Packet 11: Bonus 9
The central group of this novel operate under Sòng Jiāng’s motto “Delivering justice on heaven's behalf.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this novel by Shī Nài'ān, one of China’s Four Great Classics, about 108 outlaws called the “stars of destiny” who fight against the corrupt Song dynasty.
ANSWER: Water Margin [or Shui Hu Zhuan]
[10h] Jīn Shèngtàn elevated Water Margin as a “work of genius” alongside this collection, whose witty chapters include one debating whether fish are happy. A man in this book is unsure whether he dreams of a butterfly or the butterfly dreams of him.
ANSWER: Zhuāngzǐ [or Chuang Tzŭ]
[10e] Water Margin is often compared to stories about this British hero. A book of ballads by Howard Pyle dramatizes how this resident of Sherwood Forest stole from the rich and gave to the poor.
ANSWER: Robin Hood
<Long Fiction — Ganon Evans> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 11
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
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| 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |