2022 is the Year of the Tiger in the Lunar Calendar, so let's talk about the tigers on the Liangshan Berth in the Water Margin.
Specifically, how many tigers are there on Liangshan?
Let's look at the nickname first.
The nickname of Liangshan 108 Good Man can be roughly classified as follows.
In order of quantity, the first major category is the animal class (typical representatives: Jade Qilin Lu Junyi, Into the Cloud Dragon Gongsun Sheng), a total of 36 people, accounting for exactly one-third.
The second category is gods and ghosts and famous humans (typical representatives: red-haired ghost Liu Tang, Xiao Li Guanghuarong), a total of 22 people.
The third and fourth categories are the direct depiction characteristic class (typical representative: flower monk Lu Zhishen, walker Wu Song) and occupational class (typical representative: leopard head Lin Chong, haired gong Zhu Tong), each with 13 people.
The fifth category is the general and weapons category (typical representatives: big knife Guan Sheng, double gun general Dong Ping), a total of 12 people.
The sixth category is the weather star category (representing such as timely rain Song Jiang, Zhiduo star Wu Yong), a total of 7 people.
The seventh category is the object category (representing such as Thunderbolt Fire Qin Ming, Iron Fan Song Qing), a total of 5 people.
Among the animals, cats are absolutely dominant, accounting for 14 of the 36 people. In other words, the number of cats is taken out separately as a large category, which is also a large class with a medium to high numerical order.
So, how many tigers are there in the feline family?
In a sequel to the Water Margin, "Meiben Water Margin" (also known as Guben Water Margin), Liang Shanbo found that the position arrangement of the 71st Dajuyi was not appropriate, so he rearranged the position. However, in this rescheduling, Li Kui, who was named the "Five Tiger Generals of the Infantry Army," expressed dissatisfaction. Because he felt that there was no tiger in his nickname, he should not be named a tiger general, and those who had a tiger in his nickname were not rated as tiger generals, and he messed up the rules (the South Sea crocodile god had a sense of sight), so he threatened to tear up this bullshit bird list.
Wu Yong quickly came out to coax Li Kui, saying that what you just heard was wrong, and the list text said that Liangshan had eight tigers and five dragons, four generals and one vanguard. Then he counted up with Li Kui one by one, and Li Kui listened to this well, which was very relevant to his own knowledge, so he opened his eyes and smiled, drank wine and ate meat.
It can be seen that among the 14 cats on Liangshan, there are eight with "tigers". They are:
Winged Tiger Lei Heng, Jinmao Tiger Yanshun, Short-legged Tiger Wang Ying, Jumping Tiger Chen Da, Huaxiang Tiger Gong Wang, Zhongjian Tiger Ding Desun, Smiley Tiger Zhu Fu, Blue-Eyed Tiger Li Yun.
For easy memorization, the eight tigers can be divided into 4 pairs:
Qingfeng Mountain two, Jinmao Tiger Yanshun and Short-legged Tiger Wang Ying
There are two in Dongchang Province, Gong Wang, the Flower XiangHu, and Ding Desun, the Zhongjian Tiger
Two in Yizhou, Li Yun, the blue-eyed tiger, and Zhu Fu, the smiling tiger
Two early appearances, winged tiger Lei Heng and jumping tiger Chen Da
In addition to the eight tigers, there are two "big worms", namely the sick big worm Xue Yong and the mother big worm Gu Dajie. The big worms are obviously tigers too, so there are 10 tigers on Liangshan.
There are also 4 other cats: Yang Lin the Golden Leopard, Golden-Eyed Biao Shien, Golden-Eyed Leopard Tang Long, and Fire-Eyed Fox Deng Fei.
However, although there are as many as 10 tigers, the status of tigers is not very high. Mei Ben Water Margin mentioned "eight tigers and five dragons", the number of tigers is more than the dragon, if you add the big worm, the tiger is a full 2 times the dragon. However, among the five dragons, there were three Tiangang stars, Gongsun Sheng, the Dragon of the Mixed River, And Shi Jin, the Nine-Veined Dragon, while among the Eight Tigers, there was only one Tiangang Star of the Winged Tiger Lei Heng. In terms of status, the dragon is much stronger than the tiger.
In addition to the eight tigers, the other two big insects and four other cats are all earth stars. Overall, cats ranked lower on Liangshan.
The following is a list of the abilities and plots of tigers and cats on Liangshan mountain one by one.
24, winged tiger thunderbolts.
