Japan: Panther Head Lin Chong or Hyoshito Rinchu; one of the 'One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Water Margin'; spear in hand; looking out from a doorway. Woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1863); 1827-1830. The Water Margin (known in Chinese as Shuihu Zhuan; sometimes abbreviated to Shuihu; known as Suikoden in Japanese; as well as Outlaws of the Marsh; Tale of the Marshes; All Men Are Brothers; Men of the Marshes; or The Marshes of Mount Liang in English; is a 14th century novel and one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Attributed to Shi Nai'an and written in vernacular Chinese.