the main characters are granted amnesty. At the start of this novel, its main characters shoot out in a black cloud upon being released from a stone statue of a tortoise. After consuming eighteen bowls of wine, a character in this novel pummels a tiger to death with his bare fists. In this novel, a set of characters with nicknames like "Black Whirlwind" and "Pilgrim" capture their nemesis Gao Qiu ("gow chyoh") during the fifth imperial siege of their hideout on Mount Liang. For 10 points, name this Classical Chinese novel about the adventures of the "Stars of Destiny," a group of 108 bandits.
After his hut collapses under heavy snowfall, a character in this novel takes refuge in a temple whose deity he pleases with the severed heads of two enemies.
Water Margin [or Shui Hu Zhuan or Outlaws of the Marsh or Tale of the Marshes or Men of the Marshes; or All Men Are Brothers; accept The Marshes of Mount Liang before “Liang”] &lt;Long Fiction&gt;