The rivers and lakes are sinister, how did the three Liangshan heroes get to the pinnacle of life?
If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent. This is a classic sentence in "The Benevolent Lover", and it can also be used as a talisman for the characters in the rivers and lakes, and in "Zhuzi's Family Motto"."There is room for everything, and there is no turning back for pride"It's the same thing.
It is impossible to turn back, and very few people look back, because many people seem to spend their lives pursuing goals such as superiority, wealth, power, longevity, and freedom, which can only be achieved through unremitting efforts. However, when we saw the three heroes of Liangshan walking at the end of the era, we suddenly found out"Reluctant"The true meaning of the word: you must give up fame and fortune in order to gain great freedom in life and become a real winner in life.
Today, let's talk about how the three heroes of Liangshan understand"There is a give-and-take"The true meaning of refusing to join the imperial court and climbing the four peaks of life. What did these three Liangshan heroes who had to give up for the sake of victory, give up in order to climb the four peaks of life?
Jianghu is a concept with connotation, and its scope is extremely wide: the imperial court is the rivers and lakes, the workplace is the rivers and lakes, and there are no rivers and lakes in life. The heroes sang in the song"The gun shot the first bird, and the wind and fire broke into Kyushu", but the heroes of Liangshan may be nothing in essence - Gao Yu has been captured by the heroes of Liangshan, and the head of the leopard has crossed over to Lin Chong, and his deep hatred is the blue-eyed mouth of the Yang Zhi monster. With angry eyes, with a deep hatred for Lin Chong's leopard head and Yang Zhiqing's fanged monster, he and one hundred and six others fell at Gao Yu's feet at once"The leaders are mighty, and they all come to the captain. After everyone finished saluting, Song Jiang was the deacon, Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng held the lamp, and Lu Junyi and others stood up. The feast was very clean and orderly, and the tribal leaders took turns toasting and gently encouraging each other to drink, (Water Margin, p. 80)."
In the world, there is no smile and hatred"It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and it is not too early for a villain to take revenge for ten years"。
Regardless of whether Gao Lishi Tong Guan is a gentleman or a villain, Liangshan heroes have killed countless subordinates, this revenge is not shared, how to take revenge is not exaggerated, it is the so-called unscrupulous means to achieve the goal.
For the heroes of Liangshan, the palace was originally a very sinister river, and every victory over the official army would make the palace even more sinister, and even after they were brought into the palace, this sinister river and lake was like a moth to a fire: Song Jiang jumped off the building and died; Lu Junyi jumped off the building and died; Li Kui jumped off the building and died; In the end, even Wu Song and Hua Rong hung themselves from the tree with their belts - Hong Chao's belt, not an elastic belt, but a belt, and the pants all fell off, so that Wu Song Song Jiang not only stuck out his tongue, but also barefoot, miserable, pitiful and ridiculous.
Song Jiang and Li Kui died innocently, but the jade unicorn Lu Junyi was not alone, he could have followed Yan Qing's advice and retreated, but Lu Junyi didn't know anything about the sinister rivers and lakes, let alone the depth of the palace"I have never had the slightest dissent, how can the court dislike me? "
An ordinary person like Lu Junyi is only suitable for living in an ideal country, but he can't swim in the muddy waters of the palace and rivers and lakes, after all"Poor Hebei jade unicorn, the ghost is at the water's edge"。
Unlike Song Jiang and Lu Junyi, the other three Liangshan heroes retreated bravely and pulled their feet prematurely when it was safe, but they escaped the catastrophe and climbed the four peaks of life, gaining wealth, immunity, strength, longevity and even immortality that other Liangshan heroes could not obtain.
In the Song Dynasty, especially during the reign of Emperor Xuanhe of the Song Dynasty, it was believed that"3,000 runs, balancing the secret cabinet; Five hundred times, the judge is at the table"。As long as a person is rich, even if he is illiterate, as long as he has a lot of money, he can be in a high position"If you have money, you can go all over the world, but you can't move an inch without money"。
The pagoda king Chao Gai gathered the wisdom of the crowd to make the Seven Stars Birthday Gang, and took the gold, silver and jewelry worth 100,000 guan and did not leave home, in fact, he was waiting for the wind to pass - last year's robbers of the Birthday Gang were released, and they had already run away, maybe they used the 100,000 guan money to buy a secret cabinet of 330 square meters, 200 officials, and wiped out the identity of the county official in a strange way! The judge is leaving.
