First, the failed Shi Daguanren
In fact, there are many negative examples on Liangshan. For example, Wang Lun and Chao Gai, who even Song Jiang shattered their thoughts. Even after Song Jiang Zhao'an, he did not forget to pull it out to dry: "The small river puddle, since Wang Lun went up the mountain to create, is chao covered up the mountain, and now to the Song River, it has been several years, and the nearby residents are not shallow." (From "Water Margin" 82 times)
On the surface, it seems that Song Jiang "draught water and did not forget to dig wells", but the problem is that Liangshan 108 will, why don't you have these two positions? Wang Lun explained well, and Lin Chong gave a definition. But what should Chao Gai explain? And for many Water Margin fans, even if they like Chao Gai, they have to sigh that his life is too unsuccessful. So, isn't that the opposite of typical?
And for those good men who entered the list of 108 generals in Liangshan, there are also many negative examples. For example, Yang Zhi and Lin Chong are generally regarded as the two unlucky eggs of the Water Margin. But fairly speaking, Lin Chong and Yang Zhi are more caused by external reasons and have been calculated by others. That is to say, the fight cannot be fought - Lin Chong is Gao Li, and Yang Zhi is used by Wu.
However, the failure of the Nine-Striped Dragon Shi Jin was ignored by many people. In fact, the most thorough failure of Shi Jin can be called the number one negative model in the Water Margin.
As we all know, there are three high-ranking officials on Liangshan. One is Chai Jin, known as Chai Daguanren. One is Li Ying, also known as Li Daguanren, and the third is Shi Jin, who is also a grand official. So what is a high official? The classic interpretation is: an honorific title for rich and powerful men with higher social status and the children of rich families.
But what was the final outcome of these three high officials? Unique Shi Jin died tragically - was shot to death by Pang Wanchun. Chai Jin resigned his official post and returned to his hometown to continue to be rich and leisurely. Li Ying is even more talented, and he is still a rich man.
Judging from liangshan rankings and positions, the same is true! Chai Jin ranked tenth and Li Ying ranked eleventh, and the two men were jointly in charge of the soldiers, horses, money, grain, and grass on Liangshan. In other words, if you send them to death, you will not be able to find these two people. So much so that Chai Jin felt embarrassed, and when he consulted Fang La, he took the initiative to ask Fang La, an undercover agent.
On the other hand, Shi Jin was miserable, but he became an ordinary Liangshan warrior, and he could not compare with Chai Jin and Li Ying at all. As a high official of Liangshan, why did Shi Jin mix so miserably and become a negative model? It lies in the two bottom lines that a man should keep the most, and he has lost them.
Second, to be a person, you must be able to "say no"
The role of "saying no" is equivalent to sticking to the bottom line of being a person. A person who does not "say no" will live a very tired and bitter life. Because this means that you will often "take on other people's things" and take on many mistakes and responsibilities that do not belong to you.
Chen Da, the second in command of Shaohua Mountain, disregarded Zhu Wu's obstruction and had to rob Shi Jiazhuang, and was captured alive by Shi Jin. Zhu Wu "bore the guilt of Jing", and Shi Jin was released to Chen Da. At this point, Shi Jin handled it beautifully, after all, "the jianghu is not fighting, killing, killing, but human feelings."
But then, when Zhu Wu sent "thirty-two garlic strips of gold", Shi Jin's handling was completely out of shape. Let's look at the original text: Shi Jin pushed back at the beginning, and then pondered: "Since the good intentions are sent, it is deserved." ”
With this first time, "for more than half a month, Zhu Wu and the other three people discussed the capture of good large beads in the village, and sent them to Zhuangshang overnight." Shi Jin suffered, not to mention. ”
How did Shi Jin, who was originally a dignified official and an innocent man, eventually blend in with the gangsters? It starts with "no say no"!