This is the highest ranking of all cats, and the 71st position is one of the top ten leaders of the Liangshan Infantry Army, but the ability is very average. According to Wu Yong's evaluation, he actually couldn't fight Liu Tang who hung in the middle of the night. In terms of drama, there were early chao gai and Song Jiang, but the limelight was completely overshadowed by Zhu Tong. In the middle of the period, there is a story of being forced to go to Liangshan after beating Bai Xiuying, but it is still not as bright as Zhu Tong's highlight. Overall, it is a dispensable character.
49, Fire-Eyed Fox Deng Fei.
The second-ranked cat is close to the middle. Liangshan Xiao Biao, the martial arts are roughly equivalent to the three niangs, the typical dragon set. The plot is also a pawn.
50, Jinmao Tiger Yanshun.
It is among the top cats. Liangshan Xiao Biao, known as the boss of the "Qingfeng Mountain Three Wastes", but the three of them once made the town of Sanshan Huangxin overwhelmed. In terms of drama, Qingfeng Mountain needs someone to drink Wang Ying, but overall, Yanshun's drama is much worse than Wang Ying.com.
51, Golden Leopard YangLin.
Average ability, as a small biao general. In the plot, when Daizong was looking for Gongsun Sheng, he strung together a bunch of related characters, attracted Deng Fei and three other people who drank Machuan, and then met Shi Xiu in Jizhou with DaiZong, which attracted Shi Xiu, Yang Xiong, and Shi Qian to the mountain; when he was playing Zhujiazhuang, Yang Lin mixed in with the reconnaissance and was captured, and the reason why Gu Dajie and eight other people came to defect was because Zou Yuan and Yang Lin, Deng Fei, and Shi Yong knew each other. So the whole thing, Yang Lin felt that he had crossed over to show his sense of existence after watching three dozen Zhujiazhuang.
58, short-legged tiger Wang Ying.
In derivative works (such as commentaries, film and television dramas), martial arts may be good, but the original martial arts are very general, and the goods that are easily captured by the wife and the third lady have no other characteristics except lust and shortness. Position: Together with his wife, He served as the leader of the Road Exploration Horse Army in the three armies, equivalent to the commander of the patrol cavalry team directly under the commander Song Jiang. His ranking can reach the middle of the earth, largely because of the high status of his wife Hu Sanniang (generally the husband and wife are six people in the file, and the third lady is the commander-in-chief), and Liangshan has to abide by the rules of the husband and wife before the wife. If it were not for the marriage of The Third Lady, Wang Ying would have dropped at least 10-20 places in the ranking.
72, Jumping Tiger Chen Da.
The ranking is in the middle of the hellfire. The martial arts ranked first among the three Shaohuashan, but overall it was also average, and it was quickly captured by Shi Jin, which may be stronger than Wang Ying. Serve as a small biao general. He is the second good man of Liangshan (the first is Shi Jin) and the first appearance of the Earth Fire Star in the whole book. The main plot is to be punched in the face by Shi Jin at the beginning.
78, Hua Xiang Hu Gong Wang
79, Zhongjian Tiger Ding Desun
One can fly a gun, and the other can fly a fork, which is a weakened version of their main general Zhang Qing. Although there are stunts, the martial arts performance is average. Ming Ming appeared as a general on horseback, and the position on Liangshan was actually an infantry general. Because it is completely as Zhang Qing's shadow, the sense of existence is very poor.
84, sick worm Xue Yong
Appearing in Jieyang Town to overthrow Mu Chun, showing a certain strength, but also triggered a conflict between Song Jiang and the Mu brothers. But Mu Chun belonged to someone who even Song Jiang dared to go forward and single out. After that, he recommended his apprentice Hou Jian to make a contribution to Song Jiang's efforts to break the Wuwei Army and capture Huang Wenbing alive. However, when people were speechless, the ranking of the apprentice Hou Jian was 71, and the master was actually 13 places behind the apprentice. And this apprentice is not a big talent, just a tailor... Mu Chun, who was knocked over by himself, was also 4 places behind. The position is Infantry General.
85, golden-eyed
The second generation of officials in the Mengzhou prison camp, the more brainy people on Liangshan, caused a great change in the fate of Wu Song in the second half of his life. In the early days, he only used Wu Song black to eat black, but later Wu Song was still very righteous after being imprisoned by Zhang Du. But there was little performance in martial arts. The position is Infantry General.
88, Golden Leopard Tang Long
A family of blacksmiths in the military, belonging to technical talents, served as an old master of building weapons and armor in Liangshan. He can lift 30 pounds of iron hammers and has a certain martial art, but he is completely crushed by Li Kui. Tricking Xu Ning into going up the mountain is one of the key figures in the great broken serial horse.
93, smiling tiger Zhu Fu
Zhu Gui's brother, Liangshan Shang was responsible for providing products for the banquet, and Song Qing (who was responsible for arranging the banquet) was a subordinate. In terms of ability, it is more shrewd, and the plot is mainly after Li Kui was caught, Zhu Fu put Meng Khan medicine in the meat and put down the master Li Yun and saved Li Kui.
