There is a river thirty kilometers east of Wudi Jieshi Mountain called Qinkou River. Qinkou River is the name of the section at the mouth of the ancient Goupan River. It was named because it is close to the "Qin Terrace" where Qin Shihuang sought immortality. On the west bank of Qinkou River, there is an ancient traditional fishing village called "Shiqiao Village", across the river from in Zhanhua County, and belongs to Wudi Dongfenggang Township. According to the "Standard Place Name Manual of Huimin Areas in Shandong Province" (published in December 1982) P58: Shiqiao Village "is on the west bank of the Qinkou River... The village was built in the second year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1404), so there is a stone bridge here, and the village is connected to the bridge. Name. In the late Qing Dynasty, there were small shops, which were relatively prosperous." This record is not yet complete. Just imagine, there was already a "stone bridge" here when the village was established in the early Ming Dynasty. There is no research on the year and era when this stone bridge was built. There is no doubt that this stone bridge should have been built in the dynasties before the Ming Dynasty.
According to local elders, Shiqiao Village is an ancient village built in the Northern Song Dynasty. It was close to the Yongli Salt Fields run by the imperial court. At that time, there were docks, shops, restaurants, and inns. It had convenient water and land transportation and was relatively prosperous, where fishermen, salt workers, and salt vendors gathered. At the same time, some green forest figures or "partners" from the salt field often meet friends here to drink and have fun. After the failure of the Water Margin Heroes Reunion, Ruan Xiaoqi once changed his name to Xiao En and lived in seclusion in Shiqiao Village to make a living by fishing. The story of "Water Margin" and "Fishing and Killing the Family" that was put on the drama stage took place here. Zhanhua and Wudi counties have also been circulating these legends, and people in Shiqiao Village also talk about them.
"Fishing and Killing the Family" is also called "Qing Dingzhu". According to the "Listening to the Spring Song", a short history of Liuchung Pavilion, this play was performed by Dashun Ningbu and other troupes before the fifteenth year of Jiaqing (1810). This opera is performed in Bangzi operas in Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places; it is also popular in Peking Opera, Hui Opera, Han Opera, Sichuan Opera, Hunan Opera, Yunnan Opera, Yong Opera and other operas. The Peking Opera manuscripts produced by the Shengping Administration of the Qing Dynasty are the earliest extant scripts. Peking opera artists Tan Xinpei, Mei Lanfang , Zhang Junqiu , Ma Lianliang , Zhou Xinfang , etc. have all performed this play. The synopsis of the plot is to describe the heroes of Water Margin 4 who were recruited by the court and ordered to conquer Fang La . They died, were hidden, and suffered a complete defeat. Ruan Xiaoqi survived and did not want to be an official. He took the pseudonym "Xiao En" and lived in seclusion with his daughter Guiying in nearby "Zhao'an County" (Zhanhua's name in the Song Dynasty) at the stone bridge "under the river" on the Goupan River and made a living by fishing. Hua Fengchun, the son of Gui Yingxu and Xiao Li Guang Hua Rong, takes a pearl called "Qingding Pearl" as a betrothal gift (this plot is not shown in the play). The Ruan family, father and daughter, were in a small boat, covered with smoke and raincoats, enjoying themselves leisurely. Later, because he could not bear the oppression of local tyrant Ding Zixie, he went to the government to complain, but was beaten by the corrupt official Lu Ziqiu. Xiao En was so angry that he went to Ding's house with his daughter in the name of "apologizing" by offering the Dingzhu to celebrate, killed Ding Zixie's family, and left for a foreign country (the plot usually ends with "killing the family"); he was later hunted down by officers and soldiers, and Xiao En was furious. En committed suicide, and Xiao Guiying wandered around the world. While selling martial arts, she reunited with her fiancé Hua Fengchun. The plot of the story is somewhat close to the description in Chapters 9 and 10 of the novel "Water Margin" by Chen Chen, an elder of the Ming Dynasty. The Water Margin characters in the play also include Xiao En's old friend Jianglong Li Jun and new friend Ni Rong, a curly-haired tiger. "Qing Ding Zhu" portrays the rebellious image of fisherman Xiao En and reveals the dark reality of class oppression in feudal society.
