How are so many different and distinctive characters portrayed in Water Margin? This is a method of comparison. Engels once said: "... I believe that if we distinguish the characters in a more antagonistic way, the ideological content of the script will not be destroyed." When talking about shaping by contrast, Mr. Lu Xun also thought: "Good people sometimes have to rely on others to contrast and set off." "Contrast method, which the ancients called' back powder method', shows its shape and nature in the complete opposition of character characteristics." Therefore, in the characterization, the use of contrast can make the characterization full of flesh and blood, distinctive personality, lifelike personalized characters, and get rid of the similarity tendency of thousands of people. Li Kui jy is like this. In contrast with Song Jiang and He Lu, he highlighted his personality and at the same time his self-prominence, which made jy the most prominent figure in Water Margin. As Jin Shengtan said in "Reading the Handwriting of the Fifth Talented Person", "Turn it into a wonderful Li Kui jy." Therefore, I mainly use the method of comparison to analyze the image of Li Kui jy.
Li Kui jy and Song Jiang have something in common in character. If they are loyal to the Jianghu, one is willing to rob the court for friends; One can take great risks to "privately release classic works". But for them, it's more about differences. Song Jiang, an illiterate military commander, was able to become the stockade leader of Liangshan because he helped him with his political ability. "From official to official, there is an insurmountable barrier, and Song Jiang also killed Yan Poxi. After gathering a number of troops in Qingfeng Mountain, he realized that he was going to climb this wall. " Only at this time did he really begin to use his politics to realize his ambition and power desire. In Mu Taigong Village, Song Jiang took advantage of many opportunities in his leadership to do work for him and put forward his own requirements. This is the first time he tried to achieve his goals with politics. After going to Liangshan, Zhujiazhuang, Gaotangzhou and Qingzhou all stopped Classical from leading the troops on the grounds that "my brother is the master of the stronghold, making contributions in the war, so as to achieve the purpose of overhead Classical and being the commander in chief". After the death of Classical, Song Jiang understood the truth that "the shanzhai can't be ownerless for a day". He should immediately take charge of the affairs of the shanzhai, but this would put the inheritance of the shanzhai on hold, and Song Jiang was just a person in charge. Therefore, Song Jiang only mourns and ignores the funeral affairs every day, forcing others in Liangshan to let him be the castellan, so as to achieve the goal of being the castellan of water margin. All these show that Song Jiang is a treacherous man who makes good use of political power. On the contrary, Li Kui jy is different. He is simple, frank, naive and romantic. After going to Liangshan, on the way home to move my mother up the mountain, I met a fake Li Kui jy Gui Li. Seeing that Gui Li had faked his own name, I wanted to kill Gui Li. When he heard that this was to reduce the diameter for his 90-year-old mother, he asked Gui Li to go and gave him 12 silver, which showed his simplicity. In order to cheat Song Jiang when he lost money in Jiangzhou gambling, he showed a straightforward personality. From the first time I saw Song Jiang, I said, "If it's really Song Gongming, I'll worship. If I am free, I will worship a bird! Brother Jie, don't make me worship, but you laugh at me. " "When Li Kui jy saw this scene, his face was full of fear. He said,' Brother, don't blame me. Iron cows are often just direct bets. I don't want to lose my brother's money today, and I don't have the money to invite him. My throat is very anxious. Now I have to make some mistakes. "Through these words, we saw a seemingly unreasonable naive romantic figure. However, this is the essence of Li Kui's jy character.
