I. The "Hidden Truth and False Words" of the Water Margin
Literary works that can be called famous works are all-encompassing in content and exquisitely echoed. The so-called "true things hidden, false words exist", even if it seems to be a simple name, is also a handful of "bitter tears who knows". But unfortunately, "Water Margin", one of the four famous works, seems to be excluded from this subtlety.
Even mentioning these things will be angrily dismissed as "nonsense", "over-interpretation" and so on. It's just that because the author is "A Q one", the so-called, "the little nun's face, the monk can touch, I A Q can not touch"?
Moreover, "true things hidden and false words" are not anyone's "patents", it is a common phenomenon! Parents have given their children names since ancient times, is that not the case? Therefore, Shi Nai'an must have been the same when he created "Water Margin".
For example, why is the last two in the Liangshan 108 general called Shi Qian and Duan Jingzhu? The so-called "time has passed, after the white colt crossed the gap (Duan Jingzhu secretly illuminated the night jade lion horse), but it was difficult to stay in the situation."
Shi Qian and Duan Jingzhu are the names of good men independently created by "Water Margin", right? They are all small characters at the bottom of the ranking, why do the surnames have to be so weird? When a surname is a surname, a surname segment? At this moment, we add the famous and real historical figure in the history books, the so-called Liangshan big brother Song Jiang.
Connect these three names and then taste: Song Dynasty, after the passage of time, it is difficult to keep a good situation! It can be interpreted from the macroscopic height of history, and can also be analyzed from the microscopic perspective of Liangshan, is it "true things hidden and false words exist"?
When the author interprets the Water Margin, he always thinks that Chai Jin's ultimate goal is to "overthrow the Great Song dynasty and restore the Chai family's future zhou tianxia", why?
Chai Jin has an uncle named Chai Huangcheng, that is, the one who was bullied to death by Yin Tianxi, and the two names are "Chai Jin Imperial City", is it remembered "yellow robe plus body". When he contacted Song Jiang again to meet Master Li, Chai Jin sneaked into Song Huizong's study with a knife in his hand- carrying a sharp blade into the palace, what did he do? Definitely not with Song Huizong, stringing, drinking, bragging about it.
If there are only one or two such places in the Water Margin, we can reduce it to coincidence. But the problem has become a common phenomenon in the Water Margin. Also like Wu Yong, the original prototype was called "Wu Jialiang"! "Water Margin" was renamed "Wu Yong", the road number: Bright! Dare I ask, can this still be considered a coincidence?
If you still don't believe it, then look at the character of "Shi Jin"!
Second, the first good man of Liangshan to appear
Shi Jin was the first good man of Liangshan to appear, and there is a character of Shi Jin in the blueprint of "Water Margin", "Great Song Xuan and Testament" and "Thirty-six Praises of Song Jiang". Therefore, the name Shi Jin was not created by Old Master Shi.
The first question is, who are the archetypal historical figures of Shi Jin? Today's mainstream view is that Shi Bin, the general under Song Jiang! After the failure of the SongJiang Uprising, Shi Bin continued his promising career as a bandit. According to the "History of Song", Shi Bin, a thief in Guanzhong, committed xingzhou and claimed the title of emperor. There are two key words.
The first one is "Guanzhong"! Shi Jin in "Water Margin", is the "Huayin County" where he lives in Guanzhong? Absolutely! In the eastern part of the Guanzhong Plain!
The second is to "call the emperor"! In other words, Shi Bin finally called the emperor the emperor! Unfortunately, it was the "Grass Head Heavenly Son", who was soon captured by the famous Southern Song Dynasty general "Wu Jiu (Shi) Bin".
This is the reason why Shi Jin is nicknamed "Nine-striped Dragon". In the "Water Margin", it is said that it is because he embroidered nine dragons on his body, so he was nicknamed "Nine Dragons"! Today," corresponding to the archetypal figures of history, is it "real things hidden and false words"?
Understanding the archetype of Shi Jin's character, let's interpret the people around him.
The first was that his father was named Shi Taigong! In the "Records of History", Sima Qian called himself "Taishi Gong"! The so-called "inheritance of historians (father and son inheritance)", the history of the good han of Liangshan, began with Shi Jin! The fact is also true, Shi Jin is the first good man to appear in the 108 generals of Liangshan!
The second is that his master is named Wang Jin! Like Lin Chong, he was also a leader of the 800,000 Forbidden Army, even higher than Lin Chong. However, he was so harmed by Gao Li that he fled the imperial court, and when passing through Shijiazhuang, after teaching Shi Jin martial arts, he disappeared into the Water Margin River and lake and did not know where he was.
Do you feel that this master and apprentice are too close? It's all called "entering." Old Master Shi is a literary master, why did he have to let Wang Jin be Shi Jin's master? Looking so messy and weird? Look at Lin Chong, his apprentice's name is Cao Zheng, how simple and clear.
Wang Jin fled the imperial court, in fact, it means that the "wang dao" was harmed by Gao Qi's people and left and fled, that is to say, the imperial court did not have the orthodox royal way (Wang Jin eventually forgot to disappear). Therefore, the history of the rebellion of a group of Liangshan bandits has thus opened the curtain and entered - the history of the so-called "officials forcing the people to rebel" has begun!