It is said that the county magistrate Lu Ziqiu and the member of the party Ding Zixie in the play are real people. Therefore, before liberation, villagers in villages with surnames Ding and Lu in Zhanhua County near Wudi Shiqiao Village and even on the opposite bank were prohibited from performing "Battle". The play "Fish Kills House".
The author has also checked some relevant information. Some say that "Fishing to Kill a Family" happened in Taihu Lake, Jiangsu , and some say that it happened in the Guanhu area of Pizhou. However, according to the 1938 Peking Opera compiled by [Chinese Music Records], Xiao Guiying’s first libretto was: “(Neixi Pi Guide) The white waves are rolling out of the sea”, and then Xiao En’s libretto was: “(Xipi Sanban) Father and daughter fight The fish are under the river, even if we are poor, people will laugh at us. Gui Ying'er is at the helm of the boat and his father is casting the net."And there are also: "Xiao Guiying (Bai): 'Dad is old, so it's better not to do business under the river!' Xiao En (Bai): 'I shouldn't do business under the river, but how can you and I, father and daughter, make a living?'" There is Xiao En again. : "(Xipi original plate)... The second wise brother persuaded me under the river. He advised me to give up the fishing business...", in addition, there are many lines about "under the river".
Jiangsu Taihu Lake or Pizhou Guanhu Lake are both freshwater lakes, which have nothing to do with the tide of the sea water. There will definitely not be a scene of "white waves rolling out of the sea water". From the lyrics of "white waves rolling out of the sea" and "father and daughter fishing under the river", it can be seen that the location where Xiao En fished should be located in the Haikou area "under the river" where the tide appears. Wudi Shiqiao Village is located on the Qinkou River ( The upper reaches is the intersection of the Gugoupan River and the Tuhai River. The tidal pattern here is semi-diurnal, with the tide rising and falling twice a day. The fishery resources are abundant, and it seems to be similar to the land in the lyrics. Ruan Xiaoqi is a fisherman. He lives here in seclusion and fishes for a living. It is an ideal place.
Ruan Xiaoqi is the leader of Liang Shanshui Army. According to historical records, Ruan Xiaoqi may indeed be a real person. The Song Jiang Uprising is recorded in three places in "History of Song Dynasty ", and there are many other records in other historical books, records, unofficial histories and notes. For example, "History of the Song Dynasty. The Biography of Hou Meng" records: "Song JiangKou Jingdong, covered with a letter said: 'Jiang led thirty-six men to rampage across Qi and Wei, and there were tens of thousands of officers and soldiers who dared not resist, so their talents will surely surpass others. Today's When Qingxi was robbed, it was better to pardon Jiang and ask Fangla to redeem himself. 'The emperor said: 'You are a loyal minister who never forgets you when you are away from home. There are no detailed records. It is normal for the official "official history" not to establish the reputation of the "grass bandits".
The earliest poet to describe Song Jiang was Li Ruoshui, a great loyal minister of the Northern Song Dynasty who was the same era as Song Jiang. He described it in the poem "Catching Robbers Occasionally" in the second volume of "Zhongmin Ji": "Last year, Song Jiang started from Shandong, During the day, the city was invaded, killing people were everywhere, and Jiuzhong was unhappy when he heard about it. The big yellow paper flew out, and thirty-six people paid homage to him. "This can be said to be a historical fact that is more trustworthy than official historical records.
In the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a "telling history" script called "The Legacy of Xuanhe of the Great Song Dynasty". Lu Xun said in " A Brief History of Chinese Novels" that the book was "a narrative about the year of the case, and the style is very similar to telling history." "It was excerpted into a book without any integration." The book not only provides the names of the thirty-six Liangshan heroes, but also has their own nicknames. They are basically all the characters in the Thirty-six Tiangang in "Water Margin".
