Is Gao a good person or a bad person in Water Margin?

Who is Gao Qiu who once worked as a personal servant under Su Dongpo? The following interesting historical Bian Xiao brings you a detailed article introduction.

If you have read the book Water Margin, you must know Gao Qiu. In The Water Margin, Gao Qiu can be said to be rotten to the core, and his scheming is not right. He even framed many Liangshan heroes such as Lin Chong in the book, but the novel is a novel after all. Is Gao Qiu just a villain who can only grandstanding like in historical novels? Or another image?

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As we all know, Gao Qiu is just a servant of his good friend Wang. He used to be a poor man in the city. Later, because Zhao Xi asked him to send something to Evonne, he happened to see Evonne playing cuju, and Gao Qiu was also good at playing cuju, which also showed his cuju skills by mistake. Evonne also likes him very much, and he will fall into his own hands and become Evonne's hand.

Seeing this, everyone will definitely think that Gao Qiu should have no skill, relying on her skill to cheat and cheat, and playing tricks to get a job. But in fact, before Gao Qiu became Wang Xi's servant, he was actually Su Dongpo's personal servant. Everyone knows that Su Dongpo is a very capable person. If he wants to be a personal servant for someone in Dongpo, Su Like, if he has no educational level, he can never hold such a position. Later, when Su Dongpo was released from the capital, he recommended his personal servant Gao Qiu to Wang Xi. Later, when he became a big official,

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So in this way, Gao Qiu is not only not as mean and incompetent as in Water Margin novels, but also a kind-hearted person with a little ink in his stomach. However, although there are not many records in history, Gao Qiu is indeed a humble traitor, but if it really counts, it can't be entirely attributed to Gao Qiu.