"Jargon Water Margin"

Author: Xu Qi
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: Water Margin is a novel about the underworld, and Liangshan is an underworld organization. The rose-colored "carrying out the will of heaven" is merely a cover-up for the atrocities of the heroes, and the just actions of some individuals cannot negate the fundamentally predatory and violent nature of the Liangshan organization as a whole. This is the starting point and main theme of the book "The Underworld of Water Margin. The author reinterprets the characters and stories of Water Margin from the unique perspective of the underworld, deconstructing it into 10 major characters and 4 significant events. The 10 representative characters are: Song Jiang represents the underworld boss; Wu Yong represents the underworld strategist; Lu Junyi represents the second-in-command of the underworld and a large category of people forced into Liangshan by the organization itself; Li Kui represents the boss's lackey and a bad underworld follower; Yan Qing is a loyal subordinate and a good underworld follower; Lin Chong is a typical good underworld character and also represents a large category of people forced into Liangshan by the dark society (in fact, they are rare in Liangshan); Wu Song reflects the underworld path of a kind-hearted, innocent young man with fundamentally good intentions; Chai Jin represents the underworld path of a spoiled heir and former member of the imperial family; while Guan Sheng is a representative of former government officials who joined the underworld; Shi Xiu represents the lower-class laborers who turned to the underworld to break free from their fate. These 10 people basically encompass the most representative figures in the underworld organization. The four major events are the clever seizure of the birthday gift, the three attacks on Zhu Family Village, the Battle of Zeng Tou City, and the celestial chart incident at Shi Jie, which basically summarize the entire process of the Liangshan underworld organization from its development and growth to the transformation of its leadership and direction, and reaching its peak.