The novel "Water Margin" describes the places of origin of some of the 108 generals, some of which are only mentioned in passing, and some need to be inferred. So where are the leaders of Liangshan today? To answer this question, we must first understand the administrative divisions of the late Northern Song Dynasty, which adopted a system of administrative management at the upper and lower levels of the prefectures, prefectures, military, and supervisors.
Administrative table of the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty (the single word is "state", as of 1084)
Gyeonggi Road [upgraded from Kaifeng Province in 1106] Jurisdiction: Kaifeng Province, Slip.
Jingnan Road [split from Jingxi Road in 1072] jurisdiction: Jin, Fang, Jun, Deng, Tang, Xiang, Yin, Sui.
Jingbei Road [split from Jingxi Road in 1072] has jurisdiction over: Henan Province, Yingchang Province, Meng, Zheng, Ru, Chen, Cai, Ying.
Hua Rong
Jingdong East Road [split from Jingdong Road in 1074] jurisdiction: Qi, Zi, Qing, Wei, Lai, Deng, Mi, Yi, Huaiyang Army.
Wu yong
Jingdongxi Road [split from Jingdong Road in 1074] Jurisdiction: Ying tianfu, Xingrenfu, Yan, Xu, Shan, Yun, Pu, Ji.
Hebei East Road [split from Hebei Road in 1073] jurisdiction: Damingfu, Kaidefu, Hejianfu, Cang, Qing, Xiong, Di, Bin, De, Bo, Ji, Mo, Ba, En.
Hebei West Road [split from Hebei Road in 1073] jurisdiction: Zhendingfu, Huai, Wei, Xiang, Ci, Huan, Xing, Zhao, Shen, Qi, Ding, Bao.
Hedong Road [established in 997] jurisdiction: Taiyuan Province, Longde Province, Jin, Dai, Ze, Fen, Zhou, Shi, Feng, Fu, Lin, Dai, Lan, Xian, Xin, Liao.
Yongxingjun Road [split from Shaanxi Road in 1072] administers: JingzhaoFu, Yan'anFu, Hezhongfu, Huan, Qing, Ning, Yao, Fang, Dan, Shang, Yu, Shaanxi, Xie, Tong, Hua.
Qinfeng Road [split from Shaanxi Road in 1072] jurisdiction: Fengxiang Province, Qin, Hui, Gong, Min, Jie, Cheng, Feng, Long, Jing, Yuan, Wei, Xining, Kuo, He, Zhao.
Chengdu FuLu [split from Xichuan Road in 1001 and renamed from Yizhou Road in 1059] Jurisdiction: Yi, Mei, Shu, Peng, Mian, Han, Jia, Qiong, Jian, Li, Ya, Mao, Wei, Lingjingjian, Yongkangjun.
Zizhou Road [split from Xichuan Road in 1001] jurisdiction: Tongchuan Province, Zi, Pu, Rong, Rong, Xiang, Lu, Chun, Zi, Chang, He, Guo, Qu, Sui.
Lizhou Road [split from Xia Xi Road in 1001] jurisdiction: Xingyuan Province, Sanquan; Wen, Long, Sword, Li, Xing, Yang, Ba, Peng, Lang.
夔州路 [split from Xia XiLu in 1001] jurisdiction: 夔,達, Kai, Wan, Shi, Zhong, Fu.
Jinghu South Road [established in 997] jurisdiction: Tan, Shao, Yong, Heng, Quan, Dao, Chen.
Jinghu North Road [established in 997] jurisdiction: Jiangling Province, Jing, Yuan, Chen, Ding, Feng, Yue, E, An, Fu, Gui, Xia.
Guangnan East Road [established in 997] jurisdiction: Lian, Guang, Feng, Kang, Xin, Duan, Ying, Shao, Xun, Mei, Chao, Hui, Nan'en, Nanxiong.
Sun Li
Guangnan West Road [established in 997] jurisdiction: Gui, He, Zhao, Wu, Xun, Yong, Lian, Lei, Yulin, Qiong, Gao, Hua; Rong, Teng, Xiang, Gui, Liu, Bin, Yi, Guan, Qin.
