Text\Dream walker
Duan Jingzhu's nickname Golden Retriever is a small person who does not appear much in "Water Margin", coupled with a vague image, so it is rarely commented on. However, in the view of Jin Shengsi, a famous literary critic at the end of the Ming Dynasty, small people have their own great uses, so they evaluated him with "strange and wonderful connections". So, where is the "wonderful" place where Duan Jing lives?
A butterfly in the Amazon rainforest of South America, with an occasional flapping of its wings, can cause a tornado in Texas two weeks later. I think that this little red-haired and yellow-bearded person in "Water Margin" is like the butterfly that the American meteorologist Edward Lorentz said, as soon as he appeared, he immediately changed Liangshan's great changes,—— Chao Gai died in battle, Song Jiang ascended to the throne, and the direction of the whole book has since undergone a fundamental change.
First of all, the appearance of Duan Jingzhu is a provocation to Chao Gai's status. Why? You know, at that time, Liangshan was Chao Gai's Liang Mountain, and you Duan Jingzhu wanted to come, no matter who came to him, he would eventually run to Chao Gai. You're good to go, and you made it clear with great fanfare that you were going to give the Zhaoye Jade Lion Horse to Song Jiang, isn't that embarrassing for the big boss of Liangshan?
Secondly, the appearance of Duan Jingzhu contributed to the fact that Chao Gai went down the mountain to attack Zengtou City. Without his horse theft, horse sacrifice, and loss of horses, there would be no Chao Gai's outrage, and there would be no chao Gai's hasty descent down the mountain and the accident of being killed by an arrow; without these, naturally there would be no final outcome of Lu Junyi going up the mountain, Song Jiang ascending the throne, and Liangshan Po changing hands. Butterflies are small enough to fan a hurricane; Duan Jing lives on people. Wei, a series of major events in Liangshan are caused by him.
Also, Duan Jingzhu's ranking is also a subtlety. Duan Jing lived in the last ranking of Liangshan,—— ranked 108th. Does this mean that Chao Gai was squeezed out by him? If Chao Gai didn't die, wouldn't there be nothing for him in the hundred singles and eight generals?
Therefore, Jin Shengsi's evaluation is very accurate. The so-called Qiwen Miaojie died in the middle arrow of Chao Gai, and the magic was seamlessly connected in the Song River. Duan Jingzhu, although the characters are small, the sense of existence is not low, there are not many appearances, and the weight is enough to ,—— an extremely important key figure in "Water Margin".
You think, Liangshan Po and Zengtou City actually have no grudge, and the two families originally had no reason to go to war. Who knew that a golden retriever fell from the sky, Liangshan almost fell out of the nest to kill Zengtou City, Chao Gai died in this battle, Lu Junyi and Yan Qing came to the battle, Song Jiang came to the throne because of this battle, Juyi Hall became Zhongyi Hall because of this battle, and the direction of Liangshan Po changed because of this battle——
Duan Jingzhu, this character is not simple!
2021.10.16.