Song Jiang, who is good at using politics to achieve personal goals, is in sharp contrast with Li Kui jy, who is simple, frank, naive and romantic. Li Kui jy's simplicity, frankness and naive romance are outstanding descriptions of Song Jiang's good use of political skills. Similarly, through Song Jiang's indifference to Liangshan cause and his preconceptions, we feel that Li Kui jy is the one who has the strongest resistance, loves Liangshan cause the most and is loyal to Song Jiang. Song Jiang developed Liangshan career not because he loves Liangshan, but because he has more capital to gain higher power in wooing. Persuading Hu to surrender, he said, "How dare Xiao Sung Jiang bear the imperial court? Guy was accused of insulting and threatening and committing a big crime by mistake. Therefore, he has the right to take refuge in Shui Bo for the time being, only seeking the forgiveness of the court. " Visible sung river only temporarily use liangshan, the in the mind has been thinking about woo. Li Kui jy, on the other hand, loves Liangshan cause and does not allow others to defile it. The killing of Han Bolong is an example. Although Han Bolong came to Liangshan, when Han Bolong claimed to be a Liangshan hero before he became one, Li Kui jy got angry and killed him. Li Kui's rebellious spirit can be seen from his views on the imperial court. In his eyes, the emperor is a bird emperor and the throne is a bird throne. He proposed to kill Tokyo and seize the throne. His loyalty to Song Jiang is mainly manifested in the fact that when Song Jiang gave way to Lu Junyi, Li Kui jy said, "I am in Jiangzhou, so I will give my life to go with you, and everyone will spare you a step. I'm not afraid of myself. Just let me be a fake bird, and I will kill them and disperse my fire. "
Since Song Jiang went to Liangshan, he has accelerated the pace of developing Liangshan. It seems that he loves Liangshan very much, but his idea of courtship tells us that he doesn't love Liangshan but only regards Liangshan as a springboard for his success. And Li Kui jy will sometimes say some scattered words, but it is precisely because he loves Liangshan career and devotes himself to maintaining the development of Liangshan career that he will say these words. Therefore, through the contrast of Song Jiang's false love for Liangshan, Li Kui jy became the favorite Liangshan hero.
Li Kui jy has a good property. He is honest and frank, but he is very reckless. He does things without careful consideration, but Song Wu is different. Song Wu works very carefully, and he will think clearly about the cause and effect before doing it. For example, Song Wu avenged his brother. When he came back to see Wu Dalang dead, the first thing he did was not cry, but repeatedly investigate the cause of his brother's death. This shows that his first thought is not to grieve for his brother's death, but to find out his brother's cause of death. When Uncle He and Brother Yun confirmed through investigation that Pan Jinlian and Ximen Qing killed them, he did not immediately kill Pan Jinlian and Ximen Qing, but told the authorities that he would avenge his brother through legal means. When the road is blocked, personally interrogate Pan Jinlian and Wang Po, confess and record the reasons why their brothers were hurt, then kill Pan Jinlian and Ximen Qing and surrender. From the process of revenge for my brother, we can see the meticulous work of Song Wu. Make sure that after his brother was killed, he didn't kill Pan Jinlian and Ximen Qing rashly for revenge, but wanted to solve it through the government. After the road was blocked, he interrogated himself, asked Pan Jinlian and Wang Po to point to draw words, and asked four neighbors to write and draw words as evidence. This shows that Song Wu is very thoughtful.
What about Li Kui jy? On the contrary, he is very reckless and never thinks about cause and effect. As long as you think you should do something, for example, to entertain Song Jiang and beg for fresh fish, when you fight with Zhang Shun, Li Kui jy is desperate to get on the fishing boat and go to Jiangxin to fight with Zhang Shun. Finally, Zhang Shun got covered in water and almost drowned. Fortunately, Song Jiang had a cross letter from home, named Zhang Shun, who saved Li Kui jy from the shore, or he would have drowned. This is the result of Li Kui jy's recklessness. Knowing that I couldn't catch the fish, I insisted on catching it on the boat, and finally all the fish ran away; Knowing that he was not as good at water as Zhang Shun, he rushed to the middle of the river to fight with him, and finally made himself "panting and spitting white water." The result of catching fish recklessly is just to make yourself suffer. But robbing the court to save Song Jiang almost made everyone unable to escape because of recklessness. When everyone saved Sung River, because they didn't know the way to follow Li Kui jy, Li Kui jy didn't want to lead everyone to escape quickly, just wanted to kill himself, until the front was full of rivers and there was no dry road, only to think of saving everyone. What's more, what he wants is not to save everyone from trouble as soon as possible, but to enter the city again, regardless of the fact that there are five or seven thousand charger in the city to be beheaded with the magistrate Cai Jiu. We didn't know what to do. Fortunately, Zhang Jishi arrived and took the fleet to save everyone, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
Song Wu and Li Kui jy, two Beowulfs, one is meticulous; One is recklessness, and the two set off each other. The recklessness of Li Kui jy makes Song Wu's delicacy more vivid, and the delicacy of Song Wu reflects Li Kui jy's reckless character and the bad consequences caused by it. At the same time, Li Kui jy's recklessness is also very personalized.