Fujian Road [established in 997] jurisdiction: Fu, Jian, Zhang, Quan, Ting, Nanjian.
Jiangnan East Road [split from Jiangnan Road in 1020] jurisdiction: Jiangning Province, Xuan, Hui, Xin, Rao, Jiang, Chi, Taiping, Nankang Army, Guangde Army.
Jiangnan West Road [split from Jiangnan Road in 1020] jurisdiction: Hong, 筠, Yuan, Fu, Ji, Qian.
Liangzhe Road [established in 997] jurisdiction: Hang, Su, Run, Chang, Xiu, Hu, Mu, Yue, Ming, Tai, Wen, Chu, Qu, Wu.
Huainan East Road [split from Huainan Road in 1072] jurisdiction: Bo, Su, Hai, Si, Chu, Chu, Zhen, Yang, Tai, Tong.
Li Zhong
Huainan West Road [split from Huainan Road in 1072] has jurisdiction over: Shou, Hao, He, Lu, Guang, Huang, Shu, and Pu.
Yunzhongfu Road [Liao Occupation] Jurisdiction: Yunzhongfu, Wu, Ying, Wei, Fengsheng, Naturalization, Confucianism.
Yanshanfu Road [Liaoguo Occupation] Jurisdiction: YanshanFu, Zhuo, Tan, Ping, Yi, Camp, Shun, Jing, Ji, Jing.
After understanding the general administrative divisions at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, we can analyze the place of origin of the 108 generals of Liangshan according to Tu Suoji. Some of the good men in the novel do not mention the place of origin exactly, but have to be based on the place of office or ancestral place of origin at the time of appearance.
According to statistics, there are 39 people in Shandong, 14 people in Henan, 13 people in Hebei, 7 people in Shanxi, Jiangxi and Jiangsu, 6 people in Anhui, 4 people in Shaanxi, 2 people in Hainan, Hubei and Hunan, and 1 person each in Sichuan, Chongqing, Tianjin, Gansu and Beijing.
The Shandong version of the "Water Margin" TV series Bao Guoan plays Song Jiang
The Shandong version of the "Water Margin" TV series Dong Ziwu plays Li Kui
Shandong Province (39 people) [16 people on Jingdongxi Road] Jeju Yuncheng (Heze Yuncheng): Song Jiang, Wu Yong, Zhu Tong, Lei Heng, Song Qing, Bai Sheng. Jeju Liangshan (Jining Liangshan): Ruan Xiao'er, Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi, Song Wan, Du Qian. Jeju (Hozawa Juno): Siu Rang and Kim Dae-kyun. Yun Prefecture (1119 changed to Dongping Province) (Tai'an Dongping): Li Ying, Hu Sanniang. Puzhou (Heze Juancheng): Fan Rui. Qingzhou (Weifang Qingzhou): Hua Rong, Huang Xin, Kong Ming, Kong Liang, Zhou Tong, Yu Baosi. Yishui (Linyi Yishui): Li Kui, Zhu Gui, Zhu Fu, Li Yun. Dengzhou (Yantai Penglai): Xie Zhen, Xie Bao, Gu Dajie. Laizhou (Yantai Laizhou): Yanshun, Zou Yuan, Zou Run. Weizhou (Weifang Changyi): Lehe (ancestral home of Maozhou. During the Northern Song Dynasty, there was no Maozhou. Mao is the name of the ancient country, and there is Mao Township in the west of Changyi, Weifang City, Shandong Province, that is, the ancient Mao State. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Changyi County belonged to Weizhou Prefecture on the East Road of Jingdong, which is now Changyi, Weifang City). 【Hebei East Road 6 people】Bozhou (Liaocheng): Shan Tingjue, Wei Dingguo (the two were trained by the Lingzhou regiment. The Northern Song Dynasty had no Lingzhou. In the 73rd episode of the novel, there is the text "until within the Realm of Lingzhou Gao Tang". Gaotang was a county under the jurisdiction of present-day Liaocheng, Shandong, and was suspected to be Bozhou). Gong Wang, Ding Desun (Deputy General of Dongchang Province. The Northern Song Dynasty did not have Dongchang Province, which was placed by the Ming Dynasty, and its location was equivalent to Bozhou during the Northern Song Dynasty. Liaocheng City exists in Dongchangfu District). Shi Qian: (Gao Tang Prefecture people. Gaotang Prefecture was set up by the Yuan Dynasty, and during the Northern Song Dynasty there was only Gaotang County, which belonged to Bozhou, East Road, Hebei, and now Gaotang County, Liaocheng City). Guanzhou (Liaocheng): Bao Xu (Kouzhou Dry Tree Mountain Strongman. The Northern Song Dynasty did not have Kou Prefecture, and there seems to be no state in the past. However, in the Yuan Dynasty, there was Guanzhou, which is now the city of Liao).
