But are these two people in history? In fact, all the characters in the novel are prototypes, and there really are Pan Jinlian and Wu Dalang in history.
But historically, Wu Dalang was not that short.
Wu Dalang's real name is Wu Zhi. Everyone calls him Dalang because he is the boss at home.
He was a Ming Dynasty figure, a native of Shanxi, who fled to Shandong for refuge because of natural and man-made disasters at that time.
Wu Zhi, also known as Wu Dalang, was very talented and worked hard since he was a child.
I like poetry and songs myself. After many years, I was admitted to Jinshi through my unremitting efforts and later became a county magistrate.
When he fled, a man named Pan helped him, which proved later.
My real name is Pan, and I am not mistaken when I am on duty.
After being admitted to Jinshi in Wu Dalang, she married her daughter Pan Jinlian to Wu Dalang.
Because Pan Jinlian is really a very knowledgeable and virtuous person.
They are all celebrities in ten miles and eight townships, and they are very loving.
And they had four children together, and the whole family was very happy.
But why are Wu Dalang and Pan Jinlian described like this in the Water Margin?
When Wu Dalang was a child, his family was poor. A friend named Huang once helped him. Later, this friend surnamed Huang came down in the world and found Wu Dalang, hoping to seek Wu Dalang's help.
At this time, he found Wu Dalang and repeatedly hinted that Wu Dalang would help him and get him a small official. But Wu Dalang is too busy, and an upright official, and never takes a reason.
This friend, surnamed Huang, kept hinting at Wu Dalang after reading himself, but Wu Dalang didn't respond.
Besides, Wu Dalang is a very diligent person. He goes out every morning and comes back at night. He is too busy with government affairs to entertain his childhood friends. This childhood friend is very dissatisfied.
But this friend named Huang here has nothing to do with Pan Jinlian, just spreading rumors about Wu Dalang and Pan Jinlian along the way, saying that Wu Dalang is a short man, very short and can't do anything, and his wife Pan Jinlian is beautiful, but easy virtue people, Wu Dalang is cuckolded all day.
In this way, everyone knows about it.
At that time, Shi Naian was writing Water Margin. After hearing this story, he wrote it into The Story of Song Wu.
In this way, the story of Wu Dalang and Pan Jinlian has been passed down to this day, but it is not the case in history.