There are many short stories in the four classic novels, not only written in books, but also written at the back of books. Today, we are going to talk about the story of Water Margin.
When it comes to Water Margin, the first thing that comes to mind is Shui Bo's 108 Water Margin. While portraying these heroes, the author Shi Naian also portrayed some supporting roles, which impressed us deeply.
Among them, Wu Dalang and Pan Jinlian are two completely different. The description of Wu Dalang in the book is short and ugly, but his wife Pan Jinlian is different. Pan Jinlian is a stunning beauty and a real beauty. Wu Dalang also has a brother who fights tigers. His name is Song Wu. Song Wu and Wu Dalang are brothers, but there are many differences in figure and appearance. The image of Song Wu in the book can be said to be handsome and charming, in sharp contrast with Wu Dalang.
It was also when he saw that Wu Dalang had such a handsome brother that his first wife Pan Jinlian began to seduce Song Wu, but Song Wu refused many times. Later, Pan Jinlian thought that it would be better to do it thoroughly anyway. He fell in love with Ximen Qing with the help of a matchmaker. Later, because he was hit by Wu Dalang, in order to keep his own business secret, he simply poisoned Wu Dalang, and Song Wu went to Liangshan. Pan Jinlian of Shi Naian has become a vivid prostitute. She became a prostitute because Wu Dalang is useless, but the story is a story, and the real history is not like this.
Pan Jinlian of Shi Naian has become a vivid prostitute. She became a prostitute because Wu Dalang is useless, but the story is a story, and the real history is not like this.
The textual research of historical facts always depends on something, and besides the ancient books left over from history, it is necessary to dig some tombs of ancient people to further textual research on what is recorded in ancient books.
1946, an ancient tomb was discovered in a small village in Hebei province. Through the epitaph, we can know that this is the tomb of a man named Wu Zhi. Coincidentally, the short and ugly Wu Dalang in Water Margin was written according to Wu Zhi.
But it turns out that this is not the case. The bones of Wu Zhi in this tomb are much higher than those described in the book, and this Wu Zhi is an honest official in history, not really as dirty as the Water Margin in Shi Naian.
So why did the water margin author write Wu Zhi so useless?
There is also a short story that Wu Zhi had a good friend before he became an official. Something happened to this friend's family. I hope Wu Zhi can help him. But after a while, this friend didn't see Wu Zhi's intention to help him, so he resigned and went home. On the way home, the more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He wrote many stories to denigrate Wu Zhi, and posted them while walking on the road. Coincidentally, these short stories he published happened to be the result of Shi Naian's traveling.
When Wu Zhi's friend came home, he saw that things at home had been solved, and he understood that Wu Zhi had sent someone to help, and then he regretted it.
When Shi Naian wrote the Water Margin, Wu Zhi didn't get an official position, but after Shi Naian's death, Wu Zhi became an official. Coincidentally, he married a woman named Pan Jinlian. With the excavation of Wu Zhi's tomb, the truth finally came out, and we were cheated for more than 600 years.
At the same time, our descendants also rushed to the location of Wu Zhi's tomb, found the descendants of the Wu family, and apologized in person. Although this has been done, it cannot change the history of Wu and Pan being hacked for thousands of years.