Water Margin Characters

Analysis of Song Jiang's Image

Song Jiang's Nicknames

Every hero and heroine in Water Margin basically has only one nickname. Song Jiang, however, has four nicknames: Black Song Jiang, Xiaoyi Heisanlang, Timely Rain, and Hubao Yi. And each of his nicknames shows his characteristics in this area, but also shows the complexity of this character.

The fourth nickname is "Hu Baoyi". The term "Hu Baoyi" has never been clearly explained to this day. One explanation says that Bao Yi is a military official in the Southern Song Dynasty, called Bao Yi Lang. Another explanation, said "Paul", is to keep the insurance; "righteousness" is the righteousness of loyalty, "Paul Yee" that is, to maintain loyalty and righteousness, the meaning of the call, that is, we all call him that way. Generally speaking, the word hu bao yi actually speaks of Song Jiang's attitude towards the country, towards the court, towards the emperor's attitude.

The first angle of understanding Song Jiang:

is the occupation he is engaged in. He worked as a superintendent in the county court. So from his family background and cultural upbringing and occupation, we can judge that his family background makes him have a certain sense of justice, and his occupation cultivates him to be cautious and adaptable, and also cultivates his fondness for the means of playing with power. This is the first angle of our understanding of Song Jiang.? When Song Jiang first appeared in the 18th chapter of Water Margin, he was given a comprehensive introduction. He was a farmer for generations, farming and keeping some fields for a living. Since childhood, he studied the scriptures and history, and was educated in traditional culture.

"Water Margin", "18:

That the guards surnamed Song, the name of Jiang, cousin Gongming, the third in line, ancestor of Yuncheng County, Songjia Village people. For his face black body short, people call him to do black Song Jiang; and in the family's great filial piety, righteousness and wealth, people call him to do filial piety and righteousness black three Lang. ...... since in Yuncheng County as a pawnbroker. He is proficient in the sword and pen, the official way pure; moreover, love to learn the gun stick, learned a lot of martial arts. In his life, he had to get to know the good people in the jianghu, but some people came to join him, if high or low, there is no not to be, then stayed in the Zhuang Pavilion to live, all day long to chase the company, and no boredom. If you want to get up, try your best to fund, the end is profligate, as gold as dirt. People ask him for money, but also do not put off; and good to do to facilitate, every time to solve the problem, just to protect people's lives. ...... As such, Shandong and Hebei are famous, and they all call him a timely rain.

The second angle of understanding of Song Jiang:

Second, Song Jiang is a righteous hero? Or is he a loyal official of the country? We can analyze a few things from before he went to Liangshan and after he went to Liangshan. Before going to Liangshan, he was in order to his beloved brothers, private release Chao Gai. And for fear of being exposed, he killed Yan Boshi. From these things, we can say Song Jiang is a righteous hero. Then after going to Liangshan Mountain, he became the leader of a righteous army, and the several battles he led his Liangshan brothers in fully showed his command and organization talents. And after being recruited, he became a loyal minister of the country. He changed the name of Liang Shan from "Acting for Heaven" to "Protecting the Country", which is a behavior only for a loyal minister of the country. Therefore, no matter what subjective feelings we have about Song Jiang, either praise or blame, love or hate, we can not deny that he is a successful artistic image in the gallery of classical Chinese literature.

Lin Chong image analysis

The Water Margin writes the character traits of the characters, there is a basis for life, and can be with the development of life contradictions, his character to produce changes. The Water Margin" writes Lin Chong's character change, write very excellent, have a basis. Why did he change? When does he change? All from life, this is the realism of the Water Margin.

In Water Margin, Lin Chong has a prominent character trait: he can endure, endure humiliation, swallow his anger and dare not resist. General novels, to fully idealize a positive character, often at the beginning to write his merits. But the Water Margin is not the same, Lin Chong in the Water Margin is a resounding hero, marvelous, the author is warmly praised him. But as soon as he appeared on the scene, he wrote about his weaknesses, wrote about the weaknesses in his character, the bad side, that is, he can endure, endure humiliation, endure anger.

"Tolerance" one:

An eight hundred thousand forbidden army instructor, in broad daylight, his wife was molested by others, a great shame, can not stand. So he went very angry. "At that time Lin Chong wrench will come over, wrenching his shoulder blades, but recognize is this official Gao Nai, first since the hands soft." The five words "first from the hand soft" are very noteworthy, this is not a simple, general description of the character's movements and demeanor, but all of a sudden digging into the inner world of people. So the novel wrote Lin Chong anger has not subsided, know that after the trigger over, first since the hand soft. But "anger has not subsided, a pair of eyes open to look at that high Yamane". But dare to be angry but not dare to say, dare to be angry but not dare to fight, he endured the breath. The novel is very well written here and shows the inner activities of the characters.

