Zhao Antu is a bird affair, and Gao Hangliang Mountain is a ghost prince. - "The Seven Laws. Title Water Margin Liangshan Song Jiang》
There are four classic masterpieces in China, and I believe that everyone has long been familiar with them. And I personally feel that the most interesting of them is "Water Margin".
In the "Water Margin", there are one hundred single and eight generals, each of the names of the good men of Liangshan, and their respective nicknames, and many people can recite them backwards.
However, the 108 generals, in the end can be a good death is very small, most of the good people of Liangshan are more miserable. There is a word called "forced to Liangshan", and it can also be known from the novel that these heroes and good men of Liangshan, originally from all walks of life, were all forced to go to Liangshan, and the typical officials forced the people to rebel.
Although it is said that the good men on Liangshan are from all walks of life, their status in Liangshan is not ranked according to their status before they were forced to liangshan. Just as the so-called hero does not ask the source, as long as you have the strength and ability, you can occupy a place on Liangshan.
It is said that the leader of Liangshan, Song Jiang, was only a small "Song Oshi" before, because of his wide connections and wide friends, so he became the second in command when he first went to Liangshan. After that, after the death of a hand Chao Gai, he became a big brother.
It is ironic that such a group of good men who were forced by the imperial court to become such good men were still recruited by the imperial court. Moreover, after they were recruited, the imperial court was still not at ease, all kinds of entrapments, trying their best to use them, and only a few people survived in the end.
The most tragic was Hao Siwen, who ranked forty-first, who was shown to the public by the head, and his nickname also hinted at all this.
First, the good man of Liangshan was recruited and difficult to die well
After the imperial court repeatedly encircled and suppressed Liangshan without success, the imperial court could only choose to recruit a large number of good men from Liangshan. However, many good men had no experience in handling affairs for the imperial court before this, and they could not accept the court's recruitment.
However, Song Jiang, the eldest brother of the good men of Liangshan, had his own ideas, he was originally an official who belonged to the imperial court system, although he said that he had a human life in his hand, but it was also caused by accident. What he was thinking about was not to be a bandit leader in Liangshan, but to become an official in the imperial court and realize his ambitions.
Because Song Jiang is the leader, when the eldest brother wants to accept Zhao'an, a group of good people in Liangshan can only pinch their noses and recognize it, and follow Zhao'an. After the recruitment, the good men of Liangshan really did not have a good life, and the final fate was difficult to say, and only a few people could get a good death.
After recruiting the good hans of Liangshan, the imperial court arranged for them to encircle and suppress Fang La, and in the campaign to encircle and suppress Fang La, the good han of Liangshan was severely damaged.
The golden gunner Xu Ning was the top ten masters who could rank in Liangshan, but he died of a poisonous arrow and was pierced through the throat by an arrow. Sai Ren Gui Guo Sheng was smashed by a boulder, and there was no way to live. There was also the Thunderbolt Fire Qin Ming, who was shot by the flying knife, he was one of the Five Tiger Generals, and he was still doomed.
As many as sixty good men of Liangshan were killed in battle alone.
Song Jiang, Lu Junyi, and Li Kui were all poisoned by poisoned liquor, in addition to Wu Yong and Hua Rong committing suicide in front of Song Jiang's grave.
Among the remaining good men, thirteen such as the leopard head Lin Chong died of various diseases, and the rest were officials, some were monks like Wu Song, and some were wandering the world.
2. He was ordered to requisition Fang La, but he was brutally killed
Among the good men of Liangshan, Hao Siwen had the best relationship with Guan Sheng, and before he was forced to liangshan, he was originally Guan Sheng's deputy general. Whether it was before or after going to Liangshan, he was inseparable from Guan Sheng, and he was not separated until after Zhao An.
After Zhao'an, the imperial court would definitely use the good men of Liangshan to do things. Therefore, Hao Siwen and other good men of Liangshan were ordered to conquer Fang La, and the army marched to Hangzhou to engage Fang La's army. Once, Xu Ning asked Hao Siwen to accompany him on patrol as his deputy, but unexpectedly encountered a surprise attack by Fang La's army.
At that time, the situation was extremely critical, Hao Siwen was defeated, and was captured by Fang La's son. Xu Ning naturally did not watch his brother being caught, and turned around to try to save him, but was unexpectedly shot through the throat by a poisonous arrow that flew randomly. This Liangshan martial force ranked in the top ten high-end combat strength was really wronged.
After Fang La's son found out that it was Hao Siwen who had been captured, he did not rush to kill Hao Siwen, but used the method of beheading and showing publicity to deal with Hao Siwen. The end is so tragic that it is difficult to face it.
Third, the nickname hides the mystery and implies everything
Hao Siwen was actually on par with leopard head Lin Chong's ranking. When Hao Siwen and Guan Sheng besieged Liangshan together, after being captured by Liangshan, he became the forty-first ranked Earth Star.
We all know that the nicknames of the good men of Liangshan are mostly easy to understand, such as Leopard Head Lin Chong, Zhi Duo Xing Wu Yong, Timely Rain Song Jiang, Black Whirlwind Li Kui, Big Knife Guan Sheng and so on.
And Hao Siwen's nickname is Jingmu Yan, at first glance at these three words, we are mostly confused. In fact, Jingmu was one of the twenty-eight stars, and Hao Siwen's mother dreamed of this star and gave birth to Hao Siwen.
When Hao Siwen's mother dreamed of this star, she was not yet pregnant with an heir, and then she became pregnant with Hao Siwen, gave birth to him, and gave birth to a nickname.
But Inuki is not a good nickname, but has a fierce name. The stars of Igi are distributed like spider webs, under the hood, which is considered to be a sign of great evil.
It means a fierce dog, and it seems to be hinting at something. Looking at this nickname in its entirety, it seems that Hao Siwen did not have a good ending in the end.
Of course, using a nickname to link up with a person's future is obviously inappropriate, and it is even more impossible to put it in reality.
But in the novel, it is difficult to say whether it is a small foreshadowing or hint deliberately planted by the author of the book, Shi Nai'an.
However, although the nickname Jing Muyan implies that Hao Siwen's affairs are unfavorable and the times are not good, we can observe Hao Siwen's early fortunes, which is actually quite OK. When he first followed the big knife Guan Sheng, Guan Sheng was still in a state of being an enemy of Liangshan, and Gao Li also gave him a position.
Therefore, whether Or not Hao Siwen's nickname implies his ending, whether it is or not, can be said to make sense.
epilogue:
Although Water Margin is only a novel and not a real reality, some of its descriptions are more realistic than reality. The hundred and eight good men in it satisfies the imagination of the masses living in our society at that time. Not only that, but the book also describes the oppression of the common people by the imperial court very well. Every good man of Liangshan was forced to go to Liangshan, and it was the corruption and incompetence of the imperial court that led to such a result.
Even after Zhao'an, the imperial court was still full of suspicion and forced the good men of Liangshan who accepted Zhao'an to death one by one. Obviously, he is an honest and responsible person, but he is forced to live and has to do the opposite, which is really sad and lamentable.
Compared with the suffering of that era, we should cherish the hard-won equality, peace and happiness now! What do the kings think?
bibliography:
Water Margin
"Zhongyi Water Margin"