The Shandong version of the "Water Margin" TV series Ding Rujun plays Lin Chong
Henan Province (14 people) [Gyeonggi Road 6 people] Tokyo Kaifeng Province (Kaifeng): Lin Chong, Xu Ning, Han Tao, Peng Xuan, Cao Zheng. Yanling (Xuchang Yanling) in Kaifeng Province, Tokyo: Ling Zhen (Yanling people, no Yanling in the past, should be Tokyo Yanling mistake). [Hebei West Road 2 people] Xiangzhou (Zhangde Province) (Anyang): Zhang Qing, Yang Lin (Zhangde Province was set up by the Jin people, the Northern Song Dynasty did not have Zhangde Province, known as Xiangzhou). 【5 people on Jingbei Road】Xijing Henan Province (Luoyang): Yang Xiong, Xue Yong. Mengzhou (Jiaozuo Mengzhou): Shi En, Zhang Qing, Sun Erniang. [Huainan West Road 1] Gwangju (Xinyang Huangchuan): Tao Zongwang.
The Shandong version of the "Water Margin" TV series Zhu Yanping played Wu Song
Hebei Province (13 people) [Hebei East Road 8 people] Beijing Damingfu (Handan Daming): Lu Junyi, Suo Chao, Yan Qing, Cai Fu, Cai Qing, Shi Yong. Cangzhou Henghai Navy (沧州): Chai Jin (Henghai County, Henghai County should be the Henghai Navy, placed by the Tang Dynasty, abolished by the Song Dynasty, renamed Cangzhou). Enzhou (Xingtai Qinghe): Wu Song. 【Hebei West Road 4 people】 ZhendingFu (Shijiazhuang Zhengding): Meng Kang (Zhendingzhou renshi, there was no Zhendingzhou during the Northern Song Dynasty, only Chengdejun Zhendingfu). Xiangzhou Linzhang (Handan Linzhang): Chen Da (邺城人氏, 邺城 during the Northern Song Dynasty called Linzhang). Dingzhou (promoted to Zhongshan Prefecture in 1113) (Baoding Prefecture): Du Xing and Jiao Ting (both of whom are of the Zhongshan Fu clan in the novel). [Yanshan Fu Road 1 person] (Liaoguo occupation) Zhuozhou (Baoding Zhuozhou): Duan Jingzhuo.
Shanxi Province (7 people) [Yongxing Junlu 3 people] Hezhong Fu (Puzhou) Xie Liang (Yuncheng Linyi): Guan Sheng (Puzhou Xieliang ren clan, Puzhou was placed by northern Zhou, called Hezhongfu during the Northern Song Dynasty), Xuanzan (Tokyo Kaifeng Fu Terracotta Warriors and Horses Baoyi Envoy, should have been counted in Kaifeng, Henan, but the 62nd xuanzang of the novel told Cai Jingyu that he and Guan Sheng were townspeople, so Xuanzan should also be a shanxi Yuncheng people' clan), Hao Siwen. 【Hedong Road 2 people】Taiyuan Province (Taiyuan Yangqu): Hu Yanzhuo, Yang Zhi. 【Jingdong East Road 2 people】Luzhou Shangdang (Changzhi Shangdang): Dong Ping (Hedong Shangdang County, Shangdang County was placed by the Qin Dynasty, only Shangdang County during the Northern Song Dynasty). Luzhou (長治) Liu Tang (東潞州人氏, 潞州) has no east-west distinction).
