Introduction: All the heroes in Liangshan are proud of not being close to women, leaving excess energy to drink, eat meat, beat and kill people. For example, when Dai Zong talked about Li Kui's benefits to Zhenren Luo, he mentioned one thing, saying that Li Kui "has no lust or evil intentions" and praised him greatly. Li Kui had a strong sense of rejection towards women. When Li Kui saw Song Jiang going to Tokyo to have a drink with Li Shishi, he became angry and made a scene.
The heroes of Liangshan
All the heroes of Liangshan are proud of not being close to women, leaving excess energy, drinking wine, eating meat, beating people and killing people. For example, when Dai Zong talked about Li Kui's benefits to Zhenren Luo, he mentioned one thing, saying that Li Kui "had no lust or evil intentions" and praised him greatly. Li Kui had a strong sense of repulsion towards women. When Li Kui saw Song Jiang going to Tokyo to have a drink with Li Shishi, he became angry and made a scene.
If all the heroes on Liangshanbo set up personnel files as they do now, there would be quite a few who would fill in the marital status column as unmarried. Many heroes pursue celibacy, such as Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Li Kui, Chao Gai, Gongsun Sheng, Wu Yong and others.
Not only Liangshan, but also other heroes in the book. For example, Wang Jin, the instructor of the 800,000-strong Forbidden Army mentioned at the beginning of the book, only has an old mother in her sixties and no wife. Wang Jin is said to be quite old, and as the instructor of the 800,000-strong Forbidden Army, he has a high status and a high income. From the description in the book, it seems that Wang Jin is also handsome, steady and polite in his work, and he will definitely not be unable to marry a wife. . Another example is Chao Gai. Song and Jiang all call him brother, and he can recognize Liu Tang as his nephew. He must be at least thirty-six or seventeen years old. He is also the head of Dongxi Village, and his family is quite wealthy, but he does not have a wife. , just beating the muscles all day long. It is said that in ancient times, people paid attention to customs such as "There are three types of unfilial piety, and having no offspring is the greatest." However, the influence of this sentence on heroes is not seen in "Water Margin".
It is said that in ancient times, people often married early and had children at the age of fifteen or sixteen. But many characters in "Water Margin" are not like this: for example, when Lin Chong was mentioned in the book, he was already thirty-four or five years old. Lin Chong later mentioned in his divorce letter: "Since I was wrongly accepted by Mount Mengtai, I married my beloved. People, it has been three years..." In other words, Lin Chong did not marry Madam Lin until he was about thirty-two years old. Looking at it now, it can be called a late marriage. Another example is Lu Junyi, the Jade Unicorn, who is a famous rich man in Daming Mansion in Beijing, and he also looks majestic. But the book says that Lu Junyi was only thirty-two years old, and Jia had been married to him for five years, that is, they got married when Lu Junyi was twenty-seven years old. Although she is older than Lin Chong, she is still much older than the legal age set by my country's current marriage law, and is also considered a late marriage. If the above two people are martial arts practitioners and do this for the sake of martial arts training, then Pan Jinlian is definitely not a martial arts practitioner, right? He was not assigned to Wuhan University until he was twenty-two years old. It's a bit strange for the maid at home to wait until such an old age to get married.
I think this is a concentrated expression of the ancient abstinence thought. The three religions of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism that had the greatest influence on our country in ancient times all had elements of asceticism. And the most important thing prohibited is "lust", which is said to be "the first of all evils". The ancients, especially those who practiced martial arts, had an almost superstitious worship of the body of a boy who would never marry. Even in the new Jin Yong martial arts novels, it is said that Zhang Sanfeng never married in his life, and he practiced pure Yang Wuji Kung Fu to perfection. Qiao Feng's refusal to take a direct look at Madam Ma can be regarded as one of the characteristics of a hero. "Water Margin" often shows admiration for "brothers". For example, the book uses "a strong man with a dignified appearance, a young man who has not molested women" to describe these women. Old-style books, including "Water Margin", often quote a poem said to be written by Lu Dongbin: "Twenty-eight beauties have a body as soft as a crisp, and they kill ordinary people with a sword at their waists. Although no heads are seen, they secretly urge you to wither your bones." This is what it means. . The ancients, especially those who practiced martial arts and Taoism, took it as their first priority not to get close to women, so they often described some villains in books, such as Jiang Menshen, etc. One word is: "The body has been weakened by drinking and sex." Another example is when Wu Song killed Wang Taoist in Centipede Ridge. At that time, Wu Song did not know that the woman Wang Taoist was hugging was snatched. It was just because Wang Taoist was a monk but he hugged a woman. Based on this alone, he believed that Wang Taoist was a traitor. , and became murderous.
Not only do people in the world believe that "the most evil thing is sexual immorality", but even Buddhism seems to think so as well. Lu Zhishen drank and ate meat in Mount Wutai, causing a disturbance in the meditation hall, and later killed people and set fires. However, Elder Zhizhen said that he had Buddha nature and had a better future than other monks who did not drink and eat meat and could achieve enlightenment. This was definitely not because of the gifts given by Zhao Yuanwai, but because Elder Zhizhen saw that although Zhishen ate some wine and meat and killed and beat people, he had no "lustful" thoughts. , this alone can "one handsome man cover up all his ugliness". For example, Pan Qiaoyun's adulterous monk Pei Ruhai also violated the precepts, but he violated the "promiscuous precepts". Although it is not harmful to society according to current concepts, at the time he became a thief who was hated by everyone. For example, when writing about Wang Qing, Wang Qing's experience is actually very similar to that of Wu Song, Lin Chong, etc., such as winning a stick battle with others in the middle, killing the prison boss after being wronged, etc. The only difference is that Wang Qing had a romantic affair and once hooked up with Tong Guan's adopted daughter Jiaoxiu. That book was called "Wang Qing was sued for adultery." Wang Qing and Tong Jiaoxiu were originally in love with each other, but in Shi Naian's eyes, being sued for adultery was much more embarrassing than being sued for murder. It is written about a scandal in Qing.
In fact, the idea that prostitution is more abominable than killing has been quite popular in China until modern times. For example, before liberation, US soldiers killed a Chinese rickshaw driver. Although it was said that human life was at stake, it was far less effective than the US military later. The incident involving the soldier *** Shen Chong, a female student at Peking University, aroused the anger of the Chinese people.
Therefore, due to this kind of culture, all the heroes in Liangshan are proud of not being close to women, leaving excess energy to drink, eat meat, beat people and kill people. For example, when Dai Zong talked about Li Kui's benefits to Zhenren Luo, he mentioned one thing, saying that Li Kui "has no lust or evil intentions" and praised him greatly. Li Kui had a strong sense of rejection towards women. When Li Kui saw Song Jiang going to Tokyo to have a drink with Li Shishi, he became angry and made a scene. Later, he thought Song Jiang had robbed someone else's daughter and became furious. He, who had always been convinced of "Brother Song", actually swung an ax to chop Song Jiang. Let's see what Li Kui said:
I respected you as a good man who was not greedy for money, but you turned out to be a drunkard and a womanizer. Killing Yan Poxi is a small example; going to Tokyo to raise Master Li is a big example. Don't be rude, please return your daughter to Lao Liu as early as possible. There is a discussion. If you don't return your daughter to him, I will kill you sooner if I do, and I will kill you later if I do it later.
In Li Kui's heart, if he is greedy for money, he will never be a good man, so Song Jiang's image in his heart collapsed.
Li Kui also practiced this. In the 93rd chapter of "Water Margin", "Li Kui's Dream in Tianchi", Li Kui dreamed: