Some people often say, "When you are young, you don't read the Water Margin, and when you look back in middle age, you will know the deep meaning", which is indeed quite wise. When we read "Water Margin" when we were young, what we saw was the courage and brotherhood of the heroes of Liangshan, but now when we read it again, we saw more of the ugly side of human nature, and found that those who called themselves "heroes" were not all so admirable.
However, the sentence "don't read the Water Margin" is not accurate enough, and it is actually more appropriate to add "women don't read the Water Margin". And what is the reason for this? Mainly because most of the female characters in the book are portrayed as villains, such as Pan Jinlian, Pan Qiaoyun, Yan Poxi and other female characters can be regarded as "disaster water". Relatively speaking, Hu Sanniang's image is more positive. "Except for the despicable and ugly Wang Xiaohu, why no one else can appreciate Hu Sanniang, this is really incomprehensible.
1. Female heroes.
As soon as most of the women in "Water Margin" appear, you can feel their "impropriety", such as Pan Jinlian, who knew that Wu Song was his brother-in-law, but still pretended to "cluster fire for his uncle" to seduce Wu Song, which made people want to rush into the book and slap her.
When Hu Sanniang appeared on the stage, her image was not so simple. ** describes her as: "Jade snow-like skin, hibiscus-like face, natural beauty." The gold armor flashes, and the silver helmet is inlaid with a red scarf. Holding a treasure knife, he is heroic, and his eyes are full of charm. Ride on top of a horse, wielding a frostblade like the wind to slash the enemy. His face was as white as snow, and his robe was soaked with sweat, and his murderous aura was awe-inspiring. The soldiers are devastated, the enemy is terrified, and this female general has a unique style. When he returned victorious, he had a slight smile on his face. ”
When Wu Song debuted, there were not many praises for him in the book, and the most eye-catching praise was only a sentence "Like a demon lord in the sky, he is really a Tai Sui god in the world". This shows that Hu Sanniang can indeed be called a heroine among women.
In the process of Liangshan three fights against Zhujiazhuang, she can be described as one of the most dazzling figures, not only did she defeat Wang Xiaohu, but even when she met an opponent like Lin Chong, she was able to fight him for a few rounds, showing an extremely heroic image.
She was such a strong woman, but in the end she married Wang Xiaohu. What kind of person is Wang Ying? Maybe you just know that he's short and ugly, and that's not unreasonable, after all, the character made it so when he first appeared in the book. Two warriors stepped out from either side of the hall, one of them small in stature with sparkling eyes.
The "hymns" given to him by the author are not so much "hymns" as "derogatory poems". After all, it is recorded in the book: "The camel brown jacket is splendid and mended, and the appearance is magnificent and coarse." The strongest beam who is greedy for money and lustful, set fire to kill the king dwarf tiger. "He was not only rude, but also greedy for money and lustful. However, even if "derogatory poetry" does not fully reveal the ugliness of this character, the most shameful thing about him is that he forgets his senses.
He once belonged to Liu Gao, the wife of Qingfeng Village, and hoped to occupy her. Fearing that he would be hurt by the woman, Yan Shun killed her out of kindness, which caused him to be angry and planned to duel with Yan Shun. If Song Jiang hadn't stopped it, either Yan Shun would have died that day, or Wang Ying would have ended miserably. No matter what the outcome is, Wang Ying has been discredited at that moment, and it is really surprising to let a person who has lost his lust and righteousness to enter Liangshan.
Despite this, Wang Ying became the only one who "got an insight into the truth" in the story, because he was the only one who became interested in Hu Sanniang. Why is this so?
There is no doubt that there are indeed many heroes on Liangshan who do not involve women, such as the eldest brother "Tota Heavenly King" Chao Gai, who first appeared, is an iron-blooded straight man. When he appeared, the book said: "Back then, Baozheng of Dongxi Village, named Chao Gai, had a prominent family background, was kind and charitable, and liked to make friends with heroes from all over the world. Whoever comes to him, good or evil, will be able to live in peace in the village. When leaving, he will also be given some gold and silver to help him regain his footing. He liked to use spears and clubs the most, his body was strong and powerful, he never married a wife, and only worked hard all day long. ”
Not everyone is like Chao Gai, there are people like Zhang Qing and Sun Xin who take their wives up the mountain in the book, and even people like Xu Ning who even bring their concubines up the mountain. Obviously, the vast majority of singles on Liangshan are normal people, and the reason why they don't marry wives is not because they don't want to, but because the conditions don't allow it. Song Jiang captured a beautiful girl like Hu Sanniang, and she will inevitably become the object of everyone's coveting, why is only Wang Ying fancy her?
Wang Ying has a good impression of her, in fact, it is more like Wang Ying has a wrong judgment, because according to normal standards, this woman is indeed not suitable for marriage, you only need to observe her performance by Song Jiang's side to understand this.
Third, for Hu Sanniang's conduct and personality characteristics.
Li Kui once doubted whether Song Jiang planned to hide the woman privately after he caught Hu Sanniang, because she had always been controlled by him.
Li Kui said bluntly: "Song Jiang shouted: 'You guy, I didn't order you to come!'" You should know that Hu Cheng surrendered a few days ago with a bottle of wine. Why didn't you obey my orders, went to kill his family without permission, and disobeyed my orders? Li Kui said: 'Just forget it, I won't forget!' That guy instructed the woman to chase after her brother the other day to kill him, and you're showing kindness again. You are not married to his sister, why do you still care about her uncle and father-in-law? Song Jiang shouted: "You stubborn guy, don't talk nonsense! How could I possibly want this woman? I have my own arrangement. How many of you are alive? ’”
Li Kui thought that Song Jiang should marry Hu Sanniang, but Song Jiang never had this idea. You see.
When Song Jiang arranged Hu Sanniang's marriage, Hu Sanniang's attitude was clear: "Song Jiang summoned Wang Xiaohu and said: 'I promised you a marriage in Qingfeng Village before, but I have always kept it in my heart and never fulfilled it. Now my father has a daughter, and he wants you to marry her. Song Jiang personally went to invite Song Taigong and led Yizhang Qinghu Sanniang to the banquet.
Song Jiang personally talked to Hu Sanniang and said: "Although my brother Wang Ying is good at martial arts, he is far inferior to Xianmei. I once promised him a marriage, but it never came to fruition. Now Hyun-mei has fulfilled her promise to my father. All the leaders have become matchmakers, today is a good day, Xian Mei and Wang Ying should be married. Yizhangqing saw Song Jiang's sincerity and couldn't shirk it. So, the two had to thank each other. ”
What is the connection between Hu Sanniang and the heroes of Liangshan? She actually agreed to this marriage, without the slightest idea of revenge, and even in the face of the enemy's "finger marriage", will this ruthless woman one day start to kill her husband? Aren't you worried?
Obviously, most people only pay attention to Hu Sanniang's beauty and ignore her ruthlessness. Such a woman should watch from afar and never come close.