Lin Chong used to be the coach of 800,000 imperial troops in Tokyo, and his family was happy. If Lin Chong's wife hadn't met Gao Yanei unexpectedly, Lin Chong's life might have passed peacefully. However, since Lin Chong's wife met Gao Yanei, Lin Chong's quiet life was broken, which also became a turning point in Lin Chong's life. From then on, evil forces began to persecute Lin Chong's family, his family and Lin Chong himself. Lin Chong was persecuted by Gao Qiu, almost sentenced to death, and later sent to Cangzhou, but Gao Qiu wouldn't let him go. Gao Qiu bribed Dong Chao and Xue Ba who escorted Lin Chong and asked them to kill Lin Chong on the road. Thanks to the rescue, Lin Chong was saved from death. After arriving in Cangzhou, Lin Chong was sent to look after the forage field. At this time, Gao Qiu sent Lu Qian and his gang to kill Lin Chong. Lin Chong had no choice but to recognize the nature of society and the face of traitors. In the end, he killed Lu Qian and his gang and embarked on the road of revolt in Liangshan.

Lin Chong's image before and after going up the mountain is completely different, and his image has a process of development and change. At first, he showed the image of obedience, compromise and weakness. This image is described in many places in the novel: for example, in the seventh novel, Lin Chong's wife was molested, and Lin Chong was going to have an attack, but when he saw that it was Gao Yanei, he immediately held back and calmed down quickly. At the same time, he also prevented others from being rude to him; When Lu came to vent his anger on him, Lin Chong dissuaded him: "It is the official's son of Gao Taiwei. It is really rude not to know Jingfu." [1] Lin Chong wanted to give him a good beating, but he was afraid that Qiu was ugly. Since ancient times, I am not afraid of officials, but of management. Lin Chong didn't like his invitation and let him go for a while. Finally, he had to fire Gao Yanei.

1. A weak hero who made a compromise

When Lin Chong was escorted to Cangzhou, the two officers who escorted him were tortured all the way. Put heavy shackles on him, let him walk barefoot, give him little food, and even scald his feet with boiling water. Lin Chong had no reaction to all this, and he was tortured. Later, when he went to the wild pig forest and two officers tried to kill him, Lin Chong still didn't have any vigilance. If he wanted to tie him up, he would never leave his fate under such circumstances. After he arrived in Cangzhou, he was called an army thief by the old man because he didn't give the old man money in time. How dare Lin Chong look up? After the scolding, Lin Chong went to get the silver and said with a smile, "You're welcome, little brother. Just a token of your appreciation." [2] Think about Lin Chong's prestige when he was a coach in Beijing, but now he is insulted by the people who originally belonged to him. After scolding, he has to accompany a smiling face, which shows Lin Chong's weakness and helplessness.

Lin Chong's "Burning Forage Field" and "Snow Mountain Temple" are the turning points in the development and change of his image. Lin Chong was sent to look after the forage field in Cangzhou, but he still had illusions. I hope that through transformation, I can come back to see the light of day and continue to live a normal life. Lin Chong's fantasy was naive, and Gao Qiu sent Lu Qian and his gang to kill him. Fortunately, he escaped because he was in the forage field. Lin Chong listened to the conversation of Lu Qian and his gang in the mountain temple. He was fed up and determined to fight for his own destiny. So he kicked the door open without hesitation and killed Lu Qian and his accomplices. From here, we can see that Lin Chong's image began to change and become strong, but he still hesitated. For example, when he killed Lu Qian, he relented in the face of Lu Qian's pity. But the wicked is the wicked, but Lu Qian took this opportunity to sneak attack on Lin Chong. This made him see clearly the nature of the wicked, eventually killed Lu Qian and his gang, and set foot on the road of Liangshan without hesitation, and embarked on the road of active resistance. Lin Chong has also become a strong and active hero.

2. A real hero who actively resists

After Lin Chong went to Liangshan, he was completely a strong and aggressive hero. After he went up the mountain, Wang Lun, the noodle team, squeezed him out. At first, he tried to stay, but he didn't kill Wang Lun because of indignation. After all, Wang Lun and Gao Qiu are completely different, but when Wang Lun tried to drive Lin Chong down the mountain, Lin Chong began to actively fight because he was desperate. Driving him down the mountain is tantamount to driving him to death. At this time, Lin Chong will not resign. Under Wang Lun's repeated coercion, he killed Wang Lun and won himself a place to live. Later, the imperial court sent troops to encircle Liangshan, and Lin Chong always took an active part in the war, and every time he went out, he always returned home in triumph, completely showing the heroic image of active resistance.

Tragedy is the conflict between the inevitable requirement of history and the fact that this requirement cannot be realized. [3] In the process of the development and change of Lin Chong's image, from another perspective, Lin Chong is a tragic image. Lin Chong was originally a member of the bureaucratic class in the Song Dynasty and had a happy family. Just because Gao Qiu's son lusted after Lin Chong's wife's beauty, Lin Chong's family was ruined, and he became a prisoner himself. Finally, he had to go to Liangshan to become an outlaw. In addition, Lu Qian is Lin Chong's trusted good brother, but Lu Qian betrayed and betrayed Lin Chong for the sake of high officials and high salaries, and helped Gao Yanei to possess Lin Chong's wife, helped Gao Qiu to frame Lin Chong, and even killed Lin Chong in exchange for wealth. It is very sad to be betrayed and framed by someone you trust very much. Later, Gao Qiu was arrested in Liangshan, and Lin could have killed him. Because of Sung River's dissuasion, Lin Chong had to let Gao Qiu go, because Lin Chong vomited blood and died. A hero who has made great contributions to Liangshan is so angry that people can't help but feel sorry for it. From these aspects, we can see that Lin Chong's life is very unfortunate, and he is a tragic hero.

In a word, the image of Lin Chong in Water Margin is different before and after Shangliang Mountain, and his image has a process of development and change. From the initial weakness, compromise and resignation, to the strong and aggressive hero image after going up the mountain. At the same time, Lin Chong is also an unfortunate tragic image in the novel.