The main contents of Shi Dalang's Night Journey to Kansai, a town under the jurisdiction of Luti in Huayin County

Shi Jin, a nine-dragon, Chen Da, the third master of Shaohua Mountain, Zhu Wu, a strategist of Ji Shen, broke through in the middle of the night and escaped from Huayin County because of the betrayal of a customer. Then they went to find their master, passed by Daming House, met Lu Da, and met the singer's father and daughter crying when they were drinking together. Lu Da asked why, angered by the viciousness of the local town of Kansai, and sent them away the next day.

Shi Jin, 108 will appear for the first time in the novel Water Margin, the son of Shi Gucun, the 23rd hero of Liangshan, and the 7th pioneer of Ma Jun's Eight Tigers Riding. Shi Jin is an apprentice of Wang Jin, the coach of the 800,000 imperial army in Tokyo. Because he has nine dragons tattooed on his body, he is called "Nine Dragons".

Lu is a character in Water Margin, nicknamed the Flower Monk. The real name is Lu Da, who was once affiliated to the Weizhou Economic and Management Government. He killed the bully town of Kansai with three punches because of a grievance. In order to avoid the arrest of the government, he became a monk with a profound dharma name.

The Water Margin, one of China's four classical novels, is a chapter-by-chapter novel with the Sung River Uprising as the main story background at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, which belongs to a heroic legend in genre. The author or editor is generally regarded as Shi Naian, and most of the existing periodicals have one or two people, Shi Naian and Luo Guanzhong.

The book describes the grand story that Liangshan heroes resisted oppression, and Shui Bo Liangshan grew stronger and surrendered to the court. After surrendering to the court, they suppressed tian hu, Wang Qing, Fang La and other political forces against the Song government, which eventually led to tragic failure.

It artistically reflects the whole process of the Sung River Uprising from its occurrence, development to failure in China history, profoundly reveals the social roots of the uprising, enthusiastically praises the uprising heroes' resistance struggle and social ideals, and specifically reveals the internal historical reasons for the failure of the uprising.

The Water Margin is one of the earliest Zhang Hui vernacular novels in the history of China. After the publication of Water Margin, it had a great impact on the society and became a model of China's novel creation in later generations.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, several versions of the sequel to Water Margin appeared, and many other novels and dramas were adapted from the stories in Water Margin. For example, Jin Ping Mei, a love novel of Ming Dynasty, developed from the plot of Song Wu killing his wife in Water Margin.

In addition, Water Margin has been translated into many languages and spread in many places abroad, such as/kloc-Japan and Korea in the 8th century. The Story of Hong Jitong, one of the earliest novels in North Korea, and the novel See Eight Dogs by General Manager Nan, written by Japanese Quting Maqin, were both influenced by Water Margin. /kloc-in the 0/9th century, The Water Margin spread to Europe and America, with three versions in Germany, France and Britain.

References:

Water Margin-Baidu Encyclopedia