Wu Song killed Pan Jinlian angrily, not seeking to cut the mess quickly, but tore her clothes first, what is the intention?
What are the mysteries behind such an intriguing action?
In this issue**, let's take a deep look at the little-known mysteries in the Water Margin.
The story of Wu Song's fight to kill Ximen Qing and the blade Pan Jinlian can be said to be a household name.
In the original Water Margin, about Wu Song's killing of his sister-in-law, the author Shi Nai'an described it like this:
Pan Jinlian was knocked down by Wu Song's brain, stepped on her two arms with two feet, ripped off her chest and clothes, and cut the sharp knife on her chest! ”From this description, it can be found that Wu Song's action of killing Pan Jinlian was too dragging on the mud, especially the act of tearing off his chest and clothes first, which is a little incomprehensible, which is also not in line with Wu Song's usual personality.
You must know that Wu Song is a bold and uninhibited bloody man, he is happy to take revenge, he will take revenge, and he never beats around the bush in his work.
So, in the face of family feuds, instead of ending Pan Jinlian's life with a knife, but tearing her clothes first, what is this for?
Just as I was thinking about this question repeatedly, I was very angry when I saw a netizen's speculation.
He thinks that Wu Song used this action to have non-discriminate illusions about Pan Jinlian and wanted to take the opportunity to rub oil, which is pure nonsense and sounds very ridiculous.
At that time, before Wu Song killed Pan Jinlian, he specially called the neighbors to come and watch, and all the tables, chairs and benches in the house were knocked over by him.
These are enough to show that Wu Song is a bright and upright person, regards women as dung, and is a man who dares to act.
On the other hand, Wu Song is also a person who pays great attention to emotions, especially to his brother, showing a man's integrity and principles in emotion, so whenever he faces Pan Jinlian's beauty, he is always indifferent and sternly refuses.
But Pan Jinlian, who was rejected, felt that her face was gloomy, she was beautiful, uninhibited by nature, and finally met the man she liked, and was rejected miserably, which made her heart gradually have an extreme side, and she was reluctant to marry Wu Dalang at first.
According to legend, Pan Jinlian was originally a maid of a large family, and because she was as beautiful as a flower, she was frequently harassed by the male host.
The coveted male owner wanted to occupy Pan Jinlian, but the hostess didn't allow it, seeing that her husband couldn't control her feet, the hostess was angry and sold Pan Jinlian to the ugly Wu Dalang at a low price.
In this way, the flowers were inserted in the cow dung, Wu Dalang got Pan Jinlian like a treasure, and Pan Jinlian's heart was angry, she was unwilling to be unwilling to the injustice of fate, and blindly wanted to pursue her own romance and love, but she never met a man she was satisfied with, until the appearance of Wu Song, which made Pan Jinlian's heart ripple.
In the eyes of everyone in Yanggu County, including Pan Jinlian, Wu Dalang can't compare to his younger brother Wu Song in any aspect, one is a three-inch ding, withered bark, and only knows how to sell cooking cakes, and the other is a tall and mighty, upright servant.
There is no harm if there is no comparison, Pan Jinlian saw Wu Song for the first time, and decided that this was her own man.
Pan Jinlian hated why God didn't arrange for her to meet Wu Song earlier, and now marrying Wu Dalang is already a boat, but she desperately wants to change in her heart, after some ideological struggle, she took advantage of Wu Dalang to go out to sell cooking cakes, and actually directly expressed her love to Wu Song.
Wu Song was extremely angry about this, not to mention that Wu Dalang was his brother, even an ordinary friend, and he couldn't do such a bad thing, the upright Wu Song immediately scolded Pan Jinlian, and moved out of Wu Da's house without looking back.
This alone shows that Wu Song is not a womanizer, as a man, he stresses principles, abides by the bottom line, and is admirable in front of the beautiful **.
After Wu Song moved away, Pan Jinlian's heart was extremely lost, and a kind of resentment of "youth was buried" also swelled, and she was unwilling to be lonely, and she threw an olive branch to Ximenqing.
Later, after some matchmaking by Wang Po, the two began to have a private meeting to seek pleasure, so that Pan Jinlian, who tasted the forbidden fruit, became fearless, and finally fell into the arms of Ximenqing.
And the adultery between the two soon reached Wu Dalang's ears, although Wu Da said that he had no ability and talent, but he had the dignity that a man should have, he wanted to ** in bed and help the family, but he was seriously injured by Ximenqing.
Later, under the prodding of Wang Po, he was finally poisoned by the two.
Wu Song has not returned home for more than a month since he was sent on assignment, and when he returned to Yanggu County, the family was already full of things and people, and the neighbors didn't dare to say anything, so they deliberately hid and disappeared.
This made Wu Song uneasy, when he pushed open the door, he found that his brother Wu Dalang had died, and the mourning hall was set up in the house, and Pan Jinlian, who had just played a poker game with Ximenqing, immediately pretended to be extremely sad.
He told Wu Song that Wu Dalang's death was due to an acute illness.
In Wu Song's eyes, his sister-in-law Pan Jinlian was an unvirtuous daughter, so he was skeptical of this statement, and later in order to investigate the truth, he found many insiders.
After some understanding, he learned that Wu Dalang was killed by Ximenqing and Pan Jinlian, this truth made Wu Song difficult to accept for a while, but he was not carried away by hatred.
He knew that if he wanted to avenge his brother, what he needed to do urgently was to search for evidence first.
