In 1946, the villagers of Wujiana Village in Qinghe, Hebei Province, took a hoe to excavate the tomb of the ancestor Wu Dalang, and the tomb opened a fine Nanmu coffin, and the villagers were very excited, and concluded that there must be a large amount of gold and silver treasure in the coffin.
But when they opened the coffin, they were dumbfounded, and there was nothing inside, only the skeletons of two White Sensens. The villagers are very distressed... At that time, they did not know that this tomb belonged to Wu Dalang, and everyone could only bury the coffin again in disappointment. Since then, the land of Shenzhou has risen, new China has been founded, the villagers have solved the problem of food and clothing, and they have never had the idea of digging graves and digging graves, until the rise of "Water Margin Fever" in 1992...
After the "Water Margin Fever" of the whole people, some experts found that Wu Dalang did have his own person, and his tomb is likely to be in The Village of Wujia, in order to find out the true image of Wu Dalang, the experts decided to go to the village of Wujia to find out. After some exploration, they came to the place where the villagers originally dug the tomb, and carried out a second excavation of the tomb after obtaining the consent of the descendants of the Wu surname.
People who are familiar with "Water Margin" know that the image of Wu Dalang in the novel is "three inches of Dinggu bark", but when the Nanmu coffin reappears in front of them, experts can't help but be surprised, the length of this coffin is amazing, and according to the description of the novel, Wu Dalang is a dwarf of less than 1 meter 5, why might use such a long coffin. Faced with a barrage of doubts, the experts carefully opened the coffin, and in this way, a rumor that had existed for more than 800 years was revealed.
After research, the two skeletons in the tomb are a man and a woman, of which the height of the man is 1.78 meters, which is diametrically opposed to the image of Wu Dalang in the novel, and with the public report of this research result, it immediately subverted people's cognition of Wu Dalang.
So, how did the experts determine that the male in the tomb was Wu Dalang? Originally, the county chronicle of Qinghe County and the Wu clan genealogy of Wujia na Village both recorded Wu Dalang and his people, and clearly marked the location of Wu Dalang's tomb.
But the question arises again, since the real Wu Dalang is far from the novel image, who is the historical Wu Dalang? Is his wife, Pan Jinlian, really as bad as the novel describes? According to the county chronicle and genealogy records: Wu Dalang, real name Wu Zhi, was born in the last year of the Northern Song Dynasty, because he was the eldest in the family, he was called "Dalang" by his neighbors.
The real Wu Zhi is not only tall, but also full of poetry and books, able to write and martial arts... During the Yongle period, Wu Zhi High School Jinshi made the order of Yanggu County, Shandong, and soon after taking office in Shandong, Handan Zhizhou saw that he was good-looking and single, so he gave his daughter Pan Shixu to him. That is to say, Pan Shi is not the poor woman mentioned in the novel, but a big girl.
Wu Zhi served as an official for one term, benefiting one party, and the people of Yanggu had great respect for the county Lord. It is said that the gold cup and silver cup are not as good as the people's reputation, from the literature, Wu Zhi is a good official who is clean and honest, and Pan Shi is also a rare virtuous wife, and they have four children together.
In his later years, Wu Zhiye fell back to his roots, and after returning to his hometown, he set up education and helped his neighbors... After his death, because he had been helping the poor and the poor, there was no money left in the family, and when he was buried, there was no gold or silver in the coffin except for some burial clothes...
Some people may also say that since they are honest and honest officials, where does the coffin of Nanmu come from after death? In fact, more than 800 years ago, nan wood was not a rare wood, and it can be bought for a little money. Now, more than 800 years have passed since the Northern Song Dynasty, and we can no longer find out the detailed information about Wu Zhi, but we can still glimpse his exploits from the inscriptions of Wu Zhi's tomb.
The inscription reads: "Gong (Wu Zhi) died of his father at an early age, and he was dependent on his mother, and it was difficult to continue to eat and clothe... Middle-aged people raise up soldiers, officials worship the seven products, promote the advantages and eliminate the disadvantages, be honest and public, and the villagers hold up umbrellas of the people to respect them. ”
In ancient times, officials could obtain the umbrella of the people and the "blue sky" in the hearts of the people, and it can be said that the real Wu Zhi was 1 million times better than wu Dalang in the novel. But even if this is the case, then why did Shi Nai'an "slander" Wu Dalang and his wife in "Water Margin"? What is the truth behind the scam of more than 800 years ago?
It turned out that Wu Zhi had lost his father at an early age, and his family was poor, thanks to a person surnamed Huang who often came to help, he could study with peace of mind. After Wu Zhi entered the high school, Huang Mou's family burned down the house due to a fire, and his life deteriorated, after learning the news of Wu Zhi becoming an official, he went to Yanggu County to defect, he originally wanted to let Wu Zhi do an errand for himself by virtue of his kindness, but he saw that Wu Zhi only ate and drank every day, and did not mention his own meaning.
And every time he mentioned this, Takeshi showed an iron-faced selflessness. Huang Mou felt that since he had helped Wu Zhi in those years, he should be grateful to Dade... Seeing that there was no benefit to the fish, Wang Mou did not quit in anger, and on the way back to his hometown, in order to vent his resentment, he began to fabricate rumors and slander Wu Zhi in various ways.
As a result, some stories of smearing Wu Zhi gradually spread, and when he was in Yanggu County, Huang heard that Wu Zhi had punished an evil boy named Ximen Qing, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration and made up the story of Pan Jinlian and Ximen Qing.
Huang Mou went home and found that a new house had been built at home, and when he asked, he knew that It was built by Wu Zhi, Huang Mou felt ashamed and embarrassed, but the rumors he fabricated had long been scattered, and what was even more tragic was that these rumors were just heard by Shi Nai'an...
Of course, the fake can never be true, after the experts revealed the true appearance of Wu Dalang and his wife to the world, the world gradually had a new understanding of Wu Zhi and his wife, and the descendants of wu surnamed Wu also re-erected a monument for Wu Zhi in order to give the ancestors a name.
However, because the influence of "Water Margin" is too great, people's impression of Wu Dalang and his wife is still stuck in the novel. Shi Shengchen, a descendant of Shi Nai'an, was very remorseful after learning the truth, and rushed to the village of Wujia to apologize. In order to express his sincerity, Shi Shengchen also made sixteen paintings for the samurai and accompanied them with poems, and on the portrait of Wu Dalang, he wrote:
Fabricating water margin Shi Nai'an, Wu Pan unjustly accused.
Shi Jia article Shi Jia painting, derogatory to this hundreds of years.
The karma of the past generations is now the end of the day, and the face is reshaping the human world.
The Martial Family Ancestral Hall adjudicated the case, and the Shi family owed the shi family back.
In the face of Shi Shengchen's sincerity, the Wu family is very relieved, and now, the descendants of the two families are still working together for the proper name of Wu Dalang and his wife. "The cleanser cleans himself, the turbid ones self-turbid", I believe that time will always let all the truth be revealed.
