There is no written record in history. Some researchers believe that the prototype is based on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bian during the Zhang Shicheng Uprising in the late Yuan Dynasty. The story of Jingyang Gang killing tigers in Song Wu originated from the story of Bian killing tigers. This figure has a historical background, which is more than 250 years different from the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty. According to the local chronicles of Hangzhou, a magistrate named Song Wu assassinated Cai Jing's son in Hangzhou in the Song Dynasty, which was also one of the sources of Song Wu in Water Margin. This is the origin of Song Wu's tomb in Hangzhou. But this Song Wu has never participated in the Sung River Uprising.
So whether it is true that Song Wu killed the tiger can be summarized from the following aspects.
The weight and strength of a tiger can't be killed by one person with his bare hands.
There are many kinds of tigers in the world. At present, the largest is the Northeast Tiger. It has a huge body drive, a small head, thick and muscular limbs, a tail more than one meter long, and its body drive (with tail) is more than three meters long! The height from feet to shoulders is 1.2 to 1.4 meters, and the weight can reach more than 300 kilograms. The smallest tiger, Sumatra tiger, accounts for one-third of the Northeast tiger, and the female tiger weighs about the same as the Tibetan mastiff, 75 to 120 kg.
From the analysis of the distribution area of tigers, Jingyanggang, which killed tigers in Wusong, is located on the border of Shandong. At that time, it should be north china tiger, a subspecies between the South China Tiger and the Northeast Tiger, and closer to the South China Tiger. Some scholars even think that there is no essential difference between north china tiger and the South China Tiger except for their large size.
Song Wu, we can't compete with tigers, so let's compete with tigers in Tai Sen.
In a duel, tigers are completely superior to humans.
As the most powerful person, the boxing champion Tai Sen's heavy punches in his peak period are all based on relevant information.
At the peak, Tai Sen's backhand straight fist strength was 272 kg, and his swing strength was 800 kg, which was already extremely horrible data among human beings.
The hitting force of adult male tiger's palm is not less than 1000 kg, which is the power when a palm is photographed; The hardest part of a human head can bear 1900 kg, which is 862 kg. The bite force of a tiger is 500 kg!
The tiger's palm completely overwhelmed Tai Sen. What is even more frightening is that the tiger's mouth is open, and people simply can't hold its powerful bite force.
Song Wu is a fictional character in Water Margin.
Song Wu was a real person in history. He used to be a street performer in Hangzhou, Song Wu, and later served as the head of Gao Quan, the magistrate of Hangzhou. After meritorious service, he was promoted to a high position, and Song Wu was driven out of the yamen. Cai Yan, who succeeded the magistrate of Hangzhou, brought disaster to the country and the people. Song Wu was honest, stabbed him, was arrested, and finally died in prison.
Song Wu killed the tiger, and Shi Naian conceived it through real life scenes to set off the brilliance of the novel.
It is said that art comes from life.
At that time, Shi Naian was writing Water Margin, but he was walking in Houyanggang, behind Dazhai Village, and saw a yellow dog sleeping under a pine tree. A Zhuang Ding 52 beat the yellow dog away.
After returning home, he began to conceive this scene, which was created by Wu Aer's beating dogs. In order to make the novel wonderful or arouse readers' interest, Shi Naian skillfully used exaggeration to carefully plan the plot of Song Wu's killing tigers, turning Houyanggang into Jingyanggang, yellow dog into a white-fronted tiger and Wu 'er into a tiger, so his work of killing tigers was widely circulated. I have to say that Shi Naian devoted his whole life to this novel.