Gongzi Read Water Margin No. 191
Wu Song, is a "good man" loved by the readers of "Water Margin", and is also one of the characters with the most plot stories in the book, Jingyang Gang fighting tigers, fighting and killing Ximen Qing, drunkenly beating Jiang Menshen, making a big fuss about Fei Yunpu, and splashing the Mandarin Duck Building, which are all well-known deeds for readers.
His quick-hearted, vengeful and uncompromising personality has won him a large number of fans.
However, when many people interpret the image of Wu Song, they always think of the image of Wu Song too idealistically, so that many misunderstandings have occurred.
First, Wu Song is a good man who acts heroically and righteously
Many people think that Wu Song is a good man who acts heroically and righteously, and the typical examples are Jingyang Gang fighting tigers and walking centipede ridge at night.
In fact, it is difficult for Wu Song to associate this person with the heroic battle.
Jingyang Gang's fight against the tiger was just an accident. Wu Song returned to his hometown to visit his relatives and passed through Jingyang Gang, drank a lot of wine in the hotel under Jingyang Gang, and then wanted to cross the Gang.
The guys in the shop tell him that there are tigers on the hill, but Wu Song doesn't believe it, but instead thinks that the guys are telling him to seek his money. It wasn't until he found the official notice in JingyangGang that he knew that what Xiao Er said was true, but he was afraid that turning back at this time would cause the reader's shame and laughter, so he forced his scalp on Jingyanggang.
On jingyang gang, he encountered a tiger, and Wu Song fought with the tiger with a twelve-point spirit, and after all, It was Wu Song who was superior in skill and beat the tiger to death.
Subjectively, Wu Song did not intend to eliminate harm for the people, but it was just an emergency response, but the killing of the tiger objectively eliminated a harm for the local area.
Walking through centipede ridge at night, Wu Song found that a Daoist was flirting with a woman, and he couldn't help but get angry. He decided to take a Taoist "sacrifice knife", so he went to smash the door, and a Daoist boy opened the door and saw Wu Song and reprimanded him twice. Wu Song grabbed his sword and hacked Dao Tong to death.
Subsequently, he fought with the Daoists, and after some fighting, he killed the Wang Daoren.
After killing the two, Wu Song asked the woman why she lived here with the Daoists, and after questioning, she learned that the woman had been abducted by the Daoists, and Wu Song asked the woman to pack up the gold and silver and go down the mountain to make another way to make a living.
Obviously, Wu Song didn't know what Wang Daoren was doing, and he killed Wang Daoren just to test whether the newly arrived weapon was a good one.
In fact, Wu Song is not a good man who acts heroically and righteously. His behavior is more "egoistic" than "altruistic". He resolutely refrained from doing anything that was detrimental to his own interests and face. He will not let go of anyone who has harmed his face and interests.
Wu Song is a very egotistical person.
Second, Liangshan is invincible in infantry
Many readers like Wu Song's kung fu and think that Wu Song's skills are also top-notch in Liangshan Po.
"Immediately Lin Chong, Ma Xia Wu Song", this is a sentence that many readers like.
Wu Song was indeed very brave, and he could kill a tiger with his bare hands, which was estimated to be something that few people on Liangshan could do. People who can fight tigers with their bare hands probably only exist in fiction.
Wu Song fights rarely drag mud and water, often a few rounds to solve the battle, what Ximen Qing, Jiang Men shen, Bei Yingkui, etc. are within one or two moves to solve the battle, that is, the Wang Dao people on the centipede ridge insist on a longer time.
These outstanding achievements give people the illusion that Wusong is invincible in infantry combat.
Some readers said that if 108 good men were locked up in a small room and not given weapons, then it would be Wu Song who would live to the end.
Some readers also said that if they fought with their lives, Wu Song must be the winner.
In fact, this statement is biased, on the one hand, the good men are good at different fields, some are accustomed to armed fighting, some are accustomed to horse warfare, and some are accustomed to water warfare, just like Li Kui, who is bare-handed, cannot beat Jiao Ting; on the other hand, since it is a fight, who is not fighting desperately? Is it only Wu Song who spared his life?
There are many infantry masters on Liangshan, and Lin Chong, the leader of the Forbidden Army, is a tiger general on the horse, but he is still fierce when he gets off his horse, whether it is a flower gun or a simple knife, he is quite methodical and well-founded. Lu Yuan, who is known as the three best guns and sticks, is also very strong in infantry combat, and he has fought with many good men in Liangshan under liangshan. The flower monk Lu Zhishen, sixty-two pounds of water mill Zen staff to pick up the combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.
It can be said that a good horse army leader is just as good as the infantry battle. Especially the professionally trained court officers.
Wu Song's skills are not small, and the experience summed up from years of street combat is more than enough to deal with ordinary jianghu people, but fighting with Lin Chong, Yang Zhi, Lu Zhishen, who have received systematic training, may not be able to gain the upper hand.
For Wu Song's martial arts, we must have a clear understanding, he is a master, but it does not mean that he is invincible, after all, there are people outside the people, and there is a sky outside the sky.
Third, one-arm grappling square wax
"Fighting tiger heroes is just like this", this is a line of Fang La in a certain version of the TV series "Water Margin". He stabbed Wu Song's arm into the pillar and then taunted Wu Song.
In the TV series, the villain always dies of too much talk, and Wu Song decisively pulls out the knife inserted in his arm, and then continues to fight with Fang La, and finally subdues Fang La.
This plot is often referred to as "one-armed grappling", which is also a plot that many readers talk about. This plot can better reflect Wu Song's bravery and portray Wu Song's heroic image more tallly.
However, in the novel, it is not Wu Song who captures Fang La, but the flower monk Lu Zhishen. The process of Lu Zhishen's capture of Fang La was not so exciting, and there was not even any fighting. Lu Zhishen followed the monk's advice and waited for the rabbit in the woods, and a Zen staff knocked over the running Fang La, and then tied the other party back to the army.
The one-armed capture of Fang La, generally derived from Mr. Tian Lianyuan's commentary "Water Margin", coupled with the two versions of the TV series "Water Margin" have adopted this statement, which makes many people who have not seen the original work mistakenly think that Wu Song captured Fang La.
Saying a lot, it is not intentional to black Wu Song and look for the shortcomings of Wu Song. As a reader, I also like Wu Song's character of daring to act boldly and being happy to take revenge. However, I think that as a reader, we should look at the characters in the book more rationally, and we cannot deliberately exaggerate the advantages of this image and deliberately beautify this image because we like it.
I don't know what kind of Wu Song is in your mind, welcome to leave a message to discuss, and I also implore you to correct the inappropriate places in my article.