The big river flows to the east, and the stars in the sky are in the Big Dipper! (A bowl of wine at the turn of life and death), let's go, wow, you have me, all have wow, (water and fire do not look back), the road is uneven and roars wow, when it is time to shoot, wow, the wind and fire in Kyushu wow.
This popular "Song of a Good Man" spread all over the motherland a few years ago, and the elderly who are hobbling and the primary school students who have just entered school are familiar with it, and now, even children who have just learned to speak can hum a few words.
This song was written for the one hundred and eight heroes of Shuibo Liangshan in "Water Margin". The lyrics and tunes fully reflect the heroic spirit of the heroes of Liangshan. Such domineering can't help but make many people curious about the place where the heroes once stayed - Shuibo Liangshan.
"Water Margin" was written by Shi Nai'an, a writer in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, with a total of 120 chapters. Because this is the first vernacular in the history of our country to praise the peasant uprising**, it has a very important significance in the history of literature, so Shi Nai'an is known as the "father of China's long story**".
Shi Nai'an wrote this book from his own experience. He was a talent at the age of nineteen, a man at the age of twenty-eight, and a jinshi at the age of thirty-six. After serving as an official in the imperial court for three years, because he was dissatisfied with the corruption of the imperial court at that time, and he was unwilling to flatter and welcome the powerful, he was very aggrieved. Later, he resigned from his official position and returned home.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, several civil forces rebelled against the imperial court, Shi Nai'an participated in the rebel army organized by the salt merchant Zhang Shicheng, and became Zhang Shicheng's military advisor.
However, Zhang Shicheng, who had won the first victory, was greedy for pleasure and did not accept the advice of the strategists, and finally surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, and was then knighted. Later, as a general of the imperial court, with the aim of exterminating the peasant rebel army led by Zhu Yuanzhang, he experienced several fierce battles with Zhu Yuanzhang's rebel army, but was defeated repeatedly and finally committed suicide.
After Zhang Shicheng's defeat, Shi Nai'an took the whole family to live in seclusion in order to avoid disaster. He took a fancy to a place of refuge, "wandering around the world in the barren world, and finding a good home in Yangshan", and the invitation letter given to him by his friend was "This is not the Taoyuan Realm, where is the Taoyuan good to avoid Qin".
The place he wants to go to is a small county town in Zhejiang Province that is relatively remote and surrounded by water, and the transportation is not convenient. Shi Nai'an, who settled down, completed the masterpiece "Water Margin" here.
This experience seems to have similarities with the plot of the Water Margin. The author should have been inspired by these to build the scene in **.
The author fictionalizes the plot of the story, but draws on the historical background that can be traced. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the government was corrupt, taxes were heavy, and the people were miserable. Some unwilling knights bravely fought against the evil forces for the sake of justice, and finally formed their own team.
Each of the heroes in the * is vividly displayed in front of people with a distinct personality, which is deeply inspiring. Yangsanbo was their base and was also widely spread along with their name.
Shi Nai'an researched a large number of historical materials in his book "Water Margin", and some of the characters in the ** have appeared in historical materials**, and the topography of Shuibo Liangshan is similar to the refuge site chosen by the author himself, but it does have its name on the map.
Liangshan is located in Liangshan County, Shandong Province. Liangshan County is the junction of Tai'an, Jining, Heze in Shandong Province and Puyang in Henan Province, and it is a checkpoint for these four cities. And Liangshan is the highest place in Liangshan County, if Liangshan County is a basin, Liangshan is a plateau in the basin.
The terrain around Liangshan is low, surrounded by water, the outside world wants to think that Liangshan must be entered by ship, its terrain is very dangerous, in the process of fighting, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is a combat base with a superior geographical location.
After reading **, some curious people made a special trip to Shandong to find this place, but they did not find such a place in Liangshan County, which can't help but make people wonder if Shuibo Liangshan is a fiction made up by Shi Nai'an?
In fact, not only does Liangshan have its place, but the water of Liangshan has also existed. The author's creativity for the environment comes from his personal life, but the mountains and rivers of the motherland are so large that it is still possible to find a scenic spot with the same terrain. And giving such a name to the book "Water Margin" has a certain relationship with Liangshan's Shuibo.
Water margin means water's edge. The heroes of Liangshan live in places related to water, so it is more appropriate to call the name Water Margin.
Of course, the author's intention to call the Water Margin is not only this, he uses the "Book of Songs" about the allusion of King Wen of Zhou"Father Gu, come to the court. Rate the West Water Margin, as for Qixia",It praises the fearless spirit of resistance of ordinary people, and because of the instability of water, it hints at the uncertainty of the fate of the heroes of Liangshan.
According to historical records, the place of Liangshan existed as early as the Five Kingdoms era after the Tang Dynasty, but it was not surrounded by water at that time. Yangsan is a high terrain with seven small mountain peaks connected by arable land. Later, as the Yellow River basin passed through here, frequent embankment breaches, allowing the water to gradually overflow around Liangshan, forming small lakes.
During the Song Dynasty, the area around Liangshan was repeatedly invaded by the Yellow River, and the water basin area became larger and larger. In the most serious case, the river overflowed, encircling the entire mountain group, making Yangsan an an isolated island.
The terrain of leading troops to fight is very important, because of the special terrain of Liangshan, the government does not dare to attack rashly. So the knights who had no way out used it as a base. Although the government "suppresses bandits" every year, the soldiers of Liangshan live a fairly stable life.
The heroes of Liangshan led by Song Jiang set up camp here, which is equivalent to giving themselves an extra natural barrier, and it is also a bargaining chip for Song Jiang to confront the imperial court. So much so that the government did not dare to attack Liangshan later, but used Zhao'an's strategy to disintegrate this large and highly effective civilian team.
Eight hundred miles of Liangshanbo, this number is just a general reference, and it is impossible for anyone to measure it personally. But at that time, the scope of the water area should be more than 800 li, and the book wrote this, which also highlighted the breadth of the water area.
This natural landscape has undergone many changes over time. In order to resist the attack of the Jin people, the imperial court built a river channel and diverted the water of the Yellow River to the south to block the Jin people from going south. In this way, the water of the Yellow River no longer invades Liangshan, and the water source is gradually drying up.
In the Yuan Dynasty, the imperial court encouraged the common people to reclaim wasteland, and the surroundings of Liangshan were turned over, and Shuibo Liangshan was gone.
Although Shuibo Liangshan is no longer in its old days, we are now more willing to see the rich land and green farming. Only by making land serve the people can it achieve its due value.
It can be seen that the 800 miles of Shuibo Liangshan described by Shi Nai'an, the author of the Water Margin, is not an unfounded fiction. After all, the dynasty in which the author lived is more than 700 years away from us.
Eight hundred miles of water in Liangshan, carrying one hundred and eight heroes and many ordinary people yearning for equality and freedom, although the end ended in failure, but the martial arts, loyalty, righteousness, jealousy, and courage of the heroic image will always remain in the hearts of the people.
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