Lu Zhishen and Wu Song had a confrontation of righteousness and prudence
This happened in the fifty-seventh episode of "Water Margin"."The three mountains gather to fight Qingzhou, and the tigers are returned to the water and Liangshan"In the middle, Lu Zhishen and Wu Song came to Shaohua Mountain to visit Shi Jin, but found that Shi Jin could not be arrested because of the Huazhou killer, Lu Zhishen was indignant and said that he would kill people in the government to save Shi Jin, Wu Song was forced to obey his arbitrariness, not only did not rescue Shi Jin, but was captured, until the Liangshan army came to the rescue, he could not be killed. Wu Song did not listen to his advice and took matters into his own hands, not only did he not rescue Shi Jin, but he was also captured, and he was not killed until the Liangshan army came to the rescue. So, why didn't Wu Song go with Lu Zhishen?
Lu Zhishen and Shi Jin are sworn brothers, and they both want to kill Bird Taishou in a fit of anger.
In the third episode of "Water Margin", Lu Zhishen is still called Luda or the prefect"Shi Dalang ran to Huaiyin District at night, and Lu Ti ruled the town of Guanxi", Shi Jin and Lu Zhishen bowed.
At that time, Shi Jin was condemned by Orion for his friendship with Shaohua Mountain. After Shi Jin defeated the besiegers, he refused to hide and went to Weizhou to find a teacher. On the way, he met Lu Dai, and the two became brothers of the opposite sex. Lu Dai wanted to save Jin Cuilian, so Shi Jin gave him ten taels of silver. Later, Lu Dai killed Zheng Tu, and both of them were wanted by the government. Shi Jin eventually went to Shaohua Mountain and lived an uninhibited life, while Lu Da went to Tokyo.
When Shi Jin went to Shaohua Mountain, he and Zhu Wu, Chen Da, Yang Chun and others occupied the mountain as the king, and they were also pure-hearted and had few desires. When Shi Jin refused to go down the mountain, he met Wang Yi, a painter in prison, because he took his daughter Wang Yujiao to the temple to make a vow, Huazhou He Taishou fantasized about Wang Yujiao's result, and wanted to take it by force, Wang Yi disagreed, He Taishou forcibly occupied his daughter, but at the same time, Wang Yi was also very **, and took the soldiers to kill the whole country. After Shi Jin found out, he killed two of his subordinates and went to the government to assassinate He Taishou, but was unfortunately arrested.
After the end of "Three Mountains Gathering to Fight Qingzhou", Luda and Wu Song, who were originally fighting the world in Erlong Mountain, fled to Liangshan. Luda wanted to lure Shi Jin and others into the gang, so he and Wu Song came to Shaohua Mountain, but only heard that Shi Jin was imprisoned in the official mansion. Lu Zhishen was furious and wanted to kill the bird keeper to rescue Shi Jin, Wu Song felt that it was inappropriate, so he persuaded him to stay for a while, saying that it was getting late, who knew that when he got up in the morning, Lu Zhishen had already left.
Why didn't Wu Song accompany Lu Zhishen?
As one of the four famous novels, "Water Margin", although it is only a **, each chapter has its own logic. Taking this incident as an example, I think Wu Song did not accompany Lu Zhishen mainly for the following reasons:
1.The personalities of the two. There is no doubt that Lu Zhishen and Wu Song are both emotional and honest people, which is not difficult to see from their experiences, but the personalities of the two are different. Lu Zhishen can definitely stick a knife in both ribs for his brother, recklessly, although there are thousands of cliffs in front of him, thousands of mountain fires, no preparation, although he is thin and strong, but out of impulsive character, he decided to save time to enter, and he can be reckless. Although Wu Song is also a person who values love and righteousness, he is extremely calm when encountering things, which can be seen from the part where he avenges his brother. If it was Lu Zhishen, he would probably directly kill Pan Jinlian, Ximen Qing and other enemies, while Wu Song was for the sake of the blood sea of hatred, and he arranged everything in an orderly manner.
2.Wu Song thought more. As mentioned earlier, Lu Zhishen could have saved Shi Jin recklessly, but the relatively calm Wu Song obviously thought more. First of all, it is difficult to succeed on your own, and this is also reflected in the original text. Wu Song persuaded Lu Zhishen twice"The leader of the team fights Huazhou, which can save Shi Jin"or"killed the prefect, how to save Shi Jin"。This shows that he thinks that it is difficult to rescue Shi Jin with his own strength, and even if he kills the prefect, he may not be able to save Shi Jin. Secondly, the situation at that time was different from before, if it was still on Erlong Mountain, Wu Song might be with Lu Zhishen, but at that time, they had just taken refuge in the commander of Liangshan, and the assassination was a big event, like a guard, how could they do it privately, I think this is also what Wu Song said to Lu Zhishen:"I will go back to Liangshan Plague God with you overnight to pay tribute to Song Gongming. "Causes.
3.Lu Zhishen eloped. If Lu Zhishen knew that Wu Song was worried about his safety before leaving, this should be one of the most important reasons why he could accompany him. However, the original text says Lu Zhishen"That night, I put on my clothes and rested, and I got up at four o'clock tomorrow morning, picked up the Zen staff, and I didn't know where the sword went", It seems that Lu Zhishen left secretly, and by the time Wu Song found out that Lu Da had left, it was too late, and he could only send two little slaves to find out the news.
In short, the reason why Wu Song did not accompany Lu Zhishen was due to two different personalities: on the one hand, Wu Song dealt with problems more comprehensively;On the other hand, Lu Zhishen saw that Wu Song had persuaded him, and sneaked out early in the morning, and it was too late for Wu Song to find out the news.