Personally, I think that it is really unnecessary to pull everything on Song Jiang, or we should read the original work well instead of presupposing a position first.
Entering the cloud dragon, listening to this nickname, you should understand that the divine dragon sees the head and does not see the end, not to mention that it is still cloudy, and its posture has long been mostly hidden in the clouds, he does not live in seclusion Who is secluded? The fate of retreating has been exposed by this nickname.
Let's look at Gongsun Sheng's "constellation" - oh, it is the name of the Tiangang Star: Tianxian Star. It is his nature to be idle and idle, and the "constellation" is also doomed to his fate of retirement and leisure.
The trajectory of this character in the story is nothing more than to confirm the fate preset by the nickname and constellation, to put it bluntly, the person set for Gongsun Sheng in "Water Margin" is the final retirement.
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Gongsun Sheng retired twice, the first time was when Song Jiang entered liangshan, the father and son met, touched Gongsun Sheng's motherly feelings, he applied to go down the mountain to visit his mother, the result was that after a long time after he left, he had already developed the intention of retiring, and later Song Jiang and Gao Lian urgently needed the help of the Great Mage, and sent Daizong Li Kui to invite him back; the second time was after the victory in Huaixi, Gongsun Sheng applied for complete retirement, Song Jiang did not give up, but could not agree, because he had promised Gongsun Sheng's master Luo Zhenren.
At the time of the initial conquest of Liao, Song Jiang met Luo Zhenren, a high-ranking person in the world, and Luo Zhenren, after giving Song Jiang some advice, also found a "retreat" for Gongsun Sheng.
Luo Zhen said, "The general is on top, and the poor Dao can say a word: this disciple Gongsun Sheng, the common fate is shorter, and the Tao is getting longer and longer." If he stays today, and serves the poor here, he will not see the brother's past affection. From today, he went to do great deeds with the general, such as playing Kai and returning to Beijing, at this time, Fang Dang's apprentice resigned, but he hoped that the general would still be released. One is to make the poor have a preacher, and the other is to spare the disciple and the old mother from the hope of leaning on the door. The general who is loyal and righteous will do the deeds of loyalty and righteousness. Unknown General Yayi Kenna Poor Road? Song Jiang said, "Master's Fa-rectification, disciple An dare not listen." Mr. Gongsun Sheng and Brother Jiang went to live under him and dared to obstruct him. ”
It is precisely because of this agreement that when Gongsun Sheng really applied for retirement, Song Jiang "did not dare to repent and burst into tears." (See Water Margin's 120th Edition)
It can be seen that Gongsun Sheng's "early retirement" is an agreement reached by the three parties long ago, and Song Jiang, as the leader, is not happy for Gongsun Sheng to go from the bottom of his heart, and it is naturally nonsense to exclude Gongsun Sheng.
So we can't help but ask, since Gongsun Sheng likes to retire so much, why did he actively join the company in the first place? You know, he was one of the earliest messengers who robbed the Birthday Gang, and later it was only by relying on his spell Chao Gai and others to get rid of the pursuit and go to Liangshan.
In fact, gongsun sheng's life trajectory reflects a philosophy of the ancients - "success, fame, retirement".
This is a positive and negative philosophy of dealing with the world, advocating that as a man, we should actively join the WTO, make meritorious achievements and meritorious deeds, and not waste this life; it also warns that after becoming famous, we must retreat in time to save our lives. It sounds contradictory, but it is a very mainstream and positive philosophy of life. Its typical representative figure is Zhang Liang.
After Zhang Liang and Huangshi Gongxue became the art of war, he actively joined the WTO and helped Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, to win the world, and when the world was too peaceful and could enjoy the glory and wealth, he took the initiative to apply for retirement. He said to Liu Bang:
"Originally abandoned human affairs, and wanted to swim from Akamatsuko." It is to learn to break through the grain, and the Tao leads to lightness. (The Chronicle of the Chronicle of the Marquis of Liuhou)
In this way, Zhang Liang retired early, away from the complex and cruel power struggle, and followed the immortal Red Pine Zi to learn health techniques such as valley breaking and guidance, and escaped to the world.
Please note that Zhang Liang's retired master was called Chi Songzi, which had a "pine" character, and the treasure blade that Gongsun Sheng carried with him was a "Songwen Ancient Sword", which was not described in detail in the book, but it can be basically speculated that the sword body is engraved with a texture like pine scales, that is, "pine pattern". Isn't this a vague reminder to the reader that Gongsun Sheng is a figure like Zhang Liang, who is Liu Bang's imperial master, and Gongsun Sheng is the grand master of Liangshan; after returning to hiding, Gongsun Sheng is also like Zhang Liang, following the teacher to cultivate.
In addition, the sword, this weapon can be used to establish a meritorious name in battle, but also can be seen as a symbol of warding off evil spirits and even transcending the world, such as the famous Taoist Priest Lü Dongbin's magic weapon is a sword. The ancient sword is a double symbol of meritorious service and retirement.
Of course, Gongsun Sheng's "meritorious service" is very different, his merit is to rebel first and then recruit security, which is due to the other side of the Water Margin story itself, which writes the alternative deeds of a group of demon kings. In any case, the victory of conquering the Liao State and destroying Wang Qing was also considered a meritorious achievement, at this time, Gongsun Sheng also began to consider the final outcome like Zhang Liang, that is, the whole body was far away from harm, and he visited the Tao to seek immortality.
In "Water Margin", when Gongsun Sheng finally retired, he made a comment with a small poem:
Several years of phase and jianqigong, mediation and mysterious inexhaustible. Once Haoran thinks of the old hidden, it drifts into the mountains.
Obviously, this is a summary of Gongsun Sheng's two-part life, first "establishing Qigong", then "drifting back to hiding", and "retiring after becoming famous" is Gongsun Sheng's unchanged personality.