《南总里见八犬传》简称为《八犬传》,号称为日本江户文学之冠。该小说在创作过程中大量借鉴模仿了中国《水浒传》的素材,本文以两部作品中的开篇和结局为着眼点,论述了《八犬传》和《水浒传》在故事结构上的相似之处,说明了《八犬传》在创作中对《水浒传》的借鉴和模仿。 “The total length of eight dogs in South,” referred to as “Eight Dog Biography”, known as the highest of Japan’s Edo literature. The novel borrows a great deal of material from the “Outlaws of the Marsh” in the process of creation. This essay focuses on the opening and the ending of the two works and discusses the similarities in the story structure of “Eight Dogs” and “Outlaws of the Marsh” Where, illustrates the “Eight Dogs Biography” in the creation of “Water Margin” for reference and imitation.