The numerous retroflex words in The Water Margin played a dynamic and natural role in character description and other aspects.There was a certain correlation between such words and Hangzhou dialects.Related literature suggests that it might be related to the fact that The Water Margin stories wese once spread among chats in streets,commercial hubs and performance venues in ancient Hangzhou.It might be also related to the creation indi-viduals from some scholar organizations.The author might have inadvertently preserved them when The Water Mar-gin was finished.
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