When I was in high school, I ate a crisp noodle, this kind of crisp noodle bag has the cards of the Water Margin character, some people in order to collect all the good men of Liangshan, even buy the whole box, and then give it to others to eat, just to get the card inside. I personally collected 106 pieces, only the big knife Guan Sheng and the flying saint Li Gong.
The cards not only have portraits of people, but also profiles, as well as force points, intelligence points, attack range, weapons, and tricks. Among them, the most amazing character, when counting the third lady of the Qinghu, even said in the introduction that she was "the first beautiful in Liangshan".
The third lady in the novel is so beautiful. However, The Third Lady is not a vase, her martial arts are just as strong.
In the Water Margin, Hu Sanniang fought with Wang Ying for more than a dozen rounds, gradually gained the upper hand, and captured Wang Ying alive; Ou Peng, who was from the military class, was good at hobbing knives, and still could not fight the Third Niang; later Ma Lin fought again, and both of them made double knives, which were described in the book as "wind drifting jade chips, snow sprinkling Qionghua"; later Hu Sanniang also had twenty rounds of capturing The Heavenly Eye General Peng Xuan and Well Wood Hao Siwen.
The martial arts of Hu Sanniang, even Hu Yanzhuo had praised, of course, she was not the opponent of the Five Tigers level fierce general after all, and was later captured by Lin Chong, Song Jiang was the master, and married Wang Ying.
In fact, the character of Hu Sanniang has a historical archetype, and its archetype character is also very fierce, that is, Ma Gao's daughter Yizhang Qingmashi.
The Compilation of the Three Dynasties Northern League has a record of the Ma clan.
Following the Cai River down to Haozhou, when zhang was used, he said that it was used to return to the imperial court, and Ma Gao's daughter Yizhang Qing was married as his wife. In the beginning, Gao was cursed by Guo Zhongxun, and he was considered a righteous daughter. After marrying, he became the commander of the Chinese army. There are two flags in front of the horse, with the inscription: Kansai Virgin, Lady Protector. - "Compilation of the Three Dynasties Northern League"
In the fourth year of Emperor Gaozong of Song (i.e., 1130 AD), Yizhangqing followed his father Ma Gao and Lu Xun down the Cai River and met Zhang Yong at Haozhou. At this time, Ma Gao had already been killed by Guo Zhongxun, and Lu Xun paid for Ma Gao's daughter Yizhang Qingma and adopted her as a righteous daughter.
(In some sources, it is said that Ma Shi is Ma Gao's wife, and some say that Ma Gao's daughter is)
Prior to this, the suspicious Du Chong forced Zhang Yong to believe that there were many of his subordinates, and ordered all the troops and horses to attack, and Zhang Yong was forced to rebel. Lu Xun wanted to recruit Zhang Yong again, thinking that he was using it, so he constantly lobbied him, and promised to marry his righteous daughter YiZhangqing to Zhang Yong as his wife.
Yi Zhangqing married Zhang Yong, who once again served the Song Dynasty. The imperial court learned of Ma's bravery, so it appointed her as the commander of the Chinese army, which represented trust, because the Chinese army was the key to an army. And every time Ma Shi went to war, he always got two flags, which read "Kansai Virgin" and "Lady Protector Ma".
These two sentences seem to indicate that Ma Shi did not forget his old husband, so he also said that he was virtuous and called himself Madame Ma.
After Ma Shi joined the army, she made many military achievements, she once went into the enemy's nest alone in Ezhou and recruited You Kou Cao Cheng; at that time, there were frequent wars, the army was short of food, more than 20,000 people in her army could not eat enough, everyone was very frustrated, at the critical moment, Ma Shi only said four words "wait for me to take measures", and soon solved the grain and grass problem, saved many people, and greatly improved morale.
Until Ma Shi and Zhang Yong went south, they continued to fight against Jin. However, there may not have been much of a contribution, so it is no longer recorded in the book.
Finally, let's talk about the meaning of "Yizhangqing".
In the early Water Margin, that is, in the "Great Song Xuan and Testament" and the "Thirty-Six Praises of the Song River", in fact, Yi Zhangqing was Zhang Heng and Yan Qing, and later changed to Hu Sanniang. "Yizhang" in Yizhangqing should refer to being tall and as long as "Yizhang"; as for "Qing", some say that it is beautiful, because the spring color is green, and some say that it is body embroidery.
For example, in the Ming Dynasty Zhang Dai's "Tao An Dream Memories", when it comes to performing the Water Margin drama to pray for rain, the person who plays the three ladies of the Qinghu is to be a "long woman", obviously beautiful, and a tall woman.
But no matter which one, it is certain that Yizhangqing has the meaning of tall.
Judging from the Yuan miscellaneous dramas and Ming and Qing novels, it is often seen in the works of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties that let the tall Yizhang Qing and the three ladies and the short-legged tiger Wang Ying be husband and wife, which has comedic overtones. The most famous is the combination of Deng Yuchan and Tu Xingsun in the Fengshen Rendition.