After having passed amounting to several centuries'conceived process, the novel The Outlaws of the Marsh comes out finally in the late Yuan Dynasty. The Water Margin stories'evolution has mainly experienced four stages till the whole book finished. There has been obvious transmutation in Yuan zaju of describing water marsh heroes. Dramatists in Yuan Dynasty have strong tendency to choice of the water marsh heroes. It has detailed description of the 108 heroes each in the novel. In original novel, the quantities of heroes ,the rank of the characters , their nicknames and the clothing has embodied the images of all heroes .The changes of the character's personality is from"personal loyalty"to"faithfulness"The temperament of the literati distinct at the beginning and ends with unclearness .Compared with the original edition .The water marsh in zaju exists evident character weakness in heroes. The description of Likui is in particular. The transmutation between the two edition mainly dues to the society background, imperial examination and the creative style etc. |