): ▁Z hu ang zi , ▁Li ▁Sa o , ▁Sh iji , ▁Du ▁Fu ' s ▁po ems , ▁Rom ance ▁of ▁the ▁Western ▁Chamber ▁( X i ▁X i ang ▁Ji ) ▁and ▁Water ▁Mar gin ▁( Sh ui hu ▁Z hu an ). ▁This ▁list ▁contained ▁both ▁highly ▁classical ▁works , ▁like ▁Li ▁Sa o ▁and ▁Du ▁Fu ' s ▁po ems , ▁and ▁nov els ▁or ▁plays ▁in ▁vern ac ular ▁Chinese ▁that ▁had ▁their ▁orig ins ▁in ▁the ▁streets ▁and ▁market place . ▁ ▁The ▁six ▁works ▁were ▁chosen ▁based ▁on ▁their ▁literary ▁mer it , ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁their ▁up standing ▁mor als . ▁▁ ▁For ▁these ▁reasons , ▁Jin ▁was ▁considered ▁an ▁ecc ent ric ▁and ▁made ▁many ▁enemies ▁among ▁the ▁conserv ative ▁Conf u cian ▁sch ol ars ▁of ▁his ▁day . ▁ ▁Jin ▁edited , ▁commented ▁on , ▁and ▁added ▁introdu ctions ▁and ▁inter linear ▁notes ▁to ▁the ▁popular ▁nov els ▁Water ▁Mar gin ▁and ▁Rom ance ▁of ▁the ▁Three ▁Kingdom s , ▁and ▁the ▁Y uan ▁dynast y ▁drama , ▁Rom ance ▁of ▁the ▁Western ▁Chamber . ▁ ▁Jin ▁is ▁often ▁grouped ▁with ▁Ma o ▁Z ong gang , ▁ ▁and ▁Z hang ▁Zh up o ▁as ▁comment ator / edit ors . ▁Ma o ' s ▁comment arial ▁edition ▁of ▁Rom ance ▁of ▁the ▁Three ▁Kingdom s ▁and ▁Z hang ' s ▁of ▁ ▁Jin ▁P ing ▁Me i ▁featured ▁ ▁( <0xE8> <0xAE> <0x80> 法 ▁lit . ▁" way ▁to ▁read