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Who are the main characters in "Water Margin"?

There are many descriptions of characters in "Water Margin", such as the 108 heroes of Liangshan, Chao Gai, the king of Gaitian, and the villains Pan Jinlian and Ximen Qing, etc.

But looking at the book, the main characters with more descriptions are: 1. Tiankuixing Hu Baoyi Song Jiang? Character introduction: Song Jiang was originally a small official in Yuncheng County, Shandong Province, with the courtesy name Gongming and his nickname Hu Baoyi.

He is dark-skinned and short in stature. He is usually a righteous person, spends money like water, is good at making friends, and is famous for his timely rain.

Due to the incident of Chao Gai and others' robbery of the birthday plan in Huangnigang, Song Jiang informed Chao Gai about the pursuit by the officers and soldiers.

After Chao Gai and others went to Liangshan, he sent Liu Tang to deliver a letter (recruitment bag) and fifty taels of gold as reward.

2. Chao Gai; Nickname: King Tota Characteristics: Loyalty, wealth, and love to make friends with heroes all over the world.

Be open-minded, upright and sincere; attach great importance to love and justice, and be upright.

Main deeds: Attacking Zengtou City Character introduction: A native of Dongxi Village, Yuncheng County, Baozheng of Dongxi Village, a wealthy family in his hometown, known as the King of Tota.

Qixing joined the gang and outsmarted the birthday card and then joined the gang in Liangshan.

Lin Chonghuo and Wang Lunhou, a scholar in white, became the leaders of Liangshan Village.

Later, he was killed by a poisoned arrow in Zengtou City.

3. Tianjixing Zhiduoxing? Wu Yong? Character introduction: He was clever and clever in his life, and he had read thousands of scriptures.

Make two copper chains.

Wu Yong made suggestions for Chao Gai, outsmarted the birth plan, and used medicine and wine to pour out the green-faced beast Yang Zhi, and seized the 100,000 gold and silver jewels that Liang Taishu of the famous Beijing party gave to Cai Taishi to celebrate his birthday.

4. "Shiqian" Nickname: Flea on the Drum Brief introduction: A native of Gaotangzhou, he lived in Jizhou, doing tricks such as climbing over eaves and walls, jumping fences and cheating horses. He got into a lawsuit and was saved by Yang Xiong.

After three attacks on Zhujiazhuang, he went up to Liangshan to join the group and became one of the four leaders of the secret infantry in the cottage army.

5. Tianxiongxing Leopard Head? Lin Chong? Character introduction: Tokyo native.

He is upright by nature and loves to make friends with good guys.

He is highly skilled in martial arts and is accustomed to using snake spears that are eight feet long.

Ranked sixth among the heroes of Liangshanbo, the second member of the Five Tiger Generals of the Ma Army, and initially served as the instructor of the 800,000 imperial army in the Taiwei Mansion.

His wife was molested by Gao Qiu's son Gao Yanei, and he was framed by Gao Qiu. When he was sent to Cangzhou, fortunately, Lu Zhishen rescued him in the wild boar forest and escaped with his life.

When he was sent to Cangzhou prison to guard the Tianwangtang fodder yard, he was set on fire by Gao Qiu's confidant Lu Qian.

Extended information: The book describes the grand story of Liangshan heroes resisting oppression, the growth of Liangshan and surrendering to the imperial court. After the surrender, the imperial court suppressed Tian Hu, Wang Qing, Fang La and other political forces who resisted the Song Dynasty government, and finally led to a tragic failure. It is an artistic place.

It reflects the entire process of the Song Jiang Uprising in Chinese history from its occurrence, development to failure, profoundly reveals the social roots of the uprising, passionately praises the resistance struggle of the uprising heroes and their social ideals, and also specifically reveals the inner history of the failure of the uprising.

reason.

"Water Margin" is one of the earliest chapter novels written in vernacular Chinese in Chinese history.

After the publication of "Water Margin", it had a huge impact on society and became a model for Chinese novel creation in later generations.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, multiple versions of the sequel to "Water Margin" appeared, and many novels and dramas used the stories in "Water Margin" as material. For example, the Ming Dynasty's novel "Jin Ping Mei" was adapted from "Water Margin"

It developed from the plot of Wu Song killing his sister-in-law.