97, blue-eyed tiger Li Yun
Zhu Fu's master. In martial arts, Li Kui, who can fight with a simple knife in six or seven rounds, has not won or lost, and his performance is not weak. However, the main scene is to arrest Li Kui (not he caught it, he was only sent by the county order to escort him) and then overturned by his apprentice Zhu Fuma, and he had no choice but to go up the mountain. Nothing else. On The Mountain served as the builder of the house. Some people say that this is a fat shortage, but what benefits can a military organization like Liangshan do to build houses? The key, the ranking is 4 places behind the apprentice Zhu Fu...
101, the mother worm Gu sister-in-law
This is the last place in the Liangshan cat ranking. In fact, it is a bit wronged. Gu Dajie's personality is indeed the most featureless of the three female generals, but the personality shown is really strong. On martial arts, she "thirty or twenty people close to him can't get it." Brother-in-law Sun Xin's ability to do this kind of thing also lost to him", most of them are better than Sun Erniang. As a person, in order to save her two cousins, she forced her eldest uncle Sun Ti to rob the prison, daring to love and hate, daring to be bold. However, after going up the mountain, he took up the position of opening a hotel. Her ranking is so low, she feels that she is dragged down by the old Gongsun Xin...
Then talk about the position of "tiger" on Liangshan.
According to the Great Juyi of Liangshan 71, the ma army was divided into five tiger generals, eight horsemen, and sixteen Xiao Biao generals, and the infantry army was divided into ten leaders (main generals) and seventeen generals (deputy generals).
Among them, the five tigers will be Guan Sheng, Lin Chong, Qin Ming, Hu Yanzhuo, dong Ping, and none of them will be nicknamed Tiger. After all, the nickname with the tiger has limited strength, the ranking is relatively low, and it is normal not to mix in.
Sixteen Xiao Biao are Zhen Sanshan Huangxin, Sick Lieutenant Chi Sun Li, Ugly County Ma Xuanzan, Jingmu Hao Siwen, Yum General Han Tao, Tianmu General Peng Xuan, Holy Water General Shan Tingjue, Divine Fire General Wei Dingguo, Moyun Golden-winged Ou Peng, Fire-Eyed Fox Deng Fei, Jinmao Tiger Yanshun, Iron Flute Xian Ma Lin, Jumping Tiger Chen Da, White Flower Snake Yang Chun, Golden Leopard Yang Lin, and Little Bully Zhou Tong. There are a total of 4 cats in the 16 people, including two tigers.
In meiben water margin, Liangshan rearranged his position, the five tiger generals of the Ma army were still the original five, and the eight horsemen of the Ma army kicked Mu Hong to the leader of the infantry (equivalent to the infantry general Xiao Biao) to be the leader of the platoon. The infantry also set up five tiger generals, namely Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Li Kui, Liu Tang, and Shi Xiu among the original ten big leaders, and then the infantry also set up eight horsemen, that is, four of the remaining five of the original ten big leaders: Yang Xiong, Lei Heng, Xie Zhen, Xie Bao (Yan Qing was eliminated, it is estimated that there was another arrangement), and four of the original infantry generals: Zou Yuan, Zou Run, Xiang Chong, and Li Gong.
According to the new platoon position, among the ten tigers of the two armies, there is still not a single one with the nickname of tiger.
Then, the tigers of Liangshan also had several opponents, that is, the tiger fighting heroes among the 108 people.
The first, of course, was Wu Song, a walker who stood tall in the sky, and killed the fierce tiger on the Jingyang Gang with his bare hands.
The second was Li Kui, who killed four tigers in a row. Li Kui's results in killing tigers were better than those of Wu Song, and his killing was easier and more crisp than That of Wu Song. However, of the four tigers that Li Kui killed, two were small tigers, and a female tiger was pushed backwards into the hole and was stabbed by Li Kui with a waist knife. Only one male tiger is in a head-on conflict. More importantly, Li Kui had a knife in his hand, and the difficulty was reduced at once.
The third is the Xie Zhen Xie Bao brothers. The hunter brothers shot the tiger with a poison-quenching nest bow, which belongs to professional and technical work. Then the tiger rolled down the hill and was also polluted by Mao Taigong, so it was even less famous.
The last one is to fight the tiger general Li Zhong, in fact, did not fight the tiger, nicknamed with a fighting tiger, the ranking is only 86, it is estimated that the eight tigers of Liangshan did not beat him less, and could only rely on his apprentice Shi Jin and his friend Lu Zhishen to protect him.