First of all, Song Jiang is extremely important in his works. The life and death of Song Jiang is directly related to the rise and fall of Liangshan. No matter from his standpoint or from the artistic structure of his works, he is at the core. In a sense, studying Song Jiang is also the core content of studying Water Margin. Secondly, Song Jiang has the complexity of personality and the fuzziness of image. Song Jiang's personality is very rich, complex and profound, and he will show different performances in different situations. If the reader does not grasp him as a whole, he will come to a completely different conclusion. Some people say that he is a "righteous man", some people say that he is a slave of feudalism who whines all day, some people say that he is an unforgivable "thief", and some people say that he is a man with a split personality. More people, especially young people, simply say that they don't want Jiang.
We know that the success of an artistic image does not depend on whether the reader likes it emotionally, but whether it summarizes the real life, personality and true mental outlook of a class or group in that historical era and whether it has typical significance. With the development of the times, we should stand at a new height, analyze Song Jiang's spiritual world and soul from a new historical and cultural perspective, and grasp him as a whole, so as to draw a scientific, correct and innovative conclusion.
First, Song Jiang is a complicated person.
Song Jiang in Water Margin is a man with complicated personality. Song Jiang appeared in all his complicated and contradictory roles. The author introduced him like this:
The surname is Song Mingjiang, a famous male, ranking third. My ancestral home is Songjia Village, Yuncheng County. Because of his dark face and short stature, everyone called him Black Sung River. Moreover, he is filial to his family and generous to those in need. Everyone calls him filial to Kursaburo. ..... He is proficient in knife and pencil, official road, and even more fond of learning guns and sticks, and has learned a lot of martial arts. Throughout my life, I will make friends with heroes in the Jianghu: but if someone comes to see him, no matter how high or low, he will be inexhaustible, and he will stay in the pavilion valley of Zhuangshang all day and enjoy it; If you want to get up, try your best to help. In the end, it is profligacy, and gold is like water. People ask him for money and things, and they don't shirk it. And it's easy to do. It's always difficult to solve disputes, just for everyone's life. Often throw coffin bait to help the poor, solve the urgent needs of the people in Zhoubei, and help the people. Shandong and Hebei are famous for this. They all call him timely rain, but compare him to timely rain in the sky, which can save everything.
This introduction is comprehensive and general. From here, we know that Song Jiang was born in a landlord family, educated by Confucianism, served in the ruling class camp, was a brave man, and liked to make friends with heroes in Jianghu. This outlines the image of Song Jiang, sets the tone of his personality and points out the main genes of his life. Later, Song Jiang's character gradually developed on this basis, and all his words and deeds can be found here.
Loyalty is the main character of Song Jiang, but it is not the whole of his character. His whole personality is much more complicated, rich and profound. He is merciful and kind, helping others, but occasionally he will show cruelty and unscrupulous means; He is full of political foresight and great talent, but sometimes he appears short-sighted and fatuous; He is good at listening to the opinions of trainable people and accepting good suggestions, but sometimes he sticks to his own opinions and refuses good suggestions; On the one hand, he took it as his duty to sweep away the dark forces in society, on the other hand, he took loyalty to the monarch as the highest code of conduct; On the one hand, he created the Liangshan cause, on the other hand, he destroyed the Liangshan cause ... These seemingly contradictory things are organically unified on Song Jiang, which is so real and natural, creating a specific artistic image of Song Jiang.
Song Jiang, nickname: Timely Rain, Hu.
Song Jiang is the first person in the whole water margin. As a literary image, he is also the most plump, three-dimensional, complex and artistic charm.
In Water Margin, Song Jiangyuan was a small official in Yuncheng County, Shandong Province, with clear words and posthumous title Hu. Dark face, short stature, always brave, spendthrift, easy to make friends, and famous for timely rain. Because of the incident of Huangnigang robbing the birth program, Song Jiang informed Classical of the news of loyalist hunting. Classical and others sent Liu Tang to send letters (invitation bags) and five hundred taels of gold as a reward. Unexpectedly, this letter fell into the hands of his concubine Yan Poxi. Helpless, Song Jiang was annoyed with Yan Poxi and sent him to Jiangzhou to meet Li Kui jy. But he was sentenced to death for writing an anti-poem in Xunyang Building. Thanks to the rescue of Liangshan heroes, Song Jiang was rescued in Liangshan in the execution ground and served as the lieutenant. Later, when attacking Zengtou City, Classical was killed by a poisoned arrow in his eye, so he took the top spot. In the future, Song Jiang led the crowd to woo the court. In the process of previous crusades against other insurgents, Liangshan heroes suffered heavy casualties, and Song Jiang himself was poisoned by royal wine.
Song Jiang ranks first among the eight generals in the hundred singles, and is the first of the thirty-six stars.