The heroes defeated the Jiangzhou army and went to drink at Mu Taigong's village. Song Jiang proposed to attack the Wuwei Army and sent Hou Jian, Xue Yong, and Bai Sheng to the city to provide internal response. Shi Yong and Du Qian disguised themselves as beggars and ambush around the city gate. They burned Huang Wenbing's home and took away the money. Huang Wenbing returned home from Jiangzhou and was captured by Li Kui and Zhang Shun on the boat. Li Kui cut off Huang Wenbing's meat and fed it to the leaders. Song Jiang expressed his determination to join Luocao. Huang Gai took the first place, and Li Kui proposed that Huang Gai be the great emperor and Song Jiang be the little emperor.
Introduction to the main characters in Chapter 41 of "Water Margin"
Huang Wenbing
Huang Wenbing is a virtual character who appears in "Water Margin". Magistrate Cai Jiu was the son of Grand Master Cai of the current dynasty. He always influenced him and often crossed the river to visit the magistrate, hoping that he would recommend him to the post if he wanted to become an official again. "He found the "anti-poetry" written by Song Jiang on the Xunyang Tower, reported it to Magistrate Cai Jiu, and captured Song Jiang. Later, he saw through the plan made by Dai Zong and Liang Shan to save Song Jiang, and persuaded Magistrate Cai Jiu to execute the two men on the spot. , Liangshan heroes robbed him and executed him.
Li Kui
Li Kui was born thick and dark, nicknamed "Black Whirlwind". He had extraordinary arm strength and was good at using a pair of axes. He is also one of the 108 generals. When Liangshan was ranked, he ranked 22nd. He was the fifth infantry leader in Liangshan.
Song Jiang
His nickname was Gongming. Hu Baoyi, Jishiyu, Xiaoyi Heisaburo, the protagonists in the classic "Water Margin" written by Shi Naian, are the leaders of the Liangshan Uprising Army. They are the first in Liangshanbo among the 108 generals and are the Thirty-six Tiangang. Tiankuixing, the head of the stars. Introduction to "Water Margin"
"Water Margin" mainly describes the story of a group of 108 heroes led by Song Jiang who gathered in Liangshan, Shandong.
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Lu Zhi could not be restrained by the strict rules and precepts of Buddhism, so the elders of the temple had to introduce him to the Daxiangguo Temple in Tokyo (Kaifeng) to take care of the vegetable garden. During this period, he accidentally met Lin Chong, the instructor of the 800,000-strong Imperial Army in Tokyo. Gao Yanei, the son of Taiwei Gao, was greedy for the beauty of Lin Chong's wife and designed to frame Lin Chong. He falsely accused him of "bringing a knife" into Baihu Hall and sent him to Cangzhou. He also attempted to kill Lin Chong on the way. Fortunately, Lu Zhishen secretly escorted him all the way and he was able to avert the danger. . After Lin Chong was sent to Cangzhou, he couldn't bear it and killed his enemies and went to Liangshan.
Chao Gai, who was a guarantor near Liangshan, learned that Liang Zhongshu, the son-in-law of the traitor Cai Jing, sent Yang Zhi to escort the "Birthday Plan". " After going to Beijing, Wu Yong made a plan and gathered seven other heroes to rob the birthday plan and defect to Liangshan. Yang Zhi lost the "birthday plan" and could not go back to deliver the mission, so he met up with Lu Zhishen and occupied Erlong Mountain.
There was a good man named Song Jiang in Yuncheng. His wife was having an affair with someone. After finding out that Song Jiang had dealings with Liangshan bandits, she threatened him in every possible way. In anger, Song Jiang killed Yan Poxi and fled to Xiaoxuanfengchai. , met Wu Song. After Wu Song broke up with Song Jiang, he killed a tiger on Jingyanggang and became a hero. Later, he went to Yanggu County to become a military attache and happened to meet his long-lost brother Wu Da.
However, his sister-in-law Pan Jinlian did not follow the rules of women. She had an affair with Ximen Qing while Wu Song was away and poisoned Wu Da. After getting acquainted with Shi En, he beat Jiang Menshen drunk and killed Zhang Doujian's family in anger. He also went to Erlong Mountain to settle down.
After Song Jiang broke up with Wu Song, he went to Qingfeng Village owner Hua Rong and was soon recalled by his father. , because he was reported, he was sent to Jiangzhou. One day when he was drunk, he accidentally wrote an "anti-poetry" and was sentenced to death. Fortunately, he was rescued by Liangshan brothers who robbed the execution ground. Song Jiang insisted on going home to visit his father, but encountered danger many times, and finally went to Liangshan.