In other words, Wu Song did not want to solve the problem by violent means at first, and the ideal result in his mind was to find evidence that his brother was murdered, and then bring the wicked Ximenqing and Pan Jinlian to justice through legal means.
But the result backfired, what Wu Song didn't expect was that the wealthy Ximenqing and the county magistrate of Yanggu County were in collusion, and he pleaded with the county magistrate to uphold justice, but the county magistrate was unwilling to accept the case due to insufficient evidence.
Seeing that justice could not be extended, Wu Song was forced to be helpless, so he could only solve it by himself.
And Wu Song designed this very thoroughly, he was not in a hurry to go to Ximenqing for revenge, the county order said that the evidence was insufficient, so he continued to look for evidence.
He first called all the insiders of the case to his home, and then asked two messengers to guard the door, not allowing anyone to enter or leave, and then through the method of envy and power, let these insiders sign and detain one by one, which can be said to have left enough back for himself, and the next step is revenge.
Wu Song also paid attention to the order of revenge, he killed Pan Jinlian first in front of all the neighbors, and then carried a knife to kill Ximenqing, and everyone present testified and applauded him.
But when killing Pan Jinlian, Wu Song's action made others very puzzled, and even Pan Jinlian was very surprised by this.
He grabbed Pan Jinlian's two arms and directly tore her clothes, although there were no other superfluous actions next, but such actions were easy to reminisce, and also made people put a question mark on Wu Song's character.
In this regard, let's first talk about two more direct explanations.
The first statement is thatWu Song, who learned the truth, was too angry, and he made an impulsive move in a fit of anger. Another theory believes that Wu Song was to dissect Pan Jinlian's heart and blood to lay down his dead brother, but in fact, this is not the real purpose of Wu Song tearing Pan Jinlian's clothes.
In ancient times, special attention was paid to the Gang Chang Lun Sect, there was the eldest brother as the father, the eldest sister-in-law as the mother, and the saying that men and women could not kiss each other, and the reason why Wu Song dared to do this was because there was another hidden situation, which was related to the criminal law of the Great Song Dynasty.
According to the law of the Great Song Dynasty at that time, there was a clear classification of compensation for murder, which can be divided into three typesThey are murder, murder, and fighting.
The first two need to pay for their lives and be punished with capital punishment, but fighting and killing will only be sentenced to exile or battle.
The so-called fighting and killing in ancient times is almost the same as excessive defense, which is a result of being forced or mistaken, Wu Song was the head of Yanggu County, and naturally knew the legal provisions of the Great Song Dynasty.
Therefore, before he started, he tore Pan Jinlian's clothes first, which was to create a scene of fights and brawls.
After Pan Jinlian was embarrassed, Wu Song also knocked over all the tables, chairs and benches, coupled with Lingju's confession, it can be said that he had a dispute with Pan Jinlian, and he missed for a while, causing the other party to die.
And later, he went to Ximenqing to take revenge, so he didn't have to be so troublesome, Wu Song threw Pan Jinlian's head at him, and Ximenqing knew that he was here to ask for his life, so he had to take the initiative to resist desperately.
In this way, it can also be said that the fight between the two occurred because of a dispute.
After these things were done, Wu Song came directly to the government to turn himself in, one showed that he dared to act and was a man, on the other hand, he knew that his sin would not lead to death, so he did not choose to flee for his life.
Sure enough, after the official master learned the truth of the matter, he gave such a conclusion.
Wu Song paid tribute to his brother Wu Dalang, but his sister-in-law did not allow it, so they fought with each other, and the two fought, and Wu Song missed for a while, resulting in the death of Pan Jinlian
And Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian had an affair first, and the person who knew that he was dead, came to protect him, and had a fight with Wu Song, resulting in a fight and death.
Based on this verdict, Wu Song was only sentenced to battle, and finally assassinated in Mengzhou.
Such a punishment is already considered very lightTherefore, Wu Song tearing his clothes has another hidden reason, and there is no lack of wisdom in doing so, which not only takes revenge, but also protects himself.
Looking back at this incident, Wu Song did not attack the initiator Wang Po, but handed her over to the government.
This also reflects Wu Song's law-abiding side, and he also knows that one more life in his hands will be more dangerous, and a person like Wang Po who has no money and no power will never be blessed by the government.
So he only asked Wang Po to sign and draw the charge, and finally pushed it to the government for processing.
The result of the matter was as Wu Song expected, according to the law of the Great Song Dynasty, Wang Po ended up with a miserable end of Ling Chi's execution.
This also explains why Wu Song was able to get a good death after Zhao'an, precisely because Wu Song was different from other reckless men in Liangshan, he had a long-term vision and saw through the Great Song court, and such a corrupt rule was not worth dying.
The author sublimates Wu Song's personal character by carving details, making the image of the hero almost perfect, and creating a flesh-and-blood, affectionate and righteous Wu Song.
At the same time, through this incident, it reflects the class contradictions and social darkness of that era, which must be the greatness of the famous book.
Finally, I solemnly remind that Wu Song's impulsive behavior, we must not imitate it.
Now that society is in order and the law is complete, we must believe in the law when our legitimate interests are violated.
You must bravely take up the law to protect yourself, and you must insist on going your own way for the sake of your own personal vendetta.
That will inevitably lead to self-repercussions and will be severely punished by the law.
February** Dynamic Incentive Program