Water Margin the Classic Chinese Novel that influenced Japanese Literature, Anime & Yakuza

Water Margin, deemed as the most brutal and immoral classical Chinese novel, had been banned periodically & whitewashed. In this episode, I will talk about what this controversial is novel is all about and how it greatly influenced Japanese literature. In japan, this novel is called Suikoden. 🕒[TIMESTAMP]🕒 0:00 Introduction 1:05 Brief Synopsis of Water Margin 3:01 Against Confucian Morality 4:03 Complex Ingroup Conflict 5:24 The Problematic Second "Half" 10:42 Water Margin in Japan (Suikoden) 12:05 How Water Margin Came to Japan 15:40 How Water Margin Influenced Japan 🔗LINKS TO MENTIONED VIDEOS🔗 Sakoku - Intellectual Development in "Isolationist" Japan:    • Sakoku - Intellectual Development in "Isol...   Three Unifiers of Sengoku Japan:    • ANIMATED Three Unifiers of Sengoku Japan -...   Romance of the Three Kingdoms Animated Summary:    • ANIMATED Romance of the Three Kingdoms - C...   🎶MUSIC by Epidemic Sound: http://www.epidemicsound.com 🎉SUPPORT US ON🎉 Decide future contents and other rewards on Patreon:   / coolhistorybros   One time donations on Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/cjleung 🎥PLAYLISTS🎥 Qin Dynasty Origin    • Qin Dynasty Origin   Cool Chinese History (By release)    • Cool Chinese History   Hundred Schools of Thoughts:    • Hundred Schools of Thought   📚SOURCES: 水滸傳 (120回) 罗立群, 2008, 中国武侠小说史 中島 恵, 2016, 江戸期は空前の中国ブーム、『三国志』が大流行 William C. Hedberg, 2020, The Japanese Discovery of Chinese Fiction: The Water Margin and the Making of a National Canon Liangyan Ge, 2001, Out of the Margins: The Rise of Chinese Vernacular Fiction Liangyan Ge, 2003, Authoring "Authorial Intention:" Jin Shengtan as Creative Critic Martin W. Huang, 1994, Author(ity) and Reader in Traditional Chinese Xiaoshuo Commentary Henry Lem, Branding “Literary Genius” in Jin Shengtan’s 70 Chapter Edition of the Water Margin C. T. Hsia, 1968, The Classic Chinese Novel Claudine Salmon (ed), 2013, Literary Migrations: Traditional Chinese Fiction in Asia (17th-20th Centuries) Haruo Shirane (ed), 2002, Early Modern Japanese Literature 🖥WEBSITE & SOCIAL🖥 Facebook:   / cool-history-bros-102814917992919   Twitter:   / cjleung_dst   #History #Literature #Documentary #Asia