Afterwards, after three attacks on Zhujiazhuang, troops were sent to rescue Chai Jin, and Liangshan became very popular. Then they successively repelled Gao Taiwei's three-pronged attack. Taohuashan, Erlongshan and Liangshan met up and returned to Shuibo. Later, Chao Gai was unfortunately shot to death by an arrow, and Lu Junyi went to Liangshan after many twists and turns. The Liangshan rebel army defeated Zengtou City and repelled several attacks from the imperial court. Many of the generals also participated in the Liangshan Juyi Army. In the end, the Liangshan Army recruited 108 heroes and had the seats of "Thirty-six Tiangang and Seventy-two Disha".
Faced with the situation where the Liangshan rebels became more and more courageous as they fought, the imperial court changed its strategy and sent people to appease them. Therefore, under the guidance of Song Jiang and others' compromise ideas, Liangshan all accepted the recruitment and were reorganized into the army of the Zhao and Song Dynasties. The ruler adopted the strategy of "killing people with a borrowed knife" and ordered Liangshan heroes to go to conquer Liao and Fangla. After years of war, only 27 of the 108 heroes were left.
However, even these survivors could not escape the ensuing misfortune. Seeing that the heroes of Liangshan were alone, the rulers poisoned Song Jiang and others shortly after they were awarded officials and titles: Song Jiang and Lu Junyi were poisoned to death with medicinal wine and mercury respectively, and Li Kui was dragged to be buried with Song Jiang when he was dying. , Wu Yong and Hua Rong also hanged themselves in Liaoerwa.
Appreciation of "Water Margin"
The whole book takes the occurrence and development process of the peasant uprising as the main line. Through the different experiences of various heroes who were forced to go to Liangshan, it describes their awakening as individuals to the small life. The whole process from a large-scale joint resistance to a grand peasant uprising team showed the inevitable law of peasant uprisings in the feudal era of "officials forcing the people to rebel", shaped the collective image of peasant uprising leaders, and profoundly reflected the politics of the late Northern Song Dynasty. conditions and social conflicts.
The author stands on the side of the oppressed, praising the just actions of the leaders of the peasant uprising in robbing the rich to help the poor and eliminating violence, and affirms their revolutionary spirit of daring to rebel and fight. Song Jiang was originally a righteous man who was in urgent need of help. When he was forced to go to Liangshan, he strengthened the reputation of the rebel army and won a series of victories. However, due to the duality of his character and the limitations of his thoughts, he chose to compromise and recruit peace when the uprising reached its peak, which ultimately ruined the uprising. The novel objectively summarizes the experience and lessons of the failed peasant uprising in the feudal era through the failure of Song Jiang Uprising.
The novel begins with the rise of Gao Qiu, which is intended to show that "chaos comes from the top". Gao Qiu is a representative figure of the feudal ruling group. The author also writes about a large number of corrupt officials and local bullies. It is they who work together to exploit the common people, forcing kind and upright people to take risks and rise up to resist. At the same time, the novel also gives a certain profile of the peasant uprisings in Tianhu, Wangqing, Fangla and other areas, deeply exploring various social phenomena and problems in the feudal era, as well as the peasant uprisings in both breadth and depth. underlying reasons. Background of the creation of "Water Margin"
In the late Northern Song Dynasty, bureaucratic corruption, social darkness, and intensified class conflicts led to a peasant uprising led by Song Jiang in the northern region. The uprising failed in the end, but the story of the Liangshan heroes was widely circulated. The Song Dynasty's "Xuanhe Legacy" depicts many stories of Liangshan heroes. Shi Naian compiled and processed them based on social reality and folk stories about the Water Margin, and finally created "Water Margin". Introduction to the author of "Water Margin"
Shi Naian, a litterateur in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, whose real name is Yanduan, his ancestral home is said to be Baiju, Xinghua (today's Dafeng, Jiangsu Province), or Qiantang (today's Dafeng, Jiangsu Province). Hangzhou, Zhejiang). He is knowledgeable and talented, and is proficient in all kinds of scriptures, poems, astronomy, geography, medical divination, astrology, etc. At the age of 35, he was awarded a Jinshi. Together with Luo Guanzhong, he worked on the creation of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "The Legend of Three Sui Ping Yao", collecting and sorting out stories about Liangshan Bo, Song Jiang and other heroic figures, and finally wrote "Water Margin".