This book, called <i>Song Jiang</i> (宋江), is a Thai translation of the Chinese novel <i>Shuihu Zhuan</i> (水滸傳; "Water Margin Stories"), written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi_Nai%27an" class="extiw" title="w:Shi Nai'an">Shi Nai'an</a> (施耐庵), a person from the Ming dynasty. As regards the Thai translation, it is stated in the preamble that Siamese chancellor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somdet_Chaophraya_Sri_Suriwongse" class="extiw" title="w:Somdet Chaophraya Sri Suriwongse">Chuang Bunnak</a> ordered the translation to be done by an mentioned person in the year 2410 BE (1867/68 CE). The translation was found in a 12-volume manuscript and was first printed by Doctor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Beach_Bradley" class="extiw" title="w:Dan Beach Bradley">Dan Beach Bradley</a> as a 5-volume book in the year 2422 BE (1879/80 CE) during the reign of King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chulalongkorn" class="extiw" title="w:Chulalongkorn">Chulalongkorn</a>.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Shi_Nai%27an" class="extiw" title="w:en:Shi Nai'an"><span title="Chinese writer">Shi Nai'an</span></a>
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ชือ ไน่อัน. (๒๕๑๔). <i>ซ้องกั๋ง เล่ม ๑</i>. พระนคร: โรงพิมพ์รุ่งวัฒนา.