TheOutlawsoftheMarsh，OneofthebestknownandbestlovedoftheancientChinesenovelswhichhavecomedownthroughtheages，writteninthefourteenthcentury，isafictionalaccountoftwelfth-centuryeventsinthefinalyearsofHuiZong，aSongDynastyemperorwhoreignedfrom1101to1125，Ittellswhyandhowonehundredsome-oldmenandwomenareforcedbytheharshfeudalofficialdomandbandedtogetheronamarsh-girlmountain，becameleadersofanoutlawarmyofthousandsandfoughtbraveandresourcefulbattlesagainstpompous，heartlesstyrants.