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Li Zhi interpreted Water Margin as a book of loyalty. He first compared the Water Margin with the works of ancient sages mentioned by Sima Qian, and called it "Angry Works". He said, "The people who wrote Water Margin were angry. Since the Song Dynasty, the government has been fearless and its crown and shoes have been reversed. Great sages are in the lower position, and unscrupulous people are in the upper position. Training leads to the land of the wilderness and the land of the Central Plains. For a moment, when you were in your prime, you were still in the hall, willing to kneel in front of dogs and sheep. Shi and Luo are both in Yuan Dynasty, and their hearts are in Song Dynasty. Although he was born in Yuan Dynasty, he was really angry with Song Dynasty. Therefore, when the two emperors went to the inauguration ceremony in the north, they said that they would vent their anger when they broke Liao, and when they crossed the south, they said that they would destroy Fang La to vent their anger. " Then, he regarded the "venting anger" as "a strongman who gathered in the water margin the day before yesterday" and asserted: "If you want loyalty, you can't do it!" Li Zhi thinks that all the people in the water margin are loyal subjects. Loyal officials belong to the water margin because of social abnormality, "small virtues serve great virtues, and small sages serve great sages" (people with poor moral character command people with good moral character, while people with low intelligence command people with high intelligence). These loyal people with great virtues and great sages naturally do not want to bear the shame of serving small virtues and small sages. As a result, they gathered in the water margin. Li Zhi praised Song Jiang's loyalty, because he was "born on the water margin, with his heart above the imperial court, and devoted himself to wooing and serving the country. As for his death, he made great difficulties, achieved great success, took poison and committed suicide with him. "