Sure enough, Lin Chong, another leader of the 800,000 Forbidden Army, just after Shi Jin was looking for his master Wang Jin, happened to meet Lu Zhishen and Li Zhong, and was forced to Liangshan again, announcing that the Liangshan era was coming--the history books did not see Wang Dao (Shi Jin could not find wang Jin's result)!
The third was Shi Jin's other master, Li Zhong! He was Shi Jin's enlightenment teacher, but he fell into the jianghu and became a good man who sold "powerful pills".
Li Zhong is also a name created by Old Master Shi. Why did he arrange such an "enlightened teacher" for Shi Jin? The simplest interpretation is: it should be faithful. The key word is a "loyal" word! Is it the most important "loyalty" in the history books? That's right!
So is it now understood? Loyalty, living in the rivers and lakes. Shi Jin (history book) did not find "Wang Dao (Wang Jin)", but found a "Li Zhong" who "sold powerful pills". Therefore, at this moment, Shi Jin was very happy, and still called Li Zhong, who had no skills, "Master", while Lu Zhishen despised Li Zhong!
So why did Lu Zhishen despise Li Zhong?
The fourth is Shi Jin's confidant, Lu Zhishen! The explanation in the book is that li zhong's small family is disgusted. So does Lu Zhishen have a historical prototype? Yes, the author once wrote a special article to say, that is, Guo Wei, the Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty. When he was a soldier, he angrily killed a bullying butcher, almost the same as Lu Zhishen punching the town of Kansai in "Water Margin".
Lu Zhi deeply despised "loyalty" and opposed Zhao'an, was it suddenly clear? No way, Zhao Kuangyin is the world after the robbery. How do you let "Lu Zhishen" not despise "Li Zhong"!
Shi Jin's historical prototype is Shi Bin, who was once an emperor, Lu Zhishen's historical prototype is Guo Wei, Later Zhou Taizu, this is the two emperors' big brothers, naturally they have become confidants, and the relationship is too good to be true! Therefore, these two emperor brothers must die, and they cannot return to Beijing to accept the reward of the Song official's family--they are all people who are not in the right eyes with your great Song, and they can't afford to lose this!
It is another "truth hidden and false words"! As we all know, Lu Zhishen finally died of silence, so what about Shi Jin?
Third, Shi Jin was hit by an arrow, why didn't the other good men save them?
Shi Jin died at the hands of Fang La's sharpshooter, the hand of Pang Wanchun! At that time, Lu Junyi fought against Yuling Pass. Shi Jin, Shi Xiu, Chen Da, Yang Chun, Li Zhong, and Xue Yong led three thousand infantry troops to go out to the sentry, and as a result, Shi Jin was shot by An arrow from Pang Wanchun, followed by "a gong sounded on the top of the mountain, and in the pine forest on the left and right, arrows were released at the same time." The five members will not be able to take care of Shi Jin, and each of them will flee for their lives."
In other words, although Shi Jin was shot, he did not necessarily die. Unfortunately, as the other side fired random arrows, the rest of the good men of Liangshan left Shi Jin and ran away. Why? They were carrying "three thousand infantry", which meant that there were definitely shield hands, and Shi Jin was obviously the main general!
But why didn't the rest of the good men organize shield hand guards to rescue the main general Shi Jin? It is a grave unforgivable sin to abandon the Lord and flee in such a situation. There are two simplest reasons.
One is that the Liangshan people and horses are a ragtag crowd after all, so no one can organize and cannot be organized!
The second is that this is the so-called righteous qi between the Liangshan brothers, which is simply unreliable! Because among the five people who escaped, Chen Da and Yang Chun were Shi Jin's brothers, as well as Zhu Wu, all four of them belonged to the Shaohuashan faction! Li Zhong is Shi Jin's enlightenment teacher! After Zhu Wu heard that these six people were killed in the end, he only cried "Chen Da and Yang Chun", and there was nothing to do!
But if you link the full text of this article, it is obvious that the reason is not simple.
Shi Jin means "Liangshan history entered", but now he is dead. He died both from the abandonment of his brothers (Zhu Wu, Chen Da, and Yang Chun) and from the "disloyalty of the loyal" (Li Zhong). Isn't this a portrayal of Liangshan?
Song Jiang once changed the Juyi Hall to Zhongyi Hall, the former being "gathering righteous people" and the latter "emphasizing loyalty and righteousness"
Now, with Shi Jin abandoned and dead (the end of Liangshan history), but tearing open this fig leaf, why did the good men of Liangshan end so tragically? Only because of the four words "unfaithfulness and unrighteousness"!
When earning Lu Junyi and pit Zhu Tong, where is the righteousness?
Wu Yong proposed to surrender the Liao state, and when Hu Yanzhuo and Guan Sheng surrendered to Liangshan, where were they loyal?
And the final outcome of Liangshan is also like Shi Jin's "fleeing for their lives" after the arrow. Those good men who survived, such as Yan Qing, who wandered the world, Zhu Wu, Li Ying, and so on, who resigned from the government and left, are not the same?