The Water Margin — Season 1, Episode 8: A Man's Only Happiness

Episode synopsis

Sung Chiang, not yet ready to join the bandits of Liang Shan Po, seeks the counsel of his friend Hua Yung, prefect of Ching Feng. Knowing of Hua Yung's fairness, Kao Chiu has appointed an additional, corrupt prefect. The new prefect's wife, Hsiu Lan, has been captured by bandits. Shih Chin - 'Tattooed Dragon' - has joined the group of outlaws, who also capture Sung Chiang. Shih Chin persuades the bandits to release their captives. However, Hsiu Lan tells her husband that Sung Chiang and Shih Chin were her captors, Lin Chung must now rescue them both, bringing them to the justice and honour of Liang Shan Po.

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
• E3Both at Last Will Reach the Sea
• 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
• 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