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As we all know, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" are the four classic masterpieces of our country, and their authors are Luo Guanzhong and Shi Nai'an, respectively, but there has always been a saying in the anecdote, that is, Luo Guanzhong and Shi Nai'an are actually the same person. So why is there such a statement? And what is the relationship between Luo Guanzhong and Shi Nai'an? And listen to the giant slowly.
The dominant theory now is that Luo Guanzhong was Shi Nai'an's protégé, that is, a student. This statement comes from a man named Wang Daosheng. It is said that Wang Daosheng was a neighbor of Shi Nai'an, and Shi Nai'an's epitaph was written by this person, and the inscription reads: "Every draft will be proofread by the doormen, and the Zhenghai fish will be used, and its strength will be especially great for Luo Guanzhong." Moreover, Shi Nai'an was twenty or thirty years older than Luo Guanzhong, and both of them had also turned to Zhang Shicheng, so it seemed that this statement should be credible, but was it true? Comparing the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the Water Margin, we will find that compared with the elegance and rigor of the Three Kingdoms, the Water Margin is simply "rough", not only has obvious plot omissions and logical errors, but the language is also far from the "Three Kingdoms". It can be said that if "Three Kingdoms" is Yangchun White Snow, then "Water Margin" is the Lower Riba people. Just think, how can a "pedant" worship an "old man" as a teacher? In addition, many of the stories and characters in "Water Margin" are borrowed from "Three Kingdoms", such as Song Jiang for Liu Bei, Guan Sheng for Guan Yu, Lin Chong for Zhang Fei and so on. In this view, the three kingdoms were written before the Water Margin. Moreover, it is based on the fact that Luo Guanzhong participated in the compilation of the Water Margin, but there is no basis for Shi Nai'an to participate in the writing of the Three Kingdoms, so who is the teacher? Who is the disciple?
The second theory is that the two were the same person, because "Water Margin" was a banned book at that time, and the author did not dare to sign his real name, so he assumed the pseudonym Shi Nai'an, and the real author was Luo Guanzhong. Is that the case? In fact, this statement belongs to far-fetched, whether it is "shi nai li" or "li nai", it is a text stem played by modern people, and there is no strong basis. As far as "Three Kingdoms" is concerned, there is no clear political point of view, but "Water Margin" has a strong political color, not to mention that the language of the two books is simply very different, how can the words of the same person have such a huge difference, so this statement is really nonsense.
Juzi believes in the third theory, that is, the two are friends, just like Li Bai and Du Fu, although they are different, they appreciate each other. During the writing of "Water Margin", Luo Guanzhong did help proofread and revise, but he was by no means a protégé of Shi Nai'an. Joke down may be Luo Guanzhong's early fame, neighbor Wang Daosheng wants to "rub traffic" is not known. Of course, no matter what the relationship between the two is, this is just the talk of our boring gossip, and the two literary masterpieces they left behind are the classics that we need to seriously study and can affect our lives!
The above is just the personal idea of the giant, what are the more powerful arguments for everyone, welcome to leave a comment!
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