The main content of Chapter 39 of Water Margin

The main content is that after Song Jiang rested in the camp for many days, he went out to find Dai Zong, but instead came out of the city to Xunyang Tower. He drank and ate himself in high spirits, and wrote two anti-poems on the wall while enjoying the wine. . It happened to be discovered by Huang Wenbing, the general judge of Wuwei Army who was passing by. He informed the magistrate Cai Jiu, who immediately ordered his arrest. After Dai Zong learned about it, he asked Song Jiang to pretend to be crazy in order to avoid this disaster, but he didn't know that Huang Wenbing was an extremely stingy person. He wanted to put Song Jiang to death and provoked him several times in front of the prefect. Magistrate Cai Jiu ordered Song Jiang to be put on death row and sent Dai Zong to Tokyo to report to Master Cai. Dai Zong passed by Zhugui Hotel to eat on the way. After being drugged, he searched his body and found a letter, which stated that he wanted to kill Song Jiang. So Dai Zong was led to Liangshan by Zhu Gui. Everyone came up with a plan to teach someone to forge a reply. Wu Yong asked Dai Zong to pay for Xiao Rang (calligrapher) and Jin Dajian (sculptor) to go up the mountain under the pretense of engraving an inscription. The two were invited to join Liangshanbo, and they began to forge Cai Jing's reply.

1. Introduction to the novel

"Water Margin", also known as "Water Margin of Loyalty", referred to as "Water Margin", was written by Shi Naian, an author from Xinghua, Jiangsu, in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties , is one of China's four great classics. The whole book describes the story of the 108 heroes led by Song Jiang in the Liangshan uprising in the late Northern Song Dynasty, and the story of how they accepted recruitment and fought in various places after gathering together. Written by Shi Naian and edited by Luo Guanzhong, "Water Margin" is also one of the most epic works in Chinese literature. It is one of the earliest chapter novels written in vernacular Chinese in Chinese history. There are many versions, it is widely circulated and popular among the people. It has a profound influence on narrative literature in China and even East Asia. "Water Margin" is a novel with the theme of ancient peasant uprising. It vividly depicts the entire process from the occurrence, development to failure of the peasant uprising, profoundly reveals the social roots of the uprising, enthusiastically praises the resistance struggle of the uprising heroes and their social ideals, and also specifically reveals the inner history of the failure of the uprising. reason.

2. Introduction to the author

1. Shi Naian

Shi Naian (1296～1371), whose original name was Yanduan, also named Zhaorui and Haozi'an, Nicknamed Naian. A litterateur in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties. Han nationality, from Xinghua, Jiangsu (some say from Qiantang, Zhejiang). His ancestral home was Hailing County, Taizhou, and he lived in Shijia Lane, Changmenwai, Suzhou. He later moved to Baijuchang, Xinghua County at that time (now Baiju Town, Dafeng City, Jiangsu Province). He was smart and eager to learn since he was a child. He passed the scholar examination in the first year of Yanyou (1314) of the Yuan Dynasty, passed the imperial examination in the first year of Taiding (1324), and became a Jinshi in the second year of Shun (1331). Soon he was appointed Yin of Qiantang County. He was reprimanded by the county magistrate for defending the grievances of the poor, so he resigned and returned home.

2. Luo Guanzhong

Luo Guanzhong (about 1330-about 1400), named Guanzhong, nicknamed Huhaisanren, was a novelist in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, and the author of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" 》author. A native of Taiyuan Prefecture, Bingzhou, Shanxi, his main works include the novels "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "The Chronicles of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", "The History of the Remaining Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties", and "The Story of Sansui Pingyao". Among them, "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" (also known as "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms") is Luo Guanzhong's masterpiece. This novel has a profound influence on later literary creation. In addition to novel creation, there is also a drama "Zhao Taizu's Dragon and Tiger Meeting".