According to historical records, when writing in seclusion, I condensed some experiences in my life into the book as the source of creation, and wrote the story of Helu vividly.
According to historical records, when writing in seclusion, I condensed some experiences in my life into the book as the source of creation, and wrote the story of Helu vividly.
Shi Naian is from Suzhou. According to Shi's genealogy, he is an ordinary descendant of Shi, one of the seventy-two sages of Confucius. Shi Naian entered the Hushuguan private school at the age of 65,438+03, was a scholar at the age of 65,438+09, was a juren at the age of 29, and was ranked as a scholar with Liu Bowen at the age of 35, and was appointed as Qiantang County. Being an official for three years, he was dissatisfied with the darkness of the officialdom, unwilling to cater to the dignitaries, and abandoned his official position and returned to his hometown. When Zhang Shicheng rose up against Yuan, Shi Naian took part in his military activities. After Zhang occupied the Soviet Union, Shi participated in the planning under his door. Soon, Zhang Shicheng died and the country was ruined. Shi Naian traveled around the world, roaming in Lu Yu and other places. He befriended her, was taught by Yuncheng County, and then lived with her teacher in the early days of the Xu family in Jiangyin. Later, he returned to his old white pony, unable to live in seclusion, and felt that the situation was going downhill. He wrote the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the Legend of Misui Pingyao with his apprentice Luo Guanzhong.
It is said that many place names in Shi Naian Water Margin are taken from Zhutang. For example, the highlight of the book, Three Zhujiazhuang, is actually Zhutang Town. In the novel, Song Wu's Jing Yang Gang hits the tiger, which is vividly written. It is said that Shi Naian had just walked in Houyanggang behind Dazhaili Village and saw a yellow dog sleeping under a pine tree. A Zhuang Ding 52 beat the yellow dog away. After Shi Naian returned home, he used this as a prototype to create, changing Houyanggang into Jingyanggang, yellow dog into a white-fronted tiger, and May 2nd into Song Wu.
Shi Naian is writing a book while giving lectures. One day, he wrote a passage in "Water Margin" that Shi Xiu killed Pei Ruhai intelligently and the monk knocked on the wooden fish. Suddenly thought of Torinji's wooden mallet, a mystery. He went to inquire: Why did you put the wooden mallet in this buddhist nun like a baby? The answer is: there used to be an old monk living in this temple. He is sincere in chanting and worshipping Buddha, knocking on wooden fish while chanting Buddha. Then he pointed to Muyuwa and said, Look, if you want them to know, read and study, you must concentrate. Hearing this, Shi Naian suddenly became alert: When writing a book, we should also have that kind of perseverance! Afterwards, he wrote down the word "Nai 'an" and put it on the lintel, which meant telling himself to overcome all difficulties and write the Water Margin well. Outsiders don't know what it means, so they call him "Mr. Naian". After a long time, he also thought the name was good, so he changed it to Shi Naian.
One day, while playing in Chashan, Shi Naian suddenly met a bully who was robbing a farmer's tea garden. He is very angry, so stop it at once. The bully saw that people were right and had to run away. Later, however, after the bully inquired about the visitor's residence, he hired a gang of thugs to surround Shi Naian's residence. Shi Naian, a martial arts expert, just smiled and walked out of the door with great aplomb. When the mob saw him with his bare hands, they rushed in. One of the big black-faced men, armed with iron bars, took the wind and cut Shi Naian's head off. Shi Naian shook his head sideways, and a "flag-waving" let him pass in front of the stick, so he grabbed the iron bar with both hands, and at the same time, his right foot flew up, just kicking on the big fellow's lower abdomen, and that guy rolled out of a mile. Shi Naian danced with iron bars and swept like a whirlwind, scaring the guys to flee everywhere.
Another year, during the Lantern Festival, Shi Naian took to the streets to watch lanterns. Suddenly I saw a rogue insulting a woman at the end of the street. He got angry, lifted the guy up with his right hand and threw him to the ground like a dead dog. The hooligans were so scared that they repeatedly kowtowed for mercy that Shi Naian spared him. But the next day, the guy gathered seven or eight hooligans to get back at him. Shi Naian unhurriedly found a thick rope, let the hooligans tie his legs with it, and then told them to pull hard. However, despite their blushing and thick necks, Shi Naian's feet seemed to be rooted and motionless. Then, he took out his iron bar, made an "oolong wagging its tail" and interrupted a big poplar tree beside him with a click. When the hooligans saw that he had such a skill, they knew that they had met a master and kowtowed and gave up. Later, when I wrote Water Margin, I incorporated these personal experiences into the plot of surrendering the local ruffians in Suoguo Temple.
Shi Naian and Luo Guanzhong are popular sayings of teachers and students, which are derived from Wang Daosheng's Epitaph of Huai 'an Shi Naian in Ming Dynasty and Hu Yinglin's Poem of Shaw's Mountain Residence in Qing Dynasty, because Luo Guanzhong wrote The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which is of course famous. However, there have always been doubts about the relationship and identity between Shi and Luo.
In academic circles, it is generally acknowledged that the Water Margin was written by Shi Naian and Luo Guanzhong, that is, the first 70 chapters were written by Shi Naian and the last 30 chapters were written by Luo Guanzhong. Another slightly different point of view is that Water Margin was written by Shi Naian and edited by Luo Guanzhong. This theory was first seen in Gao Ru's "Hundred Rivers Records" in the Ming Dynasty, and the Water Margin was called "The Book of Qiantang Shi Naian, edited by Luo Guanzhong". This view is quite influential in academic circles.
It is reported that in August, 2006, 500 experts from home and abroad put forward the "Luo Guanzhong Theory" again at the international symposium on Luo Guanzhong and the Three Kingdoms Water Margin. They generally believe that Water Margin was banned in the early Ming Dynasty, so it is impossible to publish it in real name. Luo Guanzhong is a native of Dongping, Shandong, while Shi Naian has no accurate historical data. In this case, the author is likely to publish the article under a pseudonym. The early version of the Ming Dynasty was signed by Luo Guanzhong alone, and later by Shi Naian and Luo Guanzhong.
"Shi Naian" is pronounced as "I am" and Shi Naian is pronounced as "I am" with a Shandong accent. According to the habit of many writers writing books at that time, the subtext of Shi Naian-Luo Guanzhong was probably "I am Luo Guanzhong". According to the writing characteristics of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin, experts believe that these two masterpieces were written by Luo Guanzhong in different ways.