At first glance, Lin Chong is a very strange character in Water Margin.
On Lin Chong, it seems that there are three figures in the Three Kingdoms: Zhang Fei in appearance, Zhao Yun in skill, and Liu Bei at the beginning.
When it comes to the similarity between Lin Chong and Zhang Fei, some people may feel abrupt. They think that the imperial coach who is careful and can bear the burden of humiliation in the water margin is not as good as the fierce and reckless Zhang Fei in the Three Kingdoms. To say that Li Kui jy is no worse than Zhang Fei. However, readers should still remember what Lin Chong's nickname is "Leopard Head". On his seventh appearance, he said that his appearance was "leopard-headed, with eyes and moustaches, eight feet long", which was exactly the same as Zhang Fei's appearance in The Three Kingdoms. Lin Chong, the head of the leopard, is ",which shows that the screenwriter of Water Margin may want to write Lin Chong as Zhang Fei in the Water Margin Edition from the beginning, and even infer that we can't see the water margin story circulated by the people in the early days before the water margin was written. Perhaps Lin Chong is really a Zhang Fei-style character (Lin Chong's name is in the" Da Song Xuan He Legacy "and his nickname is already). There is already a fierce Zhang Fei-style black Li Kui jy to write (in Yuan Dynasty) For example, the image of jy in Li Kui is very close to that in Water Margin, so he rewrote the life story of an 800,000 imperial coach and injected some deep feelings into the story that are different from those of Lu, Liu and other rebellious figures.
Ladies and gentlemen, do you still remember how Lin Chong, the coach of the 800,000 imperial army, was driven to the mountain road step by step? It can be said that Lin Chong is the only person in the water margin who is strictly driven to the Liangshan Mountains. From the beginning, Water Margin tells the similar fate of two similar figures-Wang Jin and Lin Chong: both of them are imperial coaches, both of them are good at martial arts, naive and kind, and both of them are ideal national heroes, but they are persecuted by Gao Qiu, a frivolous rogue villain who kicked himself away. One of them was driven out of the house and the other was driven out. The narrator of Water Margin repeatedly compares with the treacherous rogue Gao Qiu, expressing his deep helplessness and resentment against the dark political situation in which Huang Zhong was abandoned, Wafu condescended and unworthy.
This is actually a very old helplessness and resentment. As early as Qu Yuan's Li Sao, it has been circulated and written in poems, plays and novels for thousands of years. Because the fate of Qu Yuan's exile has been staged again and again for thousands of years, the fate of Yuefei Fengbo Pavilion has been staged again and again. The story of Wang Jin's expulsion, Lin Chong's persecution and Song Jiang's final poisoning in Water Margin has been staged again and again for thousands of years.
This pattern of "clouds covering the sun" (a sentence in Nineteen Ancient Poems, often used by the ancients as a metaphor for evil spirits ruling the country) is actually an eternal problem in the autocratic era. By telling the story of Lin Chong, Water Margin expresses deep and extensive concern about this cloud that covers the sky. With this concern, and as the background and prelude to the violent resistance of many heroes later, Ode to a Strong Man in Water Margin has been improved in character. Therefore, it can be said that the stories of the Snow Temple and Lin Chong's Night Running in Water Margin are completely different from the legendary stories of rebellious heroes such as Lu, Zhu and others. In addition to drinking in a big bowl, eating meat in large chunks and enjoying gratitude and resentment, they did not show their arms and sang a solemn and stirring and generous voice alone in the water margin world.
In addition, in a more general sense, the story of Lin Chong in Water Margin also conveys the profound taste of China people, especially the talented and kind China people, for life depression.
Lin Chong's depression comes not only from Gao Qiu, a powerful villain, but from all kinds of people: First, he was framed by Gao Qiu and almost asked to death; After a narrow escape, he was sent to Kaminooji, tortured by two scum, Dong Chao and Xue Ba, and then tied to the wild pig forest, almost killed by a stick; When I arrived at Chai Jin Villa, although Chai Jin was very enthusiastic about me, I still had to laugh at Hong, a cocky mediocrity. When I arrived at Cangzhou prison camp, I was scolded by the poor because I was a little slow to get money. A Buddha was born and a Buddha ascended to heaven. Lin Chong resigned himself to all this, but Liu came to Cangzhou to kill him. Finally, Lin Chong could bear it no longer. In the snowy mountain temple, the "bandit soul" deep in his soul, like a sleeping lion, woke up in the snow all over the sky, jumped on the killer in the light reflected from the burning forage field, and blood splashed on the snowfield in front of the mountain temple, leaving a blood-white picture.
The character characteristics described in Water Margin are based on life, and with the development of life contradictions, his personality will also change. Lin Chong's personality change in Water Margin is well written and well founded. Why has he changed? When will it change? They all start from life, which is the realism of the Water Margin.
In the Water Margin, Lin Chong has a prominent personality: he can endure, bear the burden of humiliation, swallow his voice and dare not resist. In general novels, to completely idealize a positive character, it is often necessary to write out his advantages from the beginning. But Water Margin is different. Lin Chong is a famous hero in The Water Margin, which is amazing and warmly praised by the author. However, as soon as he appeared, he wrote out his weaknesses and personality weaknesses. The bad side is that he can endure, submit to humiliation, submit to humiliation.
One of the "forbearance":
An 800,000 imperial coach, whose wife was molested in broad daylight, is unbearable. So he was very angry. "At that time, Lin Chong pulled over and pulled his shoulder blade, but he recognized that it was Gao Yanei, the official, and he relented first." The word "soft first" is worth noting. This is not a simple description of ordinary people's actions, but a sudden excavation of people's inner world. Therefore, Lin Chong was still angry when writing novels. When he knew, he pulled over and relented. But "the anger didn't go away, and I looked at that Gao Yanei with my eyes wide open". But dare to anger but dare not speak, dare to anger but dare not speak, he endured this tone. The novel is very well written here, showing the inner activities of the characters.