Lin Chong and Lu Zhishen at this point of comparison: Lu Zhishen will not buy it, Lu Zhishen has a paragraph is loud and clear, and Lin Chong in sharp contrast. He said, "You are afraid of his lieutenant, I am afraid of him even", "I if I bumped into that handful of birds, and teach him to eat sprinkler 300 Zen stick to go. One is to tolerate insults and fear; one is to be as vicious as an enemy. One is afraid of being insulted and oppressed; the other cannot bear to see his friends being oppressed, which is a sharp contrast between the two characters.

"Tolerance" of the second:

Next still write Lin Chong want to live in peace, tolerance. But he can't live in peace, and he can't bear it even if he wants to. So the novel went on to write high Nga Nei and bought Lu Qian, so that Lu Qian Lin Chong's wife cheated to his home inside the upstairs. Lin Chong learned that, "took a wrist knife", "ran straight to Fan Lou, went to find Lu Yu Hou". He picked up the knife is not to go to find high yannei, but to go to find Lu Qian. That is to say, Lin Chong has begun to resist, but the extent and scope of his resistance is limited. The fact that he should go to Gao Nai probably means two things here. First, he was still afraid of Gao Yannei and did not dare to mess with him. As I said before, I will spare him this time. This is the second time, he tolerated again; second, this is written Lin Chong heavy righteousness. That is to say, Lu Qian is Lin Chong's sworn brother, treachery, not righteous people Lin Chong is the most hateful. Righteousness is a very good thing in Lin Chong's character, a very valuable thing. This is a very important factor in his later transformation, and after the transformation of a very strong revolutionary.

"Tolerance" of the third:

Lin Chong was sent to Cangzhou, or tolerate, or tolerate humiliation. The novel here is written very wonderful, he wrote a letter of repudiation before leaving. This paper I think there are two aspects of the content of the letter of repudiation, on the one hand, write Lin Chong's goodness, he is very considerate for his wife; on the other hand, also write out his character can endure, but also naive and childish. Do you think that after writing the letter of repudiation, Gao Yannei will not come? He will come back as usual. So these places, on the one hand, write his goodness, cause the reader to sympathize with him, on the other hand, cause the reader for the evil forces of more hate.

"Tolerance" of the fourth:

The assassination of Cangzhou, there is a plot: the two prisoners Dong Chao, Xue Ba, abused him along the way, with scalding water to let him wash his feet, even the reader can not tolerate it, but he still "tolerate", and then walked to the wild boar forest, which is Dong Chao, Xue Ba. The Wild Boar Forest is the place where Dong Chao and Xue Ba were paid by Gao Ziang and Gao Nai to kill Lin Chong. By this time, Lin Chong did not think of killing him (Wu Sung thought of killing him when he arrived at Fei Yun Pu), so you have to bundle it up. If you were another person, like Lu Zhishen or Li Kui, you would never say that in this situation. Lu Zhishen saved him, want to kill the two males, Lin Chong desperately blocked. At this point he still endure, do not want to resist.

"Forbearance" of five:

To the Cangzhou prison camp soon, he learned from Li Xiao Er mouth came a few "awkward people", so bought a wrist release sharp knife, the street to find a few days not, "heart and slow".

Cangzhou prison camp arranged for him to the hayfield, which is a conspiracy, Lin Chong is blissfully unaware of, but also intends to "clear the sky to the city to change a plasterer to repair", "God bless," he said, "I'm not sure how to do it, I'm not sure how to do it. "God bless, come to burn paper money on another day". Also thought to give him a good job, to go there to go more secure. Finally burning hay field, he heard Lu Qian inside the temple of the mountain god and three of them talking, to pick his bones back to Gao Ziang's place to collect the reward. At this point, Lin Chong full of anger all of a sudden burst out, open the door of the temple to go out and kill a few people, and then rebel on the mountain, thus realizing a complete transformation.

Summary: Lin Chong walked the road is very hard, Lin Chong walked a very long, very hard road. The author wrote Lin Chong's transformation, it is a lot of ambush, for example, he and Lu Qian is a good friend, brotherhood, but then Lu Qian harmed him, then he once told Lu Qian: "I do not know, the man is empty of all the skills, do not meet with the Lord, Qu sunk in the villain under the dirty gas". That is to say, he is under the oppression of the ruling class, full of injustice. This full of injustice, is Lin Chong can step forward, and finally realized the ideological change, the basis of the rebellion on the mountain. Although he was an eight hundred thousand forbidden army instructor, a middle-ranking officer, but he was oppressed as soon as he appeared on the scene. So although he was a character in the ruling class, but his position and the masses of oppressed people have similarities, which is a basis for his transformation. Lin Chong was tolerant of his oppressors and insults, but his opponents did not spare him. When one plan failed, another one was born. The dark forces of that society, the forces of evil, constantly pressed him, so he was very dissatisfied with the chest, there is a cavity of injustice.

