《水浒传》反抗封建社会秩序，揭示了造反不惟是官逼民反，也是人生欲求和怀才不遇文化母题促成的；其富于思辩的否定精神，有着深厚的思想文化基础。而且小说逞威炫力，其阳刚之气质也是对传统文化重文轻武、崇柔抑刚的反是，这对锻造中华民族刚强的性格有不容忽视的影响。同时，小说融入神话，再造神话，流露出肯定造反精神的厚重底蕴，对水浒英雄从人格到神格的塑造，展现了人民大众对他们的崇敬之情。这三方面的特征，都不同程度地冲击着以儒家为主导的传统文化，体现了小说固有的文化品格 “Water Margin” against the feudal social order, revealing the rebellion is not only forcing people to oppose the people, but also desire to life and pregnant with the cultural motif contributed to; its rich thinking in the negative spirit, has a profound ideological and cultural foundation. In addition, the novel’s supremacy is hygienic. Its masculine temperament is also an emphasis on the traditional culture. It is not negligible to forge the strong character of the Chinese nation. At the same time, the novel incorporates the myth, reconstructs the myth and reveals the thick heritage of the affirmative rebelling spirit. It shows the people’s respect for them from the personality to the divinity. These three characteristics all impact the traditional culture dominated by Confucianism in varying degrees, reflecting the inherent cultural character of the novel