The meaning behind the names of Song Jiang and Wu Yong: Is Da Song useless?

In China's ancient novels, the names of characters often have deep meanings. They may contain creative intentions or ideological tendencies that are inconvenient for the author to tell people directly, or they may hide some carefully conceived and designed foreshadowing.

Many characters in Water Margin have their historical archetypes, such as Song Jiang and Song Wu, and their deeds have long been recorded in Song Xuanhe's Legacy, Song Jiang's Praise to Thirty-six People, Song Shi and other documents. Although Shi Naian wrote Water Margin based on these documents, the historical figures mentioned in it are obviously not enough. According to statistics, there are as many as 577 famous people with surnames in Water Margin, of which less than 80 are historical figures and figures created by predecessors. Therefore, the vast majority of water margin characters are actually created by Shi Naian.

And Shi Naian even used his original name. Isn't that simple? Deal with it? Instead, use your own? Private goods? . For example, Song Jiang is not the original Song Jiang, and Wu Yong is not the original Wu Yong. In Shi Naian's works, their names have been given new meanings.

Song Jiang

Song Jiang did exist in history. According to the history of the Song Dynasty, at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Jiang was a bandit in Huainan with 36 leaders. They are brave and good at fighting, they come and go without a trace, and even tens of thousands of loyal ministers can't destroy them. Finally, the famous Zhang Shuye captured Song Jiang and others in Haizhou (now Lianyungang, Jiangsu). Song Jiang's name, identity and deeds are rare in history books. However, in folklore, storytelling and zaju, he was invented with many deeds, and his image gradually became full, thus forming the prototype of Song Jiang in Water Margin. But we said, Water Margin? Song Jiang? Isn't that what it is? Song Jiang? .

Shi Naian knew that Sung River shared the same surname as Dasong. Therefore, in the Water Margin, he deliberately borrowed jy's words: Your emperor's surname is Song, and my brother's surname is Song. You are the emperor, but my brother can't be the emperor. ? Song Jiang's? Song? With dasong? Song? At this time, it was artificially marked with an equal sign. And what about Song Jiang? Jiang? Words can also be understood as? Jiangshan? Meaning. So what? Song Jiang? When these two words are combined, they are actually? Great Song Dynasty? Yes Therefore, it is easy to understand why Song Jiang tried his best to woo the court. Later, even if the brothers' lives were put on the line, they would have to solve problems for the court.

Song Jiang's words are open and clear. Public? With what? Private? Relative,? Ming? With what? Darkness? Relative.

Shi Naian is actually satirizing the court of DaSong here, but nominally? Public? And then what? Ming? Actually, is it? Private? And then what? Darkness? . In addition, he also used the name of Wu Yong, Song Jiang's right-hand man, to mock the court of Dasong. Wu Yong is Song Jiang's strategist and top think tank, but his name is homophonic. Useless? . Shi Gong's metaphor here may be: those who helped the Song Dynasty are actually a group of gluttons and a group of useless people. How can they not perish with such a court? Since we talked about Wu Yong, we should also mention the meaning of his name.

Second, Wu Yong

Wu Yong? The name was not invented by Shi Naian. Although Wu Yong is not seen in the official history, it is also found in The Legacy of Xuanhe in the Great Song Dynasty and The Praise of Thirty-six People in Sung River. Who is he in The Legacy of Xuanhe in the Great Song Dynasty? Zhi duo xing Wu Jialiang? , "Song Jiang 36 people praise", who is he? Wu Xing pedant? . Wu Yong's name first appeared in zaju almost at the same time as Water Margin.

Shi Naian integrated these names into? Wu Yong? , word? Pedant? , road number? Mr. Jia Liang? . ? Pedant? In fact, the word "two characters" represents an identity. In the folk, it refers to literate but not famous literati. And then what? Highlights? The word "Wu Yong" means that Wu Yong's talent is beyond Zhuge Liang. Although Shi Naian let Wu Yong's font size be bullish, underneath, he is a Wu Yong? Senior black powder? .

As mentioned earlier, will Shi Naian? Wu Yong? With what? Song Jiang? Together, it became a code word that mocked the mediocrity and incompetence of officials in the Song Dynasty. As for Wu Yong himself, have any ancients commented on him? If you can put it in the background, it seems that you can compete with Chen Ping and others. . If Wu Yong could be in the command post of hundreds of thousands of troops, he might be able to confront Chen Ping, but unfortunately he didn't have such a good life. Wu Yong did not have the life experience of Chen Ping, a famous minister in the early Han Dynasty. He met such unruly figures as Chao Gai and Song Jiang, instead of the brilliant Liu Bang. In Liangshan, Wu Yong can only dress up as a Taoist priest and drag Lu Junyi down by fortune telling. Still smart, he taught people to carve Cai Jing's fake seal, which almost killed Song Jiang.

Wu Yong is a great genius, but who is he? Miss, is she dead? . Looking at the whole Liangshan, isn't it? Although Liangshan is at war? Doing justice for heaven? Banner, but it is not worthy of the name. Relying on a pool of water can make tens of thousands of loyal ministers helpless, but what can they do? How do these people save people's livelihood? In short, toss and turn, the result is still? Useless? ! ?