Li Kui jy's recklessness is well known, so is Li Kui jy's rudeness. Li Kui jy's rudeness is also very personal. He is different from Lu, who always says "Cudgel is a boor" when dealing with people. Li Kui, where's jy? Sometimes I admit that I am rude. For example, when I first met Chao Gai, I said, "Brother, don't blame the iron cow for being rude." Sometimes I don't admit that I am a clown. For example, when I first met Song Jiang, Dai Zong said that he was suffering, but he said, "I asked Big Brother why he was suffering." There is also Lu's rudeness, implication, alertness and jy's rudeness.
When Lu Shenzhi rescued his father and son, he provided them with travel expenses. When he left, he sat on the stool for two hours in case the bartender stopped him. It is estimated that Jin Lao's father and son couldn't catch up with him for a long time before leaving the store for Zhuangyuan Bridge. This shows that it is rough and refined. Li Kui, where's jy? He wouldn't do that. For example, when he met Gui Li and heard that Gui Li had a 90-year-old mother to raise, he only gave Gui Li 12 silver, regardless of whether the money would be taken away by others or whether it would really be used to adopt a mother. This shows that Li Kui jy's rudeness is simple and rude.
Lu punched Kansai Town. After three punches, he saw "Zheng was standing there, only the breath came out of his mouth, but no breath came in, so he couldn't shake it." At that time, he said warily, "You cheated to death, so you can fight again." In order to get away safely, he pointed to Zheng Tu and said, "You cheat to death, so take your time." Lu Shen Zhi got himself out of danger safely through his warning cover and left with a cigarette. What would happen if jy replaced Lou? I think Li Kui jy will give the money to Jin Lao and his son, and then go directly to Zheng to slaughter Zheng Tu. After death, he won't hide anything and walk away in big strides. Just as he lost money in Jiangzhou, his rudeness is a kind of rudeness in honesty.
Li Kui jy has many characters that can be compared with other Liangshan heroes, but there is also one character that cannot be compared, that is, killing people like hemp. When Li Kui jy was killed, he didn't ask the officers and people whether to surrender. He killed one when he saw one, and killed two when he saw two. When Jiangzhou saved Song Jiang and Dai Zong, he killed everyone regardless of their identity. "The bodies were killed everywhere, and the blood flowed into the river." When he got to the river, he killed those irrelevant people alone on the river. Even when he got to Bailong Temple, Li Kui jy jumped in to kill people. I don't listen to others' discouragement. Another example is to strike Zhujiazhuang three times, knowing that Hu Jiazhuang had surrendered, but "Li Kui jy killed the handle and rushed into Hu Jiazhuang, killing all the young and old, leaving none." This shows the cruel side of Li Kui jy who likes to kill people indiscriminately and doesn't talk about strategy.
The characters in Water Margin are caused by their living environment. Because of the different living environment, their personalities are different. Song Jiang was born a bureaucrat, so he is a treacherous man who makes good use of politics. Song Wu was born in an ordinary citizen, so he is fine; Lu is an experienced officer, so he is alert and knows how to retire safely. Li Kui, where's jy? Born as a farmer, he is honest and frank, has a strong spirit of resistance, and his character is as bad as hatred. And because of the farmer's own defects, he is rude, reckless and cruel. Through the contrast and contrast of other heroes in Water Margin, his characters are vividly displayed to readers. His advantages and disadvantages have left a deep impression on readers and left us with deep thinking.