Recently, I saw a topic, whether "Water Margin" should be excluded from the list of the four famous books. First of all, I don't think I am the only one who has an opinion on this liangshan good man who has been listed as one of the four famous works since modern times.
China's classical masterpieces, in terms of novels, "Dream of the Red Chamber" is naturally the peak, even today, I like Jin Yong and other writers, still feel that "Dream of the Red Chamber" is irreplaceable, so it is at the top of the list of Chinese classical literature masterpieces, well-deserved.
At least before Cao Xueqin of the Qing Dynasty wrote "Dream of the Red Chamber", Li Yu of the Ming Dynasty also had such a saying as "Four Strange Books", which are "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Journey to the West", "Water Margin", and "Golden Plum Bottle". However, after Cao Xueqin's "Dream of the Red Chamber" was written, "Dream of the Red Chamber" replaced the position of "Golden Plum Bottle", and the "Four Strange Books" were also renamed "Four Famous Works".
Then in the hundreds of years, there was no change, of course, in ancient times, in addition to these other novels, it was also very exciting, at least in comparison, there was a gap in influence and literary style.
However, even so, I still don't like "Water Margin", not that his literary charm is not enough, or that its content is not wonderful. But I always feel that there are no heroes and good men in "Water Margin", and they are almost irrelevant to the heroes and heroes promoted by later martial arts novels.
We often say that we force up Liangshan and kill the rich to help the poor. Most of the people who forced Liangshan are not people who suffer and suffer, do you see how many people in "Water Margin" did not go to Liangshan because of personal grievances and personal interests? As for "killing the rich and helping the poor" and "doing the way for skywalkers", it is even more impossible to talk about.
I have always felt that these two idioms are really inappropriate or a bit exaggerated to use on the so-called good man of Liangshan.
Because from the beginning to the end, I basically didn't see any things about the good people of Liangshan to "kill the rich and help the poor" and "for the Skywalker". Even good people and good things we don't see much. Lu Zhi punched the town of Kansai deeply, and he was also in charge of other people's household chores. However, I always felt that Ruda was still a person.
At the beginning, Wang Jin, the leader of the 800,000 Forbidden Army in Tokyo, was framed by Gao Qi and fled to Yan'an Province with his old mother, and when he passed Shijiazhuang, his mother fell ill, and Wang Jin lived in Shijiazhuang to teach Shi Jin martial arts. Also belongs to the workplace boss does not bite the string, the nine-veined dragon took him in only because the martial arts are stronger than him, this rich second generation of money is just a youthful and hot-blooded, want to become Shijiazhuang Chen Haonan. How could they rob the rich and help the poor?
However, Wu Song did not make a mistake because of drinking, but instead of the tiger plague. To put it bluntly, the good people of Liangshan, in addition to some undesirable systems, most of them are idle people in society, and there are some people on the fringes of the jianghu who originally robbed houses and opened black shops. In addition to the Jade Qilin Lu Junyi, Lin Chong was also very depressed. Counting down, the timely rain Song Gongming Song Jiang is also a good relationship for guangjie to plan a higher position for their own name. To put it bluntly, if their sentiments are measured by today's standards, it is nonsense.
They oppose the government, and the abduction of the birthday is nothing more than a desperate risk, nor is it used to relieve the poor people. Wu Song beat Jiang Menshen and also went out with his brothers, and it was not possible to punish evil and promote good. As for Li Kui, he is even more of an idiot, which is very suitable for Song Jiang to manipulate.
In short, the crowd of people gathered in Liangshan was not like a person, but a demon-like existence. This confirms that the total of 108 generals released at the beginning of the Tiangang Di Fire was released. Although it is an exaggerated description of the novel, it also sets the tone.
Obviously, I don't think Shi Nai'an is singing their praises, but on the contrary, I hide the truth of indoctrination and persuasion to change from evil to righteousness. Accept the offer well, and if you can't change it, let them die or retire.
Of course, the literary value of water margin cannot be erased, many descriptions are very wonderful, even if many people have not read the original work, they can say a 123, but in terms of social value, even if it truly reflects part of the style of the Song Dynasty (there may also be exaggeration of the novel), but the entire three views are chaotic, of course, this is our perspective from the perspective of later generations, that is, it is actually very cruel and cruel, and the sympathy and recognition are very low. Today, why some people are indignant about Pan Jinlian is this reason.
Finally, I would like to say that it does not count if you are eliminated or not, the times will eliminate you, Jesus will not be able to keep you, the times need you, and the five thunderstorms in the sky will not be able to get away. Anyway, I think that sometimes "Water Margin" is the ancient "Ancient Puzzle Boy" series, and these things are actually jokes.