This is the third volume in a series of translations of a Chinese classical novel generally known as The Water Margin. In this volume, the company of outlaws on Mount Liang continues to grow. Lu Zhishen, the Flowery Monk, and his companions from Twin Dragon Peak reappear and join the company. Acknowledgements ix Introduction xi Panther and Magic Messenger on a byway meet; Morbid encounters Madcap in the street! 1(24) Morbid gets drunk and scolds his wife; Madcap ends the lecher's life! 25(26) Morbid gets rough on Jade Screen Hill; Madcap burns the Zhu Arms down! 51(18) Skyhawk twice invokes the oath of loyalty; Song Jiang attacks Zhu Castle! 69(22) Steelbright capture Short-Arse Wang; Song Jiang twice attacks Zhu Castle! 91(16) Colonel Sun and Blackface attack the prison; Snake and Scorpion are sprung from gaol! 107(20) The Professor carries out a double plan; Song Jiang attacks Zhu Castle for the third time! 127(18) Sergeant Let's aroused, a singer's killed; Whiskers loses an innocent child! 145(20) Iron Ox beats the Chancellor to death; Mr. Chai becomes a prisoner in Gaotang! 165(20) Magic Messenger wins the argument by using his wits; Iron Ox believes he's chopped the Sage to bits! 185(24) The Taoist uses magic to defeat Gao Lian; Iron Ox descends the well to rescue Chai Jin! 209(20) Marshal Gao finds himself three commanders; Twin Rods deploys his linked cavalry! 229(18) The Professor gets the Flea to steal some armour; Spots lures the Spearsuman to the mountain! 247(18) The Spearsman teacher the hooked spear; Song Jiang destroys the linked cavalry! 265(20) Three mountains join forces against Qingzhou; All the tigers agree to repair to the Marshes! 285(20) The Professor purloins the Emperor's bell; Song Jiang fights on the Western Peak! 305(18) Taoist Gongsun defeats the ghosts of Mount Mangdang; Chao Gai is struck by an arrow at Zengside! 323(20) The Professor has a plan to trap the Unicorn; White Eel fights at Golden Sands Landing! 343(22) The Prodigy saves his master with well-directed arrows! By leaping from a balcony Madcap robs the gallows! 365