Who is the author of Water Margin and what dynasty did he live in? Who is the little bully in the story of drunken beating the little bully in Water Margin?

"Water Margin" is one of the earliest chapter novels written in vernacular Chinese in Chinese history. It is widely circulated and popular. It is also one of the works with epic characteristics in Chinese language and literature, and has a profound influence on narrative literature in China and even East Asia. So, who is the author of "Water Margin" and what dynasty did he live in? Who is the little bully in "Water Margin"? Let's take a look at the introduction of Encyclopedia Knowledge Network to answer these questions!

Contents of this article

1. Who is the author of Water Margin and what dynasty did he live in?

2. Who is the little bully in the Water Margin story of drunkenly beating the little bully?

3. Wu Yong's character in Water Margin

Who is the author of Water Margin and what dynasty is it from?

The author of "Water Margin" is Shi Naian, a writer in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. He was proficient in various classics, poetry, astronomy, geography, medicine, divination, astrology, etc. He was a Jinshi at the age of 35. Later, he abandoned his official position and wrote books behind closed doors, collecting and sorting out stories about heroes such as Song Jiang of Liangshanbo, and finally wrote "Water Margin", one of the "Four Great Masterpieces". Shi Naian's original name was Yan Duan. One day, when he wrote about the part in "Water Margin" where Shi Xiuzhi killed Pei Ruhai and the monk knocked the wooden fish, he suddenly thought of the wooden fish and mallet treasured in Donglin Temple, so he asked Xu Qi: Why do you treasure the wooden fish and mallet in your temple like a treasure? Xu Qi said: There used to be an old monk living in this temple. He chanted scriptures and worshiped Buddha with great sincerity, and he knocked the wooden fish while chanting scriptures. As he said, he pointed to the depression of the wooden fish and said: You see, I want them to understand that reading and studying are to be dedicated. Shi Naian was deeply inspired by listening. Afterwards, he wrote the two characters "Nai'an" and posted them on the lintel, reminding himself to overcome all difficulties and write "Water Margin". Outsiders did not know what he meant, so they called him "Mr. Nai'an". After a long time, he also thought this name was good, so he changed his name to Shi Nai'an.

Who is the little bully in the Water Margin?

Zhou Tong, a character in "Water Margin", was a bandit king in Taohua Mountain. Because he looked like Xiang Yu, he was called "Little Overlord" and used a green and heavy spear. Once when Zhou Tong went down the mountain to cut off the way, he met "Tiger Fighting General" Li Zhong. He could not resist him, so he left Li Zhong to be the leader of Taohua Mountain. Zhou Tong fell in love with the daughter of Liu Taigong of Taohua Village and wanted to force her to marry him to the mountain as his wife. When the bride was going to be married, it happened that "Flower Monk" Lu Zhishen stayed at the village, and Zhou Tong was beaten by Lu Zhishen pretending to be a bride. Zhou Tong invited Li Zhong to come and avenge him, but Li Zhong and Lu Zhishen were old acquaintances. Finally, through Lu Zhishen's persuasion, Zhou Tong broke the marriage. Hu Yanzhuo was defeated by Liangshan and fled to Qingzhou, and Zhou Tong and Li Zhong stole his Kicking Snow Black Horse. Qingzhou Governor Murong gave Hu Yanzhuo 2,000 cavalry and asked him to attack Taohua Mountain. Zhou Tong and Li Zhong could not defeat Hu Yanzhuo, so they asked for help from Lu Zhishen, Yang Zhi and Wu Song of Erlong Mountain. After the three mountains gathered, Zhou Tong led the people of Taohua Mountain to join Liangshan and sat in the 87th seat, serving as the cavalry general and the leader of the scouts. During the expedition against Fang La, Zhou Tong followed Lu Junyi to attack Dusong Pass. When exploring the way, he was not prepared and was killed by Li Tianrun who rushed out. His body was buried at Dusong Pass. The court posthumously conferred him the title of Yijielang.

Wu Yong's character

Wu Yong is clever, brave and resourceful. Wu Yong, courtesy name Xuejiu, Taoist name Jialiang Xiansheng. He is clever and has read thousands of scriptures. He uses two copper chains. Wu Yong offered a plan for Chao Gai, and cleverly seized the birthday gift. He used medicinal wine to intoxicate Yang Zhi, the Green-faced Beast, and took away the 100,000 strings of gold, silver and jewelry that Liang Zhongshu of Beijing Damingfu gave to Master Cai to celebrate his birthday. Song Jiang was caught reciting anti-poems in Xunyang Tower, and was taken to the execution ground with Dai Zong. When they were about to be beheaded, Wu Yong used a plan to rob the execution ground and saved Song Jiang and Dai Zong. Song Jiang failed in his second attack on Zhujiazhuang; when he attacked Zhujiazhuang for the third time, Wu Yong used the double palm chain plan to conquer Zhujiazhuang. When Wu Yong broke the chain horse, he sent Shi Qian to steal the armor and trick Xu Ning into going to Liangshan. When Song Jiang was making trouble in Huazhou, Wu Yong again came up with a plan to borrow the golden bell of Su Taiwei to rescue Shi Jin, the Nine-Patterned Dragon, and Lu Zhishen, the Flower Monk. He had many ingenious plans and military exploits throughout his life. He was recruited and appointed as the military commander of Wusheng Army. After Song Jiang and Li Kui were killed, Wu Yong and Hua Rong hanged themselves in front of Song Jiang's tomb and were buried with Song Jiang.