For the evaluation of Song Jiang?

In the evaluation of the Water Margin, the character of Song Jiang is not unanimous. The earliest evaluation to be counted Jin Shengxuan, he said Song Jiang is a lower class people, depreciate very much. Song Jiang himself also said: looks black body short, from a minor official, the text can not be able to secure the state, the martial arts can not convince the public, the hands have no power to bind chicken, the body has no inches and arrows of the work (Water Margin) sixty-eight times. It shows that Song Jiang still has self-knowledge. To be honest, I don't like Song Jiang, but we should evaluate Song Jiang from the actual work and rationality, not to determine the right and wrong by personal favor or dislike. Now I analyze Song Jiang from his family background, cultural upbringing and occupation.

1, Song Jiang's origin, occupation on his thinking, character, life path. The novel introduced Song Jiang when he appeared, he and Song Taigong (Song Jiang's father) in the village farming, keep some of the fields to live in Yuncheng County as a bailiff, he is proficient in the knife and pen, the official way to be pure; Song Jiang since childhood to read Confucianism, traditional education, into society in the county government office to do the bailiff (minor officials), the knife and pen is proficient. His birth experience and character, so that he understands and experiences the people's suffering, have a sense of justice, and develop a kind of office cautious, adaptable, like to play power. Because he served in the government as a minor official, he knows the law, have the habit of abiding by the law. Song Jiang to Liangshan Po, he dealt with the problem is more thorough, some people say he is hypocritical, play power, this is a means of dealing with the problem. For example, he captured Thunderbolt Qin Ming and gave way to Lu Junyi. After he committed a crime, the Yamen gave him a yoke, when others opened the yoke, he said he could not, this is the law of the country.

2. Song Jiang was a hero of righteousness before he went to Liangshan, and he let Chao Kai go in righteousness, and when the law contradicted with righteousness, Song Jiang disregarded the law. He contributed to the cause of Liangshan, and he killed Yan Boshi for the sake of the Liangshan heroes when he couldn't bear it anymore.

3. After Song Jiang went to Liangshan, he became the leader of the righteous army. He said himself that there is no superiority in literature and martial arts, why can still be the leader of Liangshan Po? This is because Song Jiang has the following advantages: righteousness, in the jianghu have a certain appeal; care for brothers, brothers in distress managed to save each other; have a certain degree of organization and military command, such as the three battles of Zhu Jiazhuang, he paid attention to sum up the experience, starting from the investigation of the reality, and then dismantle the Zhu Jiazhuang and the other two alliances, and so on.

4. After being recruited, Song Jiang became a loyal court official. His idea was to contribute to the country and keep the people safe. After the death of Chao Gai, Song Jiang changed the "Hall of Gathering" into the "Hall of Loyalty", which was an important thing for the rebel army, and was a major key for Song Jiang in Water Margin. After being recruited, Song Jiang changed the banner from "Acting for Heaven" to "Protecting the Country", and he also became the obedient vassal to the court from the leader of the rebel army. At this time, Song Jiang's thinking is: I love the country, the emperor on behalf of the country, the court will not be liable to me, I will not be liable to the court. He did not listen to Wu Yu and other good men, go to the conquest of the rebel leader Fang La, fought very badly.

5. Tragic ending. After Song Jiang led the army to conquer Fang La, 27 of the original 108 heroes remained, and the rest either died or ran away, and the court did not trust him and killed him. Before Song Jiang's death, he was afraid that Li Kui would rebel again, so he drank poisonous wine and was poisoned to death. Song Jiang's life is twisted, first is a hero, Liangshan leader, recruited after the court loyalists, and finally a tragic end.