The Water Margin — Season 1, Episode 3: Both at Last Will Reach the Sea

Episode synopsis

Yang Chih - known as 'Blue Face' - is one of the few honourable men in government. Kao Chiu has banished him to a distant province - with orders to capture and kill Lin Chung. Lin Chung, searching for his wife Hsiao Lan, is offered refuge by Wang Lun, leader of the rebel warriors of Liang Shan Po. However, Yang Chih has captured Lin Chung's wife: Lin Chung must face Yang Chih in a duel that will decide the fate of them all.

About The Water Margin

The Water Margin is a Japanese television series based on Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. The novel details the trials and tribulations of 108 outlaws during the Song Dynasty. This adaptation follows Lin Chung and his clashes with the local government official Kao Chiu. The Water Margin is famous for its, sometimes obscure, but memorable philosophical quotes, such as "Do not despise the snake for having no horns,for who is to say it will not become a dragon?""

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Nine Dozen Heroes and One Wicked Man
• E2None Ever Escape Alive
• E4Ever Busy are the Gods of Love
• E5A Treasure of Gold and Jade
• E6Bandits Who Steal Are Executed
• E7How Easy to Die, How Hard to Live
• E8A Man's Only Happiness
• E9A Dutiful Son and the Love of a Brother
• E10Escape Is Not Freedom
• E11The Girl Who Loved the Flower Priest
• E12Kao Chiu Loses His Heart
• E13When Liang Shan Po Robbed the Poor