Among them are: Living Yama Ruan Xiaoqi, Xiao Li Guanghuarong, Xiao Xuanfeng Chai Jin, Green-faced Beast Yang Zhi, Leopard Head Lin Chong, Dadao Guan Sheng, Sick Wei Chi Sun Li, Beautiful Bearded Gong Zhu Tong , Shen Xing Taibao Dai Zong, Hunjiang Dragon Li Hai (Jun), Traveler Wu Song, Prodigal Yan Qing, Ruyunlong Gongsun Sheng, Winged Tiger Lei Heng, Black Whirlwind Li Kui, Flower Monk Lu Zhishen and others. And he gave a brief sermon at the end: "Later, Song Jiang was sent to collect Fangla for his meritorious service, and he was sealed as an envoy."
Gong Kai of the late Southern Song Dynasty wrote in "Song Jiang Thirty-Six People Praise and Preface", the preface said: "The Song Jiang incident was seen in Street talk. "It is also said that before Gong Kai, there was a painting academy waiting for the imperial edict Li Song , which had painted portraits of Song Jiang and others. These are the people of the dynasty speaking about the historical events of the dynasty and painting the characters of the dynasty, and the existence of their characters should have a certain degree of credibility.
Lang Ying (1487~1566) of the Ming Dynasty also recorded the names of 36 people from Song Jiang in the "Seven Categories of Revisions", including Ruan Xiaoqi and others.
The legend of the "Thirty-Six People from Songjiang" may be basically consistent with historical facts, or part of it may be consistent with historical facts. Our country's historical records are vast and scattered, so many historical facts are difficult to examine. However, some "Water Margin characters" (perhaps with the same name) other than Song Jiang are often scattered in official history, unofficial history or celebrity notes. For example,
Guan Sheng: "Jin History·Liu Yu Biography": "Talan attacked Jinan, Guan Sheng He was a brave general in Jinan who repeatedly went out of the city to resist the war, but Yu then killed Guan Sheng and surrendered." "Qiyin" records: "The Jin people in Jinan had brave generals like Guan Sheng, who were good at using swords and were captured many times... hundreds of times. If he refuses to surrender, he will scold the thief and eat his own eyes." There is no doubt that this person is a "big sword".
Zhang Heng: "Zhongxing Xiaoji": "Since Jingkang, the people of the Central Plains who did not follow the Jin Dynasty have gathered in the Taihang Mountains to protect each other. In the beginning, there were 20,000 Zhang Heng people in Taiyuan, traveling to and from Lanxian." " Volume 11 of "Da Jin Guo Zhi" (Song Dynasty. Yuwen Maozhao) says: "Zhang Heng, a righteous man from Taiyuan, defeated the national soldiers (according to Jin soldiers) in Xianzhou, and captured Tongzhi of Lan and Xianzhou and the judge of Kelan army. Zhang There were a crowd of eighteen people, roaring together in the realm of Lan and Xian. "
Yang Zhi: Song Dynasty. Xu Mengxin " Beimenghui " Volume 6: "In June of the fourth year of Xuanhe, Tong Guan arrived. Hejian Prefecture, divided the Xiongzhou and Guangxin armies into the east and west routes...General Wang Ping selected the rear army, and generals Zhao Ming and Yang Zhi chose the forward army." "Jingkang Xiaoya" is also quoted as saying: "Yang Zhi was the vanguard to recruit the giant bandits. He did not fight at the beginning and returned by the road." The Yang Zhi who belongs to the "recruiting giant bandits" is probably Yang Zhi, the green-faced beast in "Water Margin".
Shi Jin : "Records of the Years Since Jianyan" (Li Xinzhuan of the Song Dynasty) says: "In the autumn of the first year of Jianyan (1127), in the seventh month, the thief Shi Bin took control of Xingzhou, under the title of Emperor Kai. Bin was the party of Song Jiang, To cause chaos." This "Shi Bin" is probably the prototype of Shi Jin, the nine-patterned dragon in Water Margin.
Li Kui: "History of the Song Dynasty" Volume 25 "The Chronicles of Emperor Gaozong" says: "In the eighth month of the third year of Jianyan, I learned that Jinan Palace Palace Yi and the Jin people fought in Mizhou. The army was defeated, and Yi and Liu Hongdao both ran away. Huainan. The guard Li Kui sent gold to Mizhou. "Volume 131 of "Three Dynasties Beimeng Huibian" also says: "On the 14th day of the eighth month of the third year of Jianyan, Gong Yi and the Jin people fought in Mizhou. Zhou, the army was defeated. Li Kui and Wu Shun surrendered to the Jin people in Mizhou... Hou Kui was killed by Shun. "There is no doubt whether Li Kui was the black whirlwind Li Kui after Zhao An.
Dong Ping: Volume 26 of "Records of the Years Since Jianyan": "In August of the third year of Jianyan, Yi Chou... I learned that Teng Mu in Tangzhou was expelled by Dong Ping, and a group of thieves from Bachazhen and Wang When the people invaded the west of the capital, Mu sent envoys from Xiangyang to recruit them. "In the second month of the fourth year of Jianyan, the Jin people fell into the capital. At that time, there were a group of bandits in the east of the city, including Li Kui, Su Dadao and others. Quan stayed in Shangguan. Wu was recruited into the city. Once he entered the city, the burning and plundering continued, and the city was in chaos... When Wu arrived in Tangzhou, he was killed by Dong Ping. "The volume of "De'an Shouyu Lu" (Song Dynasty, Tang Shou) also says: "Jian. In March of the third year of Yan, Dong Ping, a group of thieves, led his troops to Yingshan County, called Qin Wangbing, and looted along the way. "This is another Dong Ping with the same surname who is related to "group thieves, group thieves".
Jiebao: Volume 217 of the "Three Dynasties Northern Alliance" quoted "The Monument of the Founding Fathers of the Kingdom of King Han Zhongwu Zhongxingzuo Mingding" says: "Build the imperial camp, with the king (Han Shizhong) as the commander of the left army, and ordered the peace of Jeju The mountain pass thieves Xie Bao, Wang Dali, Li Xian, etc. were all eliminated and promoted to the national army's propaganda envoy. "The author believes that this "Jeju San Pass 'thief' Xie Bao' must be Xie Bao, nicknamed 'Twin-tailed Scorpion'. It is very possible that he was oppressed by local tyrants in his hometown of Dengzhou and was forced to go to Jeju Mountain Pass to become a "thief". ]
Sun Li: "Song Huiyao" Volume 176 "Bing" 10 says: "On May 24th of the first year of Shaoxing, the water thief Shao Qing sent more than 3,000 small and large soldiers to Taiping Prefecture. Under the city. On July 7, the army of Jiangyin was invaded. The order was: "Capture Shao Qing, Bai Shen and Bu Xiu Wulang. Some officials were transferred to the seventh official, and they still captured Shan De, Sun Li, Wei Yi, and Yan Zai." Bai Shen and Bu Bingyilang, there are officials and seven officials." Volume 147 of "Three Dynasties Beimeng Huibian" says: "In May of the first year of Shaoxing, Shao Qing invaded Taiping Prefecture. Shao Qing was first recruited by the imperial court, granted naval command by the Privy Council, and stationed in Wuhu County... There were tens of thousands of Qing soldiers, and they were stationed in Wuhu County... There are thousands of small boats...and his party Shan Dezhong, Sun Li, Wei Xi and Yan Ying are all over the place." Sun Li is somewhat similar to Yuchi from the Water Margin.