Jiangxi Province (7 people) [6 people on Jiangnan East Road] Jiangzhou (Jiujiang): Dai Zong, Mu Hong, Tong Wei, Tong Meng, Mu Chun, Li Li. Hongdu (Nanchang): Hou Jian. Jieyang Ridge and Jieyang Town should be in the area of present-day Shicheng County, Ganzhou City. The book refers to Mu Hong, Mu Chun, and Li Li as Jieyang people, but it is not known whether they are in Jiujiang or Shicheng, in short, in the territory of present-day Jiangxi Province.
Jiangsu Province (7 people) [4 people on Jiangnan East Road] Jiangning Province (Jiankang Army) (Nanjing): Shi Xiu, An Daoquan, Ma Lin, Wang Dingliu (all of which are jinling Jiankang Fu people, the actual Southern Song Dynasty was called Jiankang Province in 1129). 【Jingdongxi Road 1 person】Xuzhou Pei County (Xuzhou Pei County): Xiangchong. [Jingdong East Road 1] Huaiyang Junxia Pi (Xuzhou Pizhou): Li Gun. Suzhou (promoted to Pingjiang Prefecture in 1113) (Suzhou): Zheng Tianshou.
Anhui Province (6 people) [Huainan West Road 5 people] Luzhou (Hefei): Li Jun. Shuzhou Susong (安庆宿松): Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun (the novel refers to the two as the Xiaogushan Xiaren clan, 60 kilometers southeast of present-day Susong County, Anqing City). Haozhou Dingyuan (滁州定遠): Zhu Wu and Li Zhong. 【？ 1] Wang Ying (two Huai people' clan, in the Northern Song Dynasty there were Huainan East Road, Huainan West Road, lianghuai refers to these two roads, but there is no specific prefecture, but the territory of the two roads is mostly in the territory of present-day Anhui Province).
Shaanxi Province (4 people) [Yongxing Junlu 4 people] Huazhou Huayin (Weinan Huayin): Shi Jin. Huazhou Pucheng (渭南蒲城): Yang Chun. (The novel calls Yang Chun a member of the Pucheng clan of Xieliang, who are both county-level units and are under the jurisdiction of different states [see Guan Sheng]). Jingzhao Province (Xi'an): Pei Xuan. Yan'an Province (Yan'an): Tang Long.
Hainan Province (2 people) [Guangnan West Road] Qiongzhou (Qiongshan): Sun Li, Sun Xin.
Hubei Province (2 people) [Huainan West Road 1 person] Huangzhou (Huanggang): Ou Peng. Xiangzhou (promoted to Xiangyang Prefecture in 1119) (Xiangyang Xiangfan): Deng Fei (GaiTianjun Xiangyang Furen clan, during the Northern Song Dynasty there was no GaiTianjun).
Hunan Province (2 people) [Jinghu South Road] Tanzhou (Changsha): Jiang Jing, Lü Fang.
Tianjin (1 person) [Yanshanfu Road] (Liao occupation) Jizhou (Tianjin Jizhou District): Gongsun Sheng.
Chongqing City (1 person) [Kuizhou Road] Kaizhou (Kaizhou District): Qin Ming.
The Shandong version of the "Water Margin" TV series Yu Shoujin played Lu Zhishen
Gansu Province (1 person) [Qinfeng Road] Weizhou (Pingliang): Lu Zhishen.
Sichuan Province (1 person) [Chengdu Fu Road] Guozhou (Nanchong Jialing District): Guo Sheng (the novel calls it the Xichuan Jialing people).
Beijing (1 person) [Yanshanfu Road] (liao occupation) Jizhou Youdu (Beijing): Huangfuduan (Youzhou Renshi, at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, there was no Youzhou, called Youdu).