, ▁Jin ▁believed ▁that ▁author ial ▁intention ▁is ▁less ▁important ▁than ▁the ▁comment ator ' s ▁reading ▁of ▁a ▁story . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁Rom ance ▁of ▁the ▁Western ▁Chamber ▁comment ary , ▁he ▁writes , ▁" X ix i ang ▁Ji ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁work ▁written ▁by ▁an ▁individual ▁named ▁Wang ▁Sh if u ▁alone ; ▁If ▁I ▁read ▁it ▁carefully , ▁it ▁will ▁also ▁be ▁a ▁work ▁of ▁my ▁own ▁creation , ▁because ▁all ▁the ▁words ▁in ▁X ix i ang ▁Ji ▁happen ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁words ▁that ▁I ▁want ▁to ▁say ▁and ▁that ▁I ▁want ▁to ▁write ▁down ". ▁ ▁Major ▁works ▁ ▁Sh ui hu ▁Z hu an ▁comment ary ▁ ▁Jin ' s ▁first ▁major ▁critical ▁activity , ▁completed ▁in ▁ 1 6 4 1 , ▁was ▁a ▁comment ary ▁on ▁the ▁popular ▁Chinese ▁novel ▁Sh ui hu ▁Z hu an , ▁known ▁in ▁the ▁West ▁as ▁Water ▁Mar gin , ▁among ▁other ▁names . ▁ ▁The ▁comment ary ▁begins ▁with ▁three ▁pre faces , ▁in ▁which ▁Jin ▁discuss es ▁his ▁reasons ▁for ▁undert aking ▁the ▁comment ary , ▁and ▁the ▁achiev ements ▁of ▁put ative ▁Water ▁Mar gin ▁author ▁Sh i ▁Na ian . ▁ ▁The ▁next ▁section ▁is ▁entitled ▁" How ▁to ▁Read ▁the ▁Fif th ▁Work ▁of ▁Gen ius ". ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁advice ▁for ▁the ▁reader , ▁this ▁section ▁contains ▁Jin ' s ▁thoughts ▁on ▁the ▁literary ▁achiev ements ▁of ▁the ▁novel ▁as ▁a ▁whole . ▁ ▁The ▁novel ▁itself ▁comes ▁next ,