Outlines of Water Margin

Content essence

The book describes the story that 108 people, led by Song Jiang, gathered in Liangshan Park, Shandong Province at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Shi Jin of Jiu Wen Long met Zhu Wu, chief strategist of Shaohua Mountain, and was reported by the government eagle dog. The local government sent troops to capture him. In desperation, Shi Jin burned down his manor and went to a foreign land, where he met Lu Da, a junior officer. When they were drinking in a restaurant, they heard a singing girl crying and asked if the father and daughter had been bullied by a local bully town in Zheng Tu, Kansai. Lu Da generously gave silver, sent his father and daughter back to their hometown, and took the initiative to find you, killing the town of Kansai with three punches. Afterwards, he abandoned his job and fled, and happened to meet the singer's father who had a place to live and hid him at home; Later, he went to Wutai Mountain to become a monk, and his legal name was "Shen Zhi". Lu was intolerant of Buddhist rules and regulations, and repeatedly drank too much, breaking the mountain gate. Helpless, the elders in the temple introduced him to Suoguo Temple in Tokyo and became a minister monk to take care of the vegetable garden. At the same time, he subdued a group of gangsters.

Lu happened to meet Lin Chong, the coach of 800,000 imperial troops in Tokyo, and they were very speculative. The son of Gao Taiwei, the powerful minister of the dynasty, coveted Lin Chong's beauty, designed and framed him, falsely accused him of "bringing a knife" into Baihutang, and sent him to Cangzhou in an attempt to kill Lin Chong on the way. Thanks to the secret escort all the way, he was able to save the day. After Lin Chong was sent to Cangzhou, he went to Liangshan under unbearable circumstances.

There is a classicist who protects integrity near Liangshan. When it was learned that Cai Jing, the son-in-law of the powerful minister, and Yang Zhi, the magistrate, sent Yang Zhi to escort the birth program to Beijing, Wu Yong designed and assembled seven people, including three Nguyen brothers, to rob the birth program in Huangnigang and go to Liangshan. Yang Zhi lost his birth contour and couldn't go back to work, so he joined Lu Shenzhi and occupied Erlong Mountain.

There is a Song Jiang named Hu in Yuncheng, Shandong Province. He has an outhouse called Yan Poxi. This man was having an affair. When he found out that Sung River was associated with a "strongman", he threatened him in every way. Sung river in a rage, killed Yan Poxi, fled to the small whirlwind Chai Jin Zhuang, to get to know Song Wu. After Song Wu killed the tiger in Jingyanggang, he became famous for a while and was hired as the county magistrate of yanggu county. He happened to meet his long-lost brother Wu Da. His sister-in-law Pan Jinlian was jealous of Song Wu Wei Ying and wanted to have sex with him, but Song Wu refused. After a business trip to Song Wu, Jinlian colluded with Ximen Qing and poisoned Wu Da. When Song Wu came back, he discovered his feelings and killed Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian to avenge his brother. Afterwards, he voluntarily surrendered to the county government and was sent to Mengzhou. When he met with grace, he was drunk and beat Jiang Menshen, became angry from embarrassment, killed Zhang Dujian and moved to Erlong Mountain to settle down. Song Jiang went to Huarong Road, the owner of Qingfeng Village, and was framed for some reason and sent to Jiangzhou. One day, he was drunk and occasionally wrote "anti-poetry" and was sentenced to death. Saved by the Liangshan brothers, Song insisted on going home to visit his father. He was in danger again and finally went to Liangshan.

Then, after three strikes in Zhujiazhuang, Liangshan gained momentum by sending troops to save Chai Jin. Then beat off Gao Taiwei's three-way team in a row, met Taohua Mountain, Erlong Mountain and Liangshan Mountain, and returned to Shui Bo. Then Classical was unfortunately killed by an arrow, and Lu Junyi went to Liangshan after many twists and turns. The insurgents attacked Zengtou City and repelled several imperial attacks. Many of them took part in Liangshan Juyi. Finally, there were 108 leaders, and seats for "Thirty-six plough and Seventy-two Dungeons" were arranged.

Facing the situation that Liangshan rebels became more and more brave, the court changed its strategy and sent people to appease them. So, under the guidance of Song Jiang and others' compromise thought, Quanliangshan accepted this appeal and was reorganized into the Zhao and Song armies. The rulers also adopted the strategy of "impeded people" and ordered the Liangshan heroes to go to the Liao country. After several battles, they won a great victory. Then he was ordered to go to Jiangnan to conquer Fang La. As a result, Fang La suffered a crushing defeat, and the insurgents suffered heavy casualties. There were only 27 dead, disabled, wandering, hidden and scattered heroes 108. However, even these survivors failed to escape the bad luck that followed. Seeing Liangshan Rebels fighting alone, the rulers killed Song Jiang and others shortly after conferring the title: Song Jiang and Lu Junyi were poisoned by medicinal liquor and mercury respectively, Li Kui jy was dragged to be buried with Song Jiang when he died, and Wu Yong and Hua Rongdao hanged themselves in Liao 'erwa ... A vigorous peasant uprising was thus stifled.

Time background

At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, Water Margin, which appeared at the same time as Romance of the Three Kingdoms, was the first novel with the theme of peasant uprising in China's novel history. Based on the story of Sung River Uprising in the late Northern Song Dynasty. Based on the materials found in historical books, the author combines the related stories in folklore, opera and script, and is made by selecting materials, processing and re-creating.

The influence of Water Margin on later generations is enormous and multifaceted. It provided rich struggle experience and reference for the peasant uprising after the Ming Dynasty. Textbooks, which can be called peasant uprising, not only provide rich materials for later novels and plays, but also open up a broad road for China's realistic creation.

The author's life

Shi Naian (date of birth and death unknown) was born in Huaibei at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty. There are few historical materials about Shi Naian's life. According to legend, Zhang Shicheng sent an invitation to the imperial court when he started his army, but Shi Naian refused on the grounds that his mother was old, his wife was in poor health, and their children's marriage was incomplete.