Righteousness encompasses the heavens, loyal liver covers the ground, and no one knows the whole world. Away from the sorrow of thousands of kinds, drunken land overnight head white. - "Water Margin"
Among the four famous works, "Water Margin" is definitely a book worth reading, whether it is the novel itself, or various versions of film and television works, it makes people watch blood boiling.
However, whether it is a famous book or a TV drama work, people's eyes will always be on the leopard head Lin Chong, the flower monk Lu Zhishen and others, because their martial arts are very high.
However, among the many good men in Liangshan, the audience ignored the person who lived the most transparently, and it was still very inconspicuous, this person was Yan Qing, nicknamed "The Prodigal Son".
Why do you say that About Yan Qing? Because he saw through Song Jiang's personality very early, and fled Liangshan early to save himself. At the same time, before leaving, he also left a letter to Song Jiang, in which he wrote a poem.
In the poem, the hypocrisy of Song Jiang is perfectly exposed. So, what's going on here? Let's talk today.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="10" > Yanqing He Xuren also</h1>
In history, Yan Qing was a member of the Shijie villagers, not Lu Junyi's domestic slaves, perhaps to shape Lu Junyi, so Shi Nai'an described Yan Qing as a "family slave" and "righteous son".
In "Water Margin", Yan Qing is handsome and handsome, strong in martial arts, and is a confidant of Lu Junyi's family in the capital. However, later, for various reasons, Yan Qing was expelled from the Lu family and went to Liangshan, becoming one of the 36 Heavenly Gangs.
It is worth mentioning that in "Water Margin", although Yan Qing appeared very late, she did not appear until the sixty-first time. However, Shi Nai'an had a soft spot for him and spent a lot of ink to describe him.
When rescuing Lu Junyi, Shi Nai'an highlighted Yan Qing's talent as a "sharpshooter", and killed Xue Ba and Dong Chao with two arrows, which showed its strength.
Subsequently, the reason why Song Jiang was able to recruit security successfully, Yan Qing also played a great role. Through Master Li, he met with Emperor Huizong of Song and made a great contribution to Liangshan's recruitment.
Of course, this is not the most prominent place for Yanqing. Among the 108 generals of Liangshan, Yan Qing can be said to be the first person to see through Song Jiang, and when he foresaw that Liangshan would not have a good outcome, he immediately successfully retired and left alone.
It is worth mentioning that when Yan Qing left Song Jiang, he also wrote a poem, and that poem also vividly showed Song Jiang's false benevolence and false righteousness.
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It is said that after the annihilation of Fang La, the Liangshan army returned to the dynasty. At this time, Yan Qing found his righteous father Lu Junyi and persuaded him to leave with him, otherwise there would be no good end.
However, Lu Junyi did not have any political vision and consciousness, and he must go to the end with Song Jiang. Under such circumstances, Yan Qing told Lu Junyi: "If the father does not listen to Xiao Yi's words, he is afraid that he will regret it later..."
Sure enough, not long after this incident passed, Yan Qing quietly left Song Jiang's army. Earlier, Yan Qing also said to Lu Junyi:
"If you don't leave, I won't go" (roughly meaning), from the result, he deceived Lu Junyi (perhaps afraid that Lu Junyi would stop himself, so he used the strategy of delaying the army).
Before leaving, Yan Qing also left a letter, and the letter was for Song Jiang. After receiving the letter, Song Jiang opened it, and wrote a poem in his heart, the content of which was written like this: "The geese fly in order to be alarmed, and the officials do not seek glory." There is a king around him, and he has been free from the wind and dust to live this life. ”
On the surface, this poem only expresses Yan Qing's longing for her feelings. In fact, people who know the inside story understand the meaning, especially Song Jiang, who knows that this poem is not as simple as it seems.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="31" > two goose shooting events in the Water Margin</h1>
Throughout the book of "Water Margin", there are two very famous goose shooting incidents. Once was when Hua Rong first arrived in Liangshan, in order to show his ability to wear Yang in a hundred steps, Hua Rong came to a "Liangshan shooting goose", which also dispelled the question of the leader Chao Gai.
However, shortly after this shooting of geese, Chao Gai was unfortunately ambushed while attacking Zengtou City and was shot by Shi Wengong's poisonous arrow. Soon after, due to the uselessness of the medicinal stone, Chao Gai died, and Liangshan also came to the era of Song Jiang.
Under the command of Song Jiang, Liang Shanbo began to recruit security to the imperial court, and eventually achieved success. After that, the good han of Liangshan became a weapon of the imperial court, and the south invaded the north.
On a journey to conquer Wang Qing, Yan Qing found several geese in Qiulindu and wanted to shoot them. Soon after, he shot down a few and was praised by his brothers.
However, at this time, Song Jiang suddenly said, "A group of wild geese in the sky, just like my brothers, but you shot those few, and the brothers lost a few..."
After this incident, the geese became synonymous with the Liangshan brothers, and no one shot geese again. In addition, through this incident, Song Jiang also captured the "heart of attachment" of many people.
If you combine poetry and poetry, then it is easy to understand the meaning of Yan Qing's letter. In the letter, Yan Qing mercilessly satirizes Song Jiang as an uncompromising hypocritical villain.
Shooting geese is just a very ordinary thing, but he put it on the line, which shows its absurdity. In addition, he also ridiculed Song Jiang for blindly promoting Zhao'an, only seeking glory and wealth, resulting in the death of his brother and the wounds of injuries.
Now, I Yanqing see your Song Jiang thoroughly, I do not seek any glory and wealth, I only hope to live this life freely. Now I leave you, not for anything else, but for my own freedom.
All in all, from this poem alone, it can be seen that Yan Qing sees song Jiang's personality thoroughly, and is also one of the few "good people" among the good people in Liangshan.
After leaving Liangshan, Yan Qing first went to Suzhou to live for a while, and then began to travel across the country, and from time to time he was also heroic. Later, after Lu Junyi's death, he returned to Sizhou, solved Lu Junyi's aftermath, and left again.
In addition, after leaving Lu Junyi, Yan Qing also went to the capital to find Li Shishi once. Master Li originally wanted to leave with Yan Qing, but was rejected by Yan Qing, when Yan Qing said: "Although we have eight worship friends, but there is no chance of marriage, I hope my sister cherishes"
Many people say that Yan Qing and Master Li are a pair of mandarin ducks with a bitter fate, and judging from this sentence, Yan Qing may not have any love for Master Li at all, just pure friends.
It is worth mentioning that in addition to Yan Qing seeing through Song Jiang's personality, Gongsun Sheng is also one of them. What's more, he saw through Song Jiang's behavior very early on, and left Liangshan Po twice to save his life.
At the same time, Li Jun, the dragon of the Mixed River, was also one of them, and after returning from the conquest of Fang La, he had sought out the military master Wu Yong to prepare for the bloodbath of Tokyo and re-fall into liangshan. As a result, Zhi duoxing Wu Yong resigned and told Song Jiang about it.
After the plan could not be implemented, they had no choice but to leave Liangshan one after another and find a way out for themselves. Interestingly, Li Jun has made a name for himself in Thailand with his own skills, of course, this is the last word.
Seeing his brothers leave one by one, Song Jiang felt that things were starting out a little bad, so he began to use the bitter meat trick: "Kill me, you can go your separate ways", and this trick really suppressed the momentum of the division of the good han in Liangshan.
From Yan Qing's body, we can see that everything in life is impermanent, and the only thing we can do is to live in the moment and do our role in life. The word prodigal son, perhaps that's it, returning to the heart to be free.