There is such a character in "Water Margin", who has never been defeated, which shows how superb the martial arts are. But he was put on a coward's top hat, and this figure was - the leopard head Lin Chong. Mainly because his daughter-in-law was teased by others, and he was framed but he has been hidden, dare not retaliate, and even willingly be assigned to the frontier, in the hearts of many readers, it seems that he has put this cowardly hat on him.
But is he really cowardly? Why would Kim Sung lament that he is "a poisonous man"?
Jin Sheng said it when commenting on "Water Margin"
"Lin Chong is naturally a superior character, and he just writes too fiercely." Seeing that he can calculate, survive, hold firm, and do it thoroughly, all make people afraid. Such a person in the world, will do a career, but there are also a lot of vitality. ”
Regarding the classification of characters, Jin Sheng also said. For example, it is said that Song Jiang, Shi Qian, and others are a category, they are inferior people, Lu Zhishen, Hua Rong and others are a category, they are superior people. And lin chong we want to say is also among the upper people. But he is called a poisonous man, what does this mean?
This point is combined with the above words of his evaluation of Lin Chong, "If you can calculate it, you can survive it, you can hold it firmly, and you do it thoroughly, which makes people afraid." This is called "poison", not vicious, but harsh. Jin Sheng said that he was a person who could endure or not do it. Either be a desperate person and be good at hiding your identity. This kind of person is the most terrible, because there is another person who is also like this.
He was the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang's life creed is "either don't do it or do it." In fact, it is very easy to understand, either do not do this, or do this to the end, and he was the same as when he first plotted against the uprising, he could have turned to others as a vassal army, but he chose to start from scratch and work his own, just to achieve the ultimate he originally wanted to do - the emperor.
So what is Lin Chong for? It doesn't seem to say anything in the book. Then analyze his approach and see if you can draw an answer from it.
First thing: divorce. Although his wife was flirted with and framed, he gave his wife a break, why? The answer he gave was: "Hugh delayed the future for Lin Chong", is the truth really Lin Chong delaying his wife? In fact, it is not, he is to draw a line with his wife, to win the favor of his superiors, and to make a comeback for himself.
If you have doubts about this matter, then the following thing may change your mind. When Gao Li was caught in Liangshan, Lin Chong's performance was actually expressionless, as if nothing had happened before, if it was because of everyone's face, there was nowhere to start, but if there was really an idea to start, who in the whole of Liangshan could stop him?
If the above forbearance is hidden, then where is his decisive side? Fire and Wang Lun are one thing, and another thing is that after Lin Chong arrived in Cangzhou, Gao Li wanted to cut the grass and remove the roots, Lin Chong realized that his other party did not care about his own thoughts, so he immediately made a decision, killed Lu Qian and others and ran away.
Of course, this is only an in-depth interpretation of the character of Lin Chong in "Water Margin", everyone has different views, but the ending of Lin Chong in the book has not changed because of his ideas.
Reference: Water Margin