Zhang Shun: "History of the Song Dynasty" Volume 450 "Zhongyi Biography" says: "Zhang Shun, a militia general. Xiangyang was besieged for five years, and Song Chuang knew that a water in the northwest was called Qingni River, which originated from Jun. , Fang, that is, build hundreds of light boats on the land... Offer a heavy reward to recruit dead soldiers, and get three thousand; ask for generals, and get (Zhang) Shun and Zhang Gui... The Han River will be born, and a hundred boats will be sent forward. At the foot of Tuan Mountain... Gui ascended first and marched through the siege. At dawn, he arrived at the foot of Xiangcheng. Going up the stream, he was escorted, holding a bow and arrow, until he reached Fuliang. He looked at it and obeyed.There were four spears and six arrows in his body, and he was as angry as life. The soldiers were shocked and thought they were gods. They built graves to bury him and built temples to worship him. "The circumstances of Zhang Shun's death in battle are very similar to the death of Zhang Shun in Yongjinmen in "Water Margin" . It is about the model of Zhang Shun's death in "Water Margin".
From this Some of the Water Margin heroes are real people, and some are derived from certain prototypes. The names and deeds of many Water Margin heroes are still unknown in what historical records, and they may be forever buried in the vast ocean of history.
"Water Margin" is a novel based on "The Legacy of Xuanhe of the Great Song Dynasty" and other materials. According to the description in Chapter 119 of "Water Margin", "The Thirty-sixth Song Jiang" in "The Legacy of Xuanhe of the Great Song Dynasty" After conquering Fangla, most of them came back alive. The fate of some Water Margin characters:
1, Dai Zong, went to the Yue Temple in Tai'an to accompany the monks. (Taian, Shandong)
2, Ruan Xiaoqi, were chased for their official titles and recovered. As a commoner, he still made a living by fishing. After committing crimes, Chai Jin resigned and returned to Cangzhou Henghai County to serve as a citizen.
4. Guan Sheng was in Beijing. Daming Prefecture (now Daming County, Hebei) was in charge of the army.
5 Zhu Tong was in charge of the army in Baoding Prefecture (now Hebei Baoding).
6 Huang Xin was still appointed as Gongsun Sheng in Qingzhou (now Yidu, Shandong). Returned to Jizhou (today's Jinji County) to become a monk
8, Zhu Wu, Fan Rui, traveled around the world, and went to join Gongsun Sheng to become a monk (in Jizhou, today's Jinji County))
8, Sun Xin, Gu. My sister-in-law was still appointed in Dengzhou (today's Penglai, Shandong).
9, Zou Run did not want to be an official, so she went back to Dengyun Mountain (Dengzhou).
10, Cai Qing followed Guan Sheng, and still returned to Beijing (Daming, Hebei). For the people.
13, Li Ying were controlled by the Zhongshan Prefecture (Hebei Dingzhou ),
14, Li Jun, Tong Meng, and continued to wander around the world without being given the gift. One look at the map shows that the Wudi Shiqiao retreat chosen by Xiao En (Ruan Xiaoqi) is in the middle of the activity range of later Water Margin characters, especially Xiaoxuanfeng Chaijin, who has the "royal blood" of the later Zhou Dynasty. , Cangzhou is the home of privileged people with "iron coupons and elixirs". When it comes to Cangzhou, the heroes of the Water Margin are of course familiar. Song Jiang, Wu Song, and Li Kui once took refuge in Chai Jin's house in Cangzhou; Lu Zhishen left his footprints in the wild boar forest; Lin Chong guarded the forage yard and went to the temple in the wind and snow; Zhu Dian was assassinated and sent to Cangzhou for freeing Lei Heng; Wu Yong and Lei Heng also went to Cangzhou to earn Zhu Dian and went up the mountain... "Cangzhou Scenery and Things" (Hebei People's Publishing House Society 1989.12) said: "(Song Dynasty) Cangzhou became the frontline of the war between Song Dynasty and Khitan... At that time, it was Jingcheng County and Henghaijunjiedu, with jurisdiction over Qingchi, Wudi, Yanshan, Leling, Nanpi " and other counties" "are places where prisoners are distributed, and they are also a hiding place for some frustrated boxers and knights wanted by the government." It is entirely possible that Xiao En used the Wudi seaside estuary in Cangzhou as his "hidden place".
