From a very early age, the old people have the saying that "the old do not read the Three Kingdoms, and the less do not read the Water Margin". From here, we can also see the status of "Water Margin" in people's minds. "Water Margin" is also one of the four famous works, and it is a heavyweight work in the history of mainland novel literature. The main characters in the novel are the one hundred and eight generals in Shuipo Liangshan, who are actually bandits, and the background of the story is set in the last year of the Song Dynasty.
At that time, all the good men of Liangshan gathered to revolt because of their respective circumstances and other reasons. And "Water Margin" is a record of the development and prosperity of this peasant uprising army to its demise. And there are five people whose nicknames are the most ironic in "Water Margin", and by connecting the nicknames of these five people, we can understand what the subtext that Shi Nai'an ultimately wanted to express when writing "Water Margin".
Timely rain and jade unicorn
As we all know, the ultimate leader of Shuipo Liangshan is Song Jiang, song in Yuncheng County, Shandong, and Song Jiang also has countless names among many generals of all sizes.
The most well-known and most common is the "Hu Baoyi" Song Jiang, and Song Jiang also because he usually sponsors all kinds of good men, helped many heroes in distress, most people will choose to defect to Song Jiang in times of crisis, and he already has a name of "timely rain" when he is an official, so this is also the nickname given to Song Jiang by Shi Nai'an.
In fact, at the beginning, the author had a good control over the fate of Song Jiang, and Song Jiang's first name was Hu Baoyi. In fact, the literal meaning of this nickname is to safeguard the national righteousness and protect the imperial power. That is to say, Song Jiang had the state and the imperial court in mind from beginning to end.
Judging from the specific storyline, Song Jiang's fall into the grass is not voluntary. Song Jiang was a civil servant of the Song Dynasty at the beginning, that is to say, his initial idea was to be able to contribute to the country by taking the meritorious name, rising step by step, and finally making achievements in an important position in the country.
In addition, although Song Jiang's nickname is Timely Rain, he finally thinks about himself and the imperial court, and he values his reputation the most, when Shuipo Liangshan is fighting against the soldiers, there will always be a flag with the words "For the Heavenly Path". However, Song Jiang's ultimate goal was not to replace Tianxingdao, but to submit to the imperial court, which was the reason why Song Jiang hesitated when the imperial court finally proposed to recruit all the soldiers of the Liangshan uprising.
From Song Jiang's personal experience, his life was completely manipulated by fate. From the beginning he was forced to liangshan because he killed Yan Poxi by mistake, and finally submitted to the imperial court, but he failed to achieve his original wish, and finally ended up drinking poison and drinking alcohol and dying, so his fate was tragic, and from the beginning, either becoming an anti-thief or being given to death in obedience to the imperial court was not what he wanted.
At that time, the mountain thieves at the top of the mountain had the first and second chairs. Therefore, the second chair of Liangshan at that time was Lu Junyi. Lu Junyi gave him the nickname "Jade Qilin", because he not only looked brilliant, but also had a great body shape, very powerful and handsome, so he was matched with the title of Jade Qilin .
Because Lu Junyi was strong in martial arts and helped his eldest brother Chao Gai to avenge xue hate, his reputation was very high among the younger brothers of Shui Po Liang Mountain. This is also an important reason why Lu Junyi went late and could become a leader on a par with Song Jiang.
Although Lu Junyi's final fate is not the same as Song Jiang's, the development of the storyline is much the same. Because Lu Junyi was originally born to be much more "noble" than those small buildings in Liangshan.
Therefore, after Song Jiang led all the people in Shuipo Liangshan to submit to the imperial court, Yan Qing, who was under him at that time, told him that he must not participate in politics. However, Lu Junyi was too conceited, and instead of listening to Yan Qing's advice, he went on a campaign for the Song Dynasty, and as a result, because of his high merits, he violated the interests of the authorities and ended up being framed and killed.
Tips and tricks
The reason why Song Jiang was able to form a group of rabble-rousers into an uprising army was inseparable from the famous military master Wu Yong from the beginning to the end.
Unlike the other people in Shuipo Liangshan who had different skills, Wu Yong was originally a talent without the strength of a chicken, but because he was resourceful, he had the name of "Wisdom And Many Stars", and eventually stayed by Song Jiang's side to advise on the big and small things in Liangshan. Many of his tips and tricks also made Song Jiang turn the tide in many battles.
But in terms of personality, Wu Yong is not like a reader, he is more like an exquisite egoist. As soon as he found out who was more capable of leadership and who was more favorable to him, he followed whomever he wanted.
This is why from the beginning of doing things under Chao Gai's hands, he in turn followed Song Jiang, and when he advised Song Jiang, many times it was actually a conspiracy and trickery. In the final critical period, Song Jiang hesitated because of the imperial court's recruitment, and as a result, Wu Yong did not say anything useful in the end. This fits well with his name, Wu Yong (useless).
Black Whirlwind with the Prodigal Son
And one of the people we want to introduce next is the most reckless in Shuipo Liangshan, and he is Li Kui, the "Black Whirlwind". In fact, the image of Li Kui in the film and television drama is beautified, and Li Kui in the real novel is a bloodthirsty murderous demon, who in addition to his mother and brothers, he does not pay attention to the lives of others at all.
Whether it was robbing the court for Song Jiang or seeing uneven roads, Li Kui basically killed innocents indiscriminately, and no one cared about the rise of killing, even the lives of ordinary people, completely violating the saying that Shui Po Liang Shan was for the Heavenly Path. In the end, because Li Kui was too loyal to Song Jiang, Song Jiang also forced Li Kui to drink the poisonous wine given by the imperial court and follow him to Huangquan.
The prodigal son Yan Qing is not an important role in "Water Margin", although Yan Qing belongs to one of the many generals in Liangshan, he himself has no right to speak.
It is precisely because of this that readers have made subtext expressions with the names of today's people: Song Jiang Li (Li Kui), Lu Junyi (Yan Qing). Whether Shi Nai'an himself meant this or not, this sentence is very clever, not only to illustrate the relationship between these people, but also to indicate the end of the entire rebel army.
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