Water Margin celebrity?

Shi Naian, Luo Guanzhong, Shi Naian and Luo Guanzhong are the names on the cover and title page of Water Margin. The meaning is clear. The copyright of Water Margin belongs to Shi Naian, Luo Guanzhong or both. However, whether Shi Naian or Luo Guanzhong really existed in history is still inconclusive. The water margin and romance of the Three Kingdoms published since the founding of the People's Republic of China are very vague in information introduction, saying that there is no historical biography of their lives, and it is generally believed that people live in what era and where, and so on. Obviously, the so-called masters such as Luo Guanzhong, Shi Naian and Wu Cheng'en are not recorded in the official history books. Later generations only infer from the fragmentary records of ancient notes, legends and other materials, so their authenticity is often greatly reduced.

In this regard, there are two main views in academic circles, one is Shi Naian, and the other is Luo Guanzhong. Those who hold the latter can provide some evidence, while those who hold the former have no strong evidence.

The key to this question is whether Shi Naian and Shu Guanzhong really exist, where they come from, when they were born and what their life stories are.

Regarding Shi Naian, many people think that there is no such person, just someone else's name; Some people think that Hangzhou people give welfare; Some people think it's Shiyan Duan in Xinghua. Names have different reasons, but they are not convincing. One thing, however, is that it was Naian who signed and edited the History of Jingkang. Academics believe that this Naian is Shi Naian. In other words, Shi Naian wrote a book "History of Jingkang", which is very famous and popular on Dangdang, so Shi Naian became a famous writer of Jingkang history.

About Luo Zhezhong, Water Margin is an early work named "Edited by Luo Guanzhong Dongyuan". Where is "Dongyuan"? Is Luo Guanzhong from Dongyuan? Academic emergencies are also fierce. On this basis, some people think that he is from Dongyuan, and then research that he is now from Dongping, Shandong. In addition, some people think that he is from Taiyuan, Hangzhou, Zhongyuan and Qiantang. However, the famous scholars Wang Qili and Luo Ergang confirmed that Luo Guanzhong was from Dongping, Shandong.

Although Luo Guanzhong's life story is not very clear, some of his works have been recognized by the academic circles as his writing, such as the well-known Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the Biography of Sansui Pingyao, the Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Historical Romance of Tang and Five Dynasties and the dramatic script Fengyunhui. It can be seen that Yue Guanzhong is also a very famous novelist.

Many of China's ancient novels are unsigned by unofficial history, especially unofficial history, a novel written by some unknown folk works, or unofficial history, a novel reworked, transformed and written on the basis of previous works. Generally speaking, people are not afraid of names, but for booksellers who print books, the author's reputation is very important to the publication of books. Therefore, some booksellers compile a celebrity's name or a celebrity's "book" by a celebrity, while the real author or compilation is hidden. Gao Ru said in "A Hundred Rivers Record": "The Legend of Loyalty and Righteousness is 100 volumes, compiled by Qiantang Shi Naian and Luo Guanzhong." On this basis, we can think that Water Margin was written by Luo Guanzhong and by Shi and Luo. It can also be considered that one of them wrote it, and the other was forced by the bookseller; It can also be considered that one of them wrote it, and the other was forced by the bookseller; It can also be considered that Shi and Luo are not the real authors of this book, because they were already very famous at that time. In order to raise the status of this book and promote sales, booksellers forced the name to the top, and also made a division of labor for authenticity and credibility. Shi Naian's Ben was edited by Luo Guanzhong.