Ruan Xiaoqi (Xiao En) lives in seclusion in Shiqiao Village. There are Dai Zong, Guan Sheng, etc. in the south; Gongsun Sheng, Zhu Wu, and Fan Rui in the north; Huang Xin and Sun Li in the east; Chai Jin, Zhu Dian, and Li Ying in the west. . There are also Li Jun (appeared in "Fish and Kill the Family"), Yan Qing (from Daming Prefecture) and others who continue to travel around the world and have unpredictable dealings. From this point of view, many "Water Margin" heroes have gathered in the "Heshuo" area again. Wudi Shiqiao Village is located at the intersection of Tuhai River and Gugoupan River. It is marked as "Shiqiao Haikou" in the Kangxi Edition of "Haifeng (Wudi) County Chronicle". It is adjacent to the Qin Dynasty relic Qintai and the ancient city of Guangwu in the Eastern Han Dynasty to the south. The city is surrounded by Yongli Salt Fields, with prosperous fishing and salt industry, continuous reed ponds, dense population, and convenient water and land transportation. In addition, it is located on the border of Song and Liao Dynasties. The imperial court's control over this area is relatively weak. It is an ideal place for green forest heroes to live in seclusion and refuge. . But on this day, far away from Emperor Gao, some local tyrants and evil gentry also spawned, exploiting the common people, often arousing resistance from the common people. Ding Zixie's family was killed by Xiao En, which may be one of them.
There is a river thirty kilometers east of Wudi Jieshi Mountain called Qinkou River. Qinkou River is the name of the section at the mouth of the ancient Goupan River. It was named because it is close to the "Qin Terrace" where Qin Shihuang sought immortality. On the west bank of Qinkou River, there is an ancient traditional fishing village called "Shiqiao Village", across the river from in Zhanhua County, and belongs to Wudi Dongfenggang Township. According to the "Standard Place Name Manual of Huimin Areas in Shandong Province" (published in December 1982) P58: Shiqiao Village "is on the west bank of the Qinkou River... The village was built in the second year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1404), so there is a stone bridge here, and the village is connected to the bridge. Name. In the late Qing Dynasty, there were small shops, which were relatively prosperous." This record is not yet complete. Just imagine, there was already a "stone bridge" here when the village was established in the early Ming Dynasty. There is no research on the year and era when this stone bridge was built. There is no doubt that this stone bridge should have been built in the dynasties before the Ming Dynasty.
According to local elders, Shiqiao Village is an ancient village built in the Northern Song Dynasty. It was close to the Yongli Salt Fields run by the imperial court. At that time, there were docks, shops, restaurants, and inns. It had convenient water and land transportation and was relatively prosperous, where fishermen, salt workers, and salt vendors gathered. At the same time, some green forest figures or "partners" from the salt field often meet friends here to drink and have fun. After the failure of the Water Margin Heroes Reunion, Ruan Xiaoqi once changed his name to Xiao En and lived in seclusion in Shiqiao Village to make a living by fishing. The story of "Water Margin" and "Fishing and Killing the Family" that was put on the drama stage took place here. Zhanhua and Wudi counties have also been circulating these legends, and people in Shiqiao Village also talk about them.