The reason why Song Jiang took the name of filial piety was that he wanted to be the judge of Yuncheng County, let the gold and silver, black and white converge, and then let the money speak, and also fool the judge - this is not possible under the regulations of the officials, but if there is no money in any dynasty, this thing cannot be done, and the two gold will be given away, who cares about Song Jiang's credit?
In Wu Song"Retreat practice"During this period, how many people dreamed of being rich and rich, and they even despaired"Feng Qingzhong Ancestor, give 100,000 yuan"。
Wu Song, who was one-handed, defeated Li Kui, who was two-handed, and it was Lao Tzu who defeated his son. Li Kui was very happy to be the coach of Zhenjiang Runzhou, but as soon as the freshness passed for a few days, the endless problems came:"I'm tired of the hustle and bustle, drinking with people all day long, and just like to covet the spoils of war. "[2] Li Kui was very happy to be the coach of Zhenjiang Runzhou.
Li Kui is the coach, it is completely to catch ducks on the shelves, virtue is not worthy, there will be accidents, Li Kui is full of bad stomach, but he does not leave early, and in the end Song Jiang was poisoned, and he can be regarded as a villain full of evil. Although Wu Song still has three points of the world's martial arts and the divine power of the whole body, but after taking a bonus of 100,000 yuan, he decided to retire, and died with a smile at the age of eighty.
Wu Song retired to the rivers and lakes, it was still a little late, if he was like Gongsun Sheng before he deserted, he would be able to retreat with his whole body.
Many people say that Wu Song is the longest-lived among the one hundred and eight generals in Liangshan, but we must remember that Sun Sheng, the dragon prince in the clouds, must live longer than Wu Song, because he is a man of the Tao, and life is not calculated in years, months and days.
Gongsun Sheng's retirement actually began after Song Jiang came to power, and it was gradual: first he fished for three days and dried his nets for two days, and then he could neither fish nor dry his nets, because in his eyes, fame, fortune and happiness were everywhere, and his goal was the sea of stars.
Gongsun Sheng traveled through Hongchen, of course he knew that the rivers and lakes were sinister, but he also knew that it was hot in the palace. If he wants to find a position after Zhao'an, he can also go directly to the emperor - as long as he shows his hands in front of Zhao Ji, the position of national teacher is still very suitable. But what Gongsun Sheng is fighting for is great freedom, he does not be a clerk in a suit and leather shoes who binds his hands and feet, nor is he like the white sand in the dyeing room in the palace and Nirvana with all the sunspots.
Wu Song was given wealth, longevity, and freedom; Gongsun Sheng was given a long life, freedom, and great freedom; Compared with these two people, Li Jun, the dragon of the twisted river, pretended to be sick and died, reaching a height that Song Jiang could not reach in his life:"He took a pleasure boat out of Taicang Port, fled to a foreign country, and later became the lord of Siam. "
Power and wealth are twin brothers. Li Zhun is the master of the country, and the wealth of the entire Siamese nation belongs to him alone. Such a pinnacle of life, Gongsun Sheng despises comparison, Wu Song is ruthless and helpless, these three Liangshan heroes, Song Jiang Lu Junyi, Gongsun Sheng, Wu Song, Li Jun's ending is satisfying, compared with these three heroes, they strive to pursue the goodness in their hearts, to reach the peak of life, the common feature of these three heroes is that they know how to give up some things, they know more about the sinister palace, the sinister rivers and lakes.
The rivers and lakes are sinister, and there is no way to retreat. This sentence seems to be a joke, but it contains a profound philosophy: life in the world, can not be everywhere in the rivers and lakes, away from the temple, not in the rivers and lakes, there is a give-and-take, Gongsun Sheng, Wu Song, Li Jun, the three heroes of Liangshan have retired, what kind of inspiration can they give us?