Shi Naian
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Shi Naian (Chinese: 施耐庵; pinyin: Shī Nàiān, ca. 1296—1372), was a classical Chinese author attributed as the first compiler of Water Margin from Suzhou.

Not much biographical information is known about him. Some modern scholars doubt that Shi actually existed, and believe his was a teacher of Luo Guanzhong, who was attributed as a main compiler of Romance of Three Kingdoms.

References

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• Lu, Naiyan, "Shuihu Zhuan" ("Water Margin"). Encyclopedia of China (Chinese Literature Edition), 1st ed.

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