Screenplays about the story of the Water Margin appeared in Yuan Zaju in Yuan Dynasty, which were handed down to later generations, including Black Cyclone by Gao Wenxiu, Yanqing by Li and Li Kui jy by Kang. In the Ming Dynasty, many authors added plots and even stereotypes to the book Water Margin.
There are also views that the life prototype of Liangshan heroes in Water Margin is the salt uprising led by Zhang Shicheng, who is closely related to the author Shi Naian.
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brief introduction
Outlaws of the Marsh is a novel written by China in vernacular Chinese, which is listed as one of China's four classical literary masterpieces and one of the six books of gifted scholars. Its content tells the story of the chivalrous man headed by Song Jiang in Liangshan Park, Shandong Province, in the Northern Song Dynasty, from being forced to become an outlaw, developing and growing, until he was recruited by the imperial court and made a crusade to the east and the west.
Also known as "The Water Margin of Loyalty and Righteousness" and "Biography of Jianghu Hawks", the book was finalized in the Ming Dynasty. The author has been controversial. It is generally believed that it was written by Shi Naian, edited by Luo Guanzhong and edited by Jin Shengtan.
theme
"Water Margin" exposes the rebellion between the government and the people, praises the uprising and carries forward the idea of loyalty and righteousness.
The Water Margin literally means the water's edge, which means the story takes place in Liangshan Park, Shandong Province. In addition, in the Book of Songs, there is a sentence that "the ancient grandfather and father came to the DPRK to fetch horses, led them to the water margin in the west, and as for the gorge", which records the tribal migration led by Zhou.
Qi Wang Li and Luo Ergang both pointed out that the title of Water Margin is an analogy between Song Jiang Juyi and the rise of the Zhou Dynasty, which proves that the original author affirmed the spirit of the uprising hero against the rule. Song Jiang, the leader of the Shuihu Rebel Army, was originally a grass-roots official, and was later forced to revolt in Liangshan. Together with other Liangshan heroes, he rebelled against tyranny, "doing justice for heaven" and gradually developed and expanded.
The story of Water Margin is bold and rough. In the book, the characters express their contradictory inner world through their words and deeds, and the characters have their own characteristics. The heroes who were caught up with Liangshan have different growth experiences. The plot is tortuous and the language is vivid, which has high artistic value.
There have always been different views on the ideological tendency of Water Margin.
One view is that the Water Margin shows the idea of loyalty. The main representative is Li Zhi of Ming Dynasty.
Another view is that this is a book for robbers, and it is a book to teach people to be robbers.
It was mainly put forward by Zuo in Ming Dynasty. He thinks that the water margin has taught the people badly, and robbers learn from Song Jiang. He also believes that if the Water Margin is not banned, the impact on the world will be unimaginable. At that time, the court accepted his suggestion and confiscated the water margin nationwide.
In the 1950' s, China thought that Water Margin was about peasant uprising. This view was the mainstream view held by various textbooks, literary history and novel history in Chinese mainland at that time.
achievements of art
"Water Margin" profoundly reflects the broad social life, with complex and dramatic plots, good at describing scenes, many characters, vivid images, distinctive personalities and vivid dialogues, and good at showing characters' personality characteristics through comparison, describing their psychological changes and expressing their personalities from their actions. "Water Margin" is based on fluent spoken English. After tempering, it is vivid, pungent and concise.
Compared with the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the strength of Water Margin lies not in the description of politics and war scenes, but in the description of the main characters and citizens' lives. Among them are Song Jiang, Lin Chong, Lu, and so on. The main figure in Liangshan has a distinct personality and has his own language.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Water Margin