Could it be that Shi Jin is short of money or greedy for money? Not at all! Because later, when Shi Jin fled to find a teacher, he met Lu Zhishen and met Jin Cuilian! When Lu Zhishen proposed to give Jin Cuilian silver, Shi Jin casually gave ten pieces of silver!
Therefore, Shi Jin is not greedy for money at all, nor is he short of money, that is, he will not "say no". Therefore, the bottom line of being a person is unconsciously lost.
unbelief? Let's look at Song Jiang. After he rescued Chao Gai and seven other people, Chao Gai ordered Liu Tang to send one hundred and two pieces of gold to Song Jiang, but Song Jiang "only took one piece of gold", and then said to Liu Tang: "Song Jiang's family is quite a bit of a living, and you are in the cottage, but when Song Jiang lacks coils, he comes to get it." ”
So-called: good intentions (take a piece of gold), as for human feelings, that is not nothing, we slowly return (wait for Song Jiang to lack coils but come to take). Song Jiang's "no" word is so clever. Comparing with Shi Jin, is it the feeling of old jianghu and rookie?
This is the key and important thing to be a person who "says no". Shi Jinyin would not "say no", and in the end, in order to save Zhu Wu and others, he resisted the imperial court, burned the family house, lost the moist little days of the big officials, and became a good man in exile. When Song Jiang would "say no" and Jiangzhou was about to be beheaded, Chao Gai took almost all the good men with him and traveled thousands of miles to Jiangzhou to rob the law field and save Song Jiang!
Third, "good horses do not eat grass", let alone be human!
So-called: people are expensive and ambitious! That is to say, once people make up their minds, it is equivalent to setting a bottom line for themselves, no matter what setbacks and hardships they encounter, they will not turn back, this spirit and will, is very valuable! Therefore, it is described as "a good horse does not eat grass".
And Shi Jin, however, just let this bottom line of life be lost! In order to save Zhu Wu, Chen Da, and Yang Chun, Shi Jin killed the official government servants and burned his own home, although he was helpless, but the wood had become a boat. So what should I do at this moment? Of course, introspection, we have become like this?
So did Shi Jin reflect? To be fair, he reflected! Zhu Wu saw that Shi Jin had become so miserable in order to save himself, so he said to Shi Jin: Simply you come to be the eldest brother of Shaohua Mountain, and our third brother will listen to you.
Shi Jin said, "I am an innocent and good man, how can I be willing to stain the remains of my parents!" You persuaded me to fall into the grass and never stop the topic again. ”
Although the words are very difficult to hear, the truth is hard! This actually shows that Shi Jin has ambition, has the bottom line of being a person, and refuses to fall into the grass! Shi Jin then left Shaohua Mountain and began to look for Master Wang Jin. The meaning is quite simple: to go to the side of a knife and a shot, to fight a meritorious name, not to insult the boy's body. From this he met Lu Zhishen.
But what about the result? After Shi Jin walked around for a while, instead of finding Master Wang Jin, he ran back to Shaohua Mountain in a gray and slippery way, and really fell into the grass and became the scoop handle of Shaohua Mountain!
In the face of this result, what should you say about him? The so-called "innocent man" has finally "defiled himself". So what are the consequences? "Water Margin" is very clearly written, which directly leads to the diaphragm of Zhu Wu and others on Shi Jin.
For example, after Shi Jin was captured alive by He Taishou of Huazhou, Zhu Wu and others did not save him at all, and if it were not for Lu Zhishen's coming, Shi Jin would have died in Huazhou Capital.
And in the end, after Liangshan recruited An, during the conquest of Fang La, Shi Jin, along with Chen Da and Yang Chun, died in a random arrow. But Zhu Wu "only cried Chen Da and Yang Chun", Shi Jin? Sorry, not crying this guy at all. This is all written in the original text of "Water Margin". That is to say, Shi Jin finally went from being a great official in the hall to a "Water Margin joke".
Therefore, "good horses do not eat grass", let alone be human! Once this bottom line of being a person is lost, it generally means being despised, how can it not become a "negative model"?