"Fishing and Killing the Family" is also called "Qing Dingzhu". According to the "Listening to the Spring Song", a short history of Liuchung Pavilion, this play was performed by Dashun Ningbu and other troupes before the fifteenth year of Jiaqing (1810). This opera is performed in Bangzi operas in Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places; it is also popular in Peking Opera, Hui Opera, Han Opera, Sichuan Opera, Hunan Opera, Yunnan Opera, Yong Opera and other operas. The Peking Opera manuscripts produced by the Shengping Administration of the Qing Dynasty are the earliest extant scripts. Peking opera artists Tan Xinpei, Mei Lanfang , Zhang Junqiu , Ma Lianliang , Zhou Xinfang , etc. have all performed this play. The synopsis of the plot is to describe the heroes of Water Margin 4 who were recruited by the court and ordered to conquer Fang La . They died, were hidden, and suffered a complete defeat. Ruan Xiaoqi survived and did not want to be an official. He took the pseudonym "Xiao En" and lived in seclusion with his daughter Guiying in nearby "Zhao'an County" (Zhanhua's name in the Song Dynasty) at the stone bridge "under the river" on the Goupan River and made a living by fishing. Hua Fengchun, the son of Gui Yingxu and Xiao Li Guang Hua Rong, takes a pearl called "Qingding Pearl" as a betrothal gift (this plot is not shown in the play). The Ruan family, father and daughter, were in a small boat, covered with smoke and raincoats, enjoying themselves leisurely. Later, because he could not bear the oppression of local tyrant Ding Zixie, he went to the government to complain, but was beaten by the corrupt official Lu Ziqiu. Xiao En was so angry that he went to Ding's house with his daughter in the name of "apologizing" by offering the Dingzhu to celebrate, killed Ding Zixie's family, and left for a foreign country (the plot usually ends with "killing the family"); he was later hunted down by officers and soldiers, and Xiao En was furious. En committed suicide, and Xiao Guiying wandered around the world. While selling martial arts, she reunited with her fiancé Hua Fengchun. The plot of the story is somewhat close to the description in Chapters 9 and 10 of the novel "Water Margin" by Chen Chen, an elder of the Ming Dynasty. The Water Margin characters in the play also include Xiao En's old friend Jianglong Li Jun and new friend Ni Rong, a curly-haired tiger. "Qing Ding Zhu" portrays the rebellious image of fisherman Xiao En and reveals the dark reality of class oppression in feudal society.
It is said that the county magistrate Lu Ziqiu and the member of the party Ding Zixie in the play are real people. Therefore, before liberation, villagers in villages with surnames Ding and Lu in Zhanhua County near Wudi Shiqiao Village and even on the opposite bank were prohibited from performing "Battle". The play "Fish Kills House".
The author has also checked some relevant information. Some say that "Fishing to Kill a Family" happened in Taihu Lake, Jiangsu , and some say that it happened in the Guanhu area of Pizhou. However, according to the 1938 Peking Opera compiled by [Chinese Music Records], Xiao Guiying’s first libretto was: “(Neixi Pi Guide) The white waves are rolling out of the sea”, and then Xiao En’s libretto was: “(Xipi Sanban) Father and daughter fight The fish are under the river, even if we are poor, people will laugh at us. Gui Ying'er is at the helm of the boat and his father is casting the net."And there are also: "Xiao Guiying (Bai): 'Dad is old, so it's better not to do business under the river!' Xiao En (Bai): 'I shouldn't do business under the river, but how can you and I, father and daughter, make a living?'" There is Xiao En again. : "(Xipi original plate)... The second wise brother persuaded me under the river. He advised me to give up the fishing business...", in addition, there are many lines about "under the river".
Jiangsu Taihu Lake or Pizhou Guanhu Lake are both freshwater lakes, which have nothing to do with the tide of the sea water. There will definitely not be a scene of "white waves rolling out of the sea water". From the lyrics of "white waves rolling out of the sea" and "father and daughter fishing under the river", it can be seen that the location where Xiao En fished should be located in the Haikou area "under the river" where the tide appears. Wudi Shiqiao Village is located on the Qinkou River ( The upper reaches is the intersection of the Gugoupan River and the Tuhai River. The tidal pattern here is semi-diurnal, with the tide rising and falling twice a day. The fishery resources are abundant, and it seems to be similar to the land in the