Afraid of some kind of threat Our army launched a powerful offensive and the enemy surrendered.

Name: Shi Naian, whose real name is Zi 'an, also known as Zhao Rui, whose real name is Yan Duan and whose real name is Naian.

The writer is from Baijuchang, Xinghua (now Jiangsu). Originally from Hailing County, Taizhou, he lived in Shijia Lane outside Nagato, Suzhou, and then moved to Baijuchang, Xinghua County (now Baiju Town, Dafeng City, Jiangsu Province).

Since the 1920s, relevant materials, including Shi's genealogy and Shi's genealogy, have been found in Xinghua, Dafeng and other places in Jiangsu Province. In addition, the addendum 13 of Xinghua County Records contains the biography of Shi Naian, and the addendum 14 contains the epitaph of Shi Naian written by Wang Daosheng in the early Ming Dynasty. According to the analysis of these materials, Shi Naian is the descendant of Shi Zhi, one of the seventy-two sons of Confucius, who made Suzhou his home in the late Tang Dynasty. His father's name is Yuan De and his mother is Bian Shi (Bian Shi's descendants also moved to Dafeng City, Jiangsu Province). Shi Naian is smart, studious, talented, filial and brave. 19 years old is a scholar, 28 years old is a juren, and 36 years old is a scholar with Liu Bowen. He served as an official in Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang) for three years. Because he was dissatisfied with the darkness of officialdom, he didn't want to meet dignitaries, gave up his official position and returned to his hometown. Shi took part in Zhang Shicheng's military activities when he rose up against Yuan Dynasty. After Zhang occupied the Soviet Union, Shi participated in the planning under his protection and had a close relationship with his Ministry Bian. Later, because Zhang was greedy for pleasure and didn't listen to advice, Shi was disappointed with Lu Yuan, Liu Liang and Chen Ji, and left one after another. When seeing Lu and Liu Xiang off, he composed a divertimento "New Water Makes Qiu Jiang Farewell" to express his generous grief. Soon, Zhang Shicheng died and the country was ruined. Stone travels all over the world, roaming in Shandong and Henan. He befriended her, was taught by Yuncheng County, and then lived with her teacher in the early days of the Xu family in Jiangyin. Later, he returned to his old white pony, unable to live in seclusion, and felt that the situation was going downhill. He wrote The Water Margin as his sustenance, and together with his disciple Luo Guanzhong, he wrote The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and The Biography of Sansui Pingyao. He is also good at poetry, but it is rarely circulated. Besides the divertimento Qiu Jiang Farewell, there are other poems handed down, such as Gu Ti's poems and Liu Liang's poems. Shi Naian hid in Huai 'an to avoid the Ming Dynasty conscription, died of illness and was buried on the spot at the age of 75. During the Wanli period, Hu Yinglin pointed out in "Shao's Mountain House Pen Collection": "The Water Margin compiled by Zhongshi in Wulin is particularly popular." Today, people agree that Shi Naian is the author of Water Margin. Others think it was co-authored by disciple Luo Guanzhong or a sequel by Luo Guanzhong.

Shi Naian's other works are said to include Know You, Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties, and Biography of Mitsui Pingyao. Some people even say that he also participated in the compilation of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which are all mentioned in his epitaph. Whether it is true or not remains to be further studied.