At this time, the comparison between Lin Chong and Lu: Lu doesn't buy it, and Lu has a famous saying, which is in sharp contrast with Lin Chong. He said, "But you are afraid of him, and Cudgel is also afraid of him." "If I bump into that bird, I will teach it to eat 300 mord sticks of Cudgel." One is to bear the burden of humiliation and be afraid of things; One is hate. One is that they are insulted and oppressed and dare not resist; One is that you can't bear to see your friends oppressed. The personalities of these two people are in sharp contrast.
The second part is "forbearance":
Next, I still want to write about Lin Chong's peace and forbearance. But if you want to be safe, you can't be safe. If you want to endure it, you can't bear it. So the novel goes on to say that Gao Yanei bribed Lu Qian to let Lu Qian trick Lin Chong's wife into his house upstairs. Hearing this, Lin Chong "took a knife to untie his wrist" and "went straight to find Lu". He picked up this wrist knife not to find Gao Yanei, but to find Lu Qian. In other words, Lin Chong has begun to resist, but the extent and scope of resistance are limited. You should go to Gao Yanei. There are two meanings here. First, I'm still afraid of Gao Yanei, afraid of provoking him. Like I said before, give him a break this time. This is the second time, he has patience again; Second, this is about Lin Chong's emphasis on righteousness. That is to say, Lu Qian is Lin Chong's sworn brother, and he is also the treacherous person Lin Chong hates most. Loyalty is a very beautiful and precious thing in Lin Chong's character. This is a very important factor that he can change in the future, and it is very revolutionary after the change.
The third part is "forbearance":
After Lin Chong was sent to Cangzhou, he could bear it, but he still endured humiliation. This novel is very wonderful here. He wrote a divorce letter before he left. I think this paper has two aspects: on the one hand, it writes about Lin Chong's kindness, and he is considerate to his wife; On the other hand, he also wrote his tolerant character, which is also naive. Do you think Gao Yanei won't come after writing the divorce papers? Come as usual. So these places, on the one hand, write about his kindness and arouse readers' sympathy for him, on the other hand, arouse readers' more hatred for evil forces. ?
The fourth part is "forbearance":
In the match with Cangzhou, there was a plot: two policemen, Dong Chao and Xue Ba, who were detained, abused him all the way and asked him to wash his feet with hot water. Even the reader couldn't bear it, but he still "endured". Later, he went to the Wild Pig Forest, where Dong Chao and Xue Ba were entrusted by Gao Qiu and Gao Yanei to kill Lin Chong. By this time, Lin Chong didn't even think of killing him (Song Wu had already thought of sending someone to kill him when he arrived at Feiyunpu), so tie him up. Another person, such as or jy, would never say such a thing in this situation. Lu Shen Zhi saved him and tried to kill two workers, but Lin Chong tried to stop him. At this time, he still endured and didn't want to resist.
The fifth part is "forbearance":
Shortly after arriving at Cangzhou prison camp, he learned from Li Xiaoer that there were several "embarrassed people", so he bought a sharp knife to relieve his wrist. He searched the street for several days but couldn't find it. He "slowed down" and "endured" the past.
Cangzhou prison camp arranged for him to go to the forage field, which was a conspiracy. Lin Chong didn't know that he was going to "change a plasterer in the city on a sunny day" and "God bless me and burn paper money another day". I think I will give him a good job and live safer there. Finally, the forage field was set on fire. Suddenly, I heard Lu Qian talking in the temple in the mountain, so I had to collect the bones and go back to Gao Qiu to receive the reward. At this time, Lin Chong flew into a rage, opened the gate of the mountain temple, went out to kill several people, and then rebelled up the mountain, thus realizing a complete transformation. ?
Summary: Lin Chong walked a very hard road, and Lin Chong walked a very long and hard road. There are many foreshadows for the author to write about Lin Chong's transformation. For example, he and Lu Qian were good friends and became sworn brothers. Later, Lu Qian hurt him, so he once told Lu Qian: "My good brother didn't know that a person has a skill, but he didn't meet a wise master, so he gave in to a villain, so he was so angry." In other words, he is full of injustice under the oppression of the ruling class. This sense of injustice is the basis for Lin Chong to move forward step by step and finally realize the ideological change and rebel up the mountain. Although he was an 800 thousand imperial coach and a middle official, he was oppressed as soon as he appeared. Therefore, although he is a figure of the ruling class, his position is similar to that of the oppressed people, which is a basis for his transformation. Lin Chong was tolerant of those who oppressed and insulted him, but his opponent did not let him go. If one plan fails, another will be born. The dark forces and evil forces in that society are constantly pressing on him, so he is very dissatisfied and has an air of injustice. ?
Comparison of several Liangshan figures "going up the mountain":
The process of Lin Chong going up the mountain is such a transformation process, from forbearance to intolerance, from cowardice to strength, from humiliation to resistance. Lin washed away a very difficult road and mountain. "Water Margin" describes characters, different heroes have different personalities, and the road to the mountain is also different. This different path is related to his personality, his family background and his life situation. Li Kui jy is the happiest on the mountain, Song Jiang is the most tortuous, Lu is the most hearty, and hearty and happy are not exactly the same; I have no foresight at all, and I am sad and happy. It is very clear that an official cannot be a monk and a monk cannot be a mountain.