| The Water Margin | |||||||
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| Also known as | Outlaws of the Marsh | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 水滸傳 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 水浒传 | ||||||
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| Genre | Costume drama, martial arts | ||||||
| Based on | Water Margin by Shi Nai'an | ||||||
| Screenplay by | Yang Zhengguang Ran Ping Ren Dahui Mi Jiecheng | ||||||
| Directed by | Zhang Shaolin Lu Tao Pan Yinlai Kang Honglei Guo Daqun Xing Zhaojun Li Li Guo Jin Luo Shunming | ||||||
| Starring | Li Xuejian Zang Jinsheng Zhou Yemang Ding Haifeng Zhao Xiaorui | ||||||
| Ending theme | 1. Haohan Ge (好汉歌) performed by Liu Huan 2. Tianshi Dili Renhe (天时地利人和) performed by Peng Liyuan | ||||||
| Composer | Zhao Jiping | ||||||
| Country of origin | China | ||||||
| Original language | Mandarin | ||||||
| No. of episodes | 43 | ||||||
| Production | |||||||
| Executive producers | Yang Weiguang Yu Guanghua Chen Hanyuan Liu Yiqin Jia Wenzeng Hu En Zou Qingfang | ||||||
| Producers | Ren Dahui Zhang Jizhong Meng Fanyao Wang Rui Que Xin Dou Yanrong Ma Jian Wang Hao Zhao Baoming Sun Xinyuan | ||||||
| Production location | China | ||||||
| Cinematography | Zhang Shaolin Yu Min Zhao Xingang Zhang Zhendong Zhu Qiang Gu Fuqun Zhao Xinchang Xie Jinfeng Lang Yanhong Li Congjun | ||||||
| Editors | Hong Mei Chen Xi Zhang Jing | ||||||
| Running time | 45 minutes per episode | ||||||
| Production company | CCTV | ||||||
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| Network | CCTV | ||||||
| Release | January 1998 – 1998 | ||||||
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The Water Margin is a 1998 Chinese television series adapted from Shi Nai'an's classical 14th-century novel of the same title. It was produced by CCTV with Zhang Jizhong as producer. It was first broadcast in China in January 1998. The series also featured action choreography by Yuen Woo-ping.
Liu Huan sang the ending theme song for the first 30 episodes while Peng Liyuan (a former singer who is now the First Lady of China) sang the one for the last 13 episodes.