I hope it helps you: yes, it does exist in history. Unlike some fictional characters in the Water Margin, there are people in history. Miyazaki Hayao, a famous Japanese scholar, recognized in the Water Margin by Miyazaki Hayao (Xi 'an: Shaanxi People's Publishing House, 2008) that there were two Sung rivers in history, one was a thief and the other was a general. Therefore, for some sporadic records about Song Jiang recorded in many historical books and scholars' notes, we should carefully research and distinguish historical facts. The following should be sung river as a thief. Wang's "Epitaph of Wang Gong, a bachelor of the Moge Pavilion" said: "Sung River thieves Hebei opera, but it's against Mo." Huizongji, the History of Song Dynasty, recorded three years of Xuanhe (1 122). "Song Jiang, a thief from Huainan, committed the Huai Yang Army, sent his generals to beg for arrest, committed JD.COM (now Shandong), entered the border of Chu and Haizhou in Jiangbei, and ordered the satrap Zhang Shuye to surrender." It is also mentioned in A Brief Introduction to the East that Hou Meng, then governor of Bozhou, wrote to the emperor: "JD.COM, the governor of Songjiangkou, wrote a letter saying that thirty-six people from Songjiangkou had crossed the Qi and Wei Dynasties, and tens of thousands of loyal ministers dared not resist. If you don't forgive the river, Fang La will be redeemed, or it will be enough to calm the chaos in the southeast. " The most detailed account in the Biography of Zhang Shuye in the History of Song Dynasty is: "Song Jiang started his army from Xinhe and turned to ten counties, but the loyalists didn't dare to look. Here comes the word. Uncle Ye wants it from the interviewer. Thieves went to sea, robbed more than ten giant ships and carried brine. So he raised thousands of dead people, ambushed near the city and went out to fight at sea. Hide by the sea and wait for the soldiers to meet and set fire to the ship. Thieves smell it and have no will to fight. The ambush took it, the bird was its deputy thief, and Jiang nai surrendered. " According to the records of the history of the Song Dynasty, Song Huizong declared peace for three years (1 122). "Huainan stole Song Jiang and others from Huai Yang Army, sent people to beg for arrest, committed (now Shandong) Jiangbei, entered the border between Chu and Haizhou, and ordered Zhang Shuye to surrender." There was indeed the Sung River Uprising in history, and it was clearly recorded in the history of the Song Dynasty. According to the History of Song Dynasty, the time of Sung River Uprising was from the first year of Xuanhe to the third year of Xuanhe. The uprising mainly involved Taihang Mountain area, Shandong Province and northern Jiangsu, and "crossing the river and turning to ten counties". The leader of the uprising was Song Jiang. Uprising has the nature of hooliganism and does not necessarily have a fixed base. The end of the uprising was to surrender after a serious setback. Although the scale of the uprising is not too large, its fighting capacity is particularly strong. "Tens of thousands of loyal ministers dare not confront them." The influence of the uprising is not small. Shuihu, the center of the uprising, is only about 100 km away from the capital Tokyo, which seriously threatens Beijing's security. The areas involved in the uprising were relatively developed in the Northern Song Dynasty. Shuihu was a lake in the middle reaches of Guangji River during the reign of Xuanhe, and the upper reaches of Guangji River flowed out of Bianliang City, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty. Guangji River is also an important waterway of JD.COM, occupying the water margin in the middle reaches of Guangji River, and the political, economic and military prestige of the Northern Song Dynasty imperial court can be imagined. The story of Sung River Uprising can be recorded in the history of Song Dynasty and widely circulated among the people, which shows its influence. What did Song Jiang do after he accepted the harness? On this issue, there is a great debate among historians, mainly focusing on whether Song Jiang went to levy Fang La. The Fang La Uprising was a peasant uprising that happened almost at the same time as the Sung River Uprising, which was much larger in scale and had much greater influence. After Song Jiang surrendered, he was sent by Song Dynasty to suppress Fang La, which is clearly recorded in the history books. For example, Li Tao's Long History and History as a Mirror, Yang Zhongliang's Long History and History as a Mirror, the compilation of Northern League in the Three Dynasties, and the Outline of Emperor Song in the Ten Dynasties all clearly recorded that after Song Jiang surrendered, he took officers and men to suppress the Fang La uprising, and Song Jiang changed from a peasant uprising leader to an executioner who slaughtered peasant uprisings. However, in 1939, the epitaph of General Gu Wu Yi and General Hedong in the Song Dynasty was unearthed, which is known to historians. It is clearly recorded in the epitaph that Song Jiang did not go to Fang La, and Fang La was arrested after his victory. So some people think that after Fang La Uprising was suppressed by Tong Guan, it turned against Song again. In the fourth year of Xuanhe (1 122), the uprising was finally suppressed by the soldiers who could be saved, and Song Jiang was also killed. Both of them are historical materials, which is true or false, and the historians are arguing endlessly. But two things are certain: Song Jiang only had a little over a year from the uprising to the final failure; He died shortly after the failure of the uprising. According to the folklore of Haizhou, Sung River did not surrender to Zhang Shuye. Thirty-six Liangshan heroes, including Song Jiang, were killed by Zhang Shuye and buried under the White Tiger Mountain. This is the legendary "hero" handed down from generation to generation. There is also a poem circulating among the people: the white gecko is in the shade of the tree, and the vegetation in front of the grave is lush. Ask whose grave it is, Liangshan hero. However, according to a poem by Li Ruoshui, an American scholar discovered by Ma Tailai at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, "Last year, Song Jiang set out for Shandong and invaded the battlefield by day. Killing people and mowing grass one after another, I heard it badly nine times. Big book and yellow paper flew in, and 36 people paid homage to each other. The ugly and fat man is arrogant, and the ladies and gentlemen are still surprised. This year, Jiang Yang set out from Hebei, and the rules of war were ahead of schedule. Oh, my God, I'm sorry, but I hope the regime will quit soon. I heard that the official position should be with Germany, but it is wrong to accuse Cao Wu. It is not the best policy to surrender the situation, and politics lures potential fierce heirs to abuse their power. Why don't you send a letter to the ministries and agencies, and he will come back to keep the appointment. I can't fight against Gao Tian, so I'm relieved to be crazy about the temple. " Li Ruoshui wrote this poem in the second year after Song Jiang surrendered, when Fang La was also killed. As can be seen from the poem, thirty-six people of Sung River really surrendered to Zhang Shuye, and they were all sealed off, which was still a quite sensational event at that time.