Several Liangshan characters "on the mountain" comparison:

Lin Chong on the mountain process is from tolerant to intolerable, from cowardice to strength, from humiliation to resistance, so a transformation process. Lin Chong's journey to the mountain was a very grueling path. The Water Margin writes about characters, different heroes have different characters, and they take different paths to the mountain. This different path is related to his character, and this character is related to his family background and his life situation. Li Kui on the mountain is the most painful, Song Jiang is the most twisted, Lu Zhishen is the most cheerful, cheerful and painful is not exactly the same; not at all look forward and backward, miserable cut, when the officer is not accomplished as a monk, when the monk is not accomplished on the mountain, very cheerful.

(C), "Water Margin" in the image of women

"Water Margin" in the image of women can be divided into three categories:

1, attached to the Big Dipper of the number of Liangshan three "heroine": Sun Erniang, Gu Daqiao, Hu Sanniang;

2, the second type of readers are left with a deep impression of the four adulteresses. The second type of deep impression on the reader is the four adulteresses: two Pan, Yan Boshi, and Lu Junyi's Mrs. Jia;

3, "Water Margin" inside the depiction of a chaste woman: Lin Niangzi. In addition there are some characterizations, for example, there are two old ladies, one is Yan Baoji's mother Yan Baoji whose face is not very clear, and the other one is Wang Bao whose face is repulsive.

Sun Erniang, the boss of the black store, Mengzhou Road, cross slope of the human meat bun store, nicknamed the witch. She this "witch" image is "tied a bright red silk dress, rub a face of rouge and lead powder, open breasts, revealing the main waist of peach yarn, above a color of gold buttons," "eyebrows across the murderous, eyes show ferocious light. " And the relationship between Freakso and her husband is reversed. Her husband is not as skilled in martial arts as she is, and the store is not named Zhang, but Sun. Why? Sun Erniang's dark store is an ancestral one, and her father's name is Sun Yuan, the Mountain Night Stalker, a former member of the jianghu who is famous in the Green Forest. This image as well as her actions are probably hard for us to accept. Wu Sung's eyes to see this black store is "hanging on the wall of a few human skin, hanging on the beam of a few human legs", this is also considered a good man? Is it a peasant uprising? Any dynasty, whether ancient or modern, I'm afraid it is to be prosecuted by law. In the end, Sun Erniang is a woman skilled in the underworld of the jianghu.

Readers of the three heroines on Liangshan Mountain should be most impressed by Hu Sanniang. Because Hu Sanniang beautiful, beautiful, heroic, but she is a very unsuccessful literary image, no matter "Water Margin" write Hu Sanniang hero, with how heavy brush thick color, but as a character image, as an artistic image is thin, no character to speak of, married to Wang Dwarf Tiger has been her life is a great misfortune, and finally died. From here we can see the author of a contemptuous attitude towards women. She is just a concept, a symbol. A dumb beauty. This symbol is: able to conquer, beautiful beauty.

Pan Jinlian is one of the successful characters in the novel. In addition, later there is "Jin Ping Mei", so "Pan Jinlian" has become a typical "slut", synonymous. In fact, this is unfair. Pan Jinlian was originally a woman who wanted to live a peaceful life. Is a woman with the pursuit of women, from her and Wu Da's harmony to the final poisonous murder of her husband, Pan Jinlian has a gradual degradation of the process. Initially, she was still pursuing and had some independent ideas. Zhang Daido coveted her, and she could have gotten a concubine's title, but she refused, and was retaliated against by the rich man for marrying Wu Daolang, who was a "three-inch ding" and a "grain bark", "a good piece of mutton fell into the mouth of a dog" (or as it is now called, "a good piece of mutton fell into the mouth of a dog"). " (that is, now said "a flower in the cow dung"). She was dissatisfied, and instigated by outsiders, she went to the abyss step by step. In the middle, it is also described that she has a pursuit, saw Wu Song, was rejected by Wu Song. In Pan Jinlian's case, it should be said that her desire was more inflated than moral. There is no morality in her, of course, an envoy born, probably can't read a few words, have no insight, may be the natural attributes higher than her social attributes, instinct overrides reason, so to the destruction.

"Water Margin" in a wonderful paragraph The 23rd time of the novel is written Wu Song to see his sister-in-law.

Jin Shengqi commented: "When a person who has been called "uncle" for thirty-nine times is suddenly changed to the word "you", he really wants to be destroyed!

Jin Shengqi comment: the last article wrote Wu Er met the tiger, really is a mountain shaking the ground, so that people's hair down Zhuo; suddenly access to this article, write Wu Er met his sister-in-law, and really Silk Willow flowers, so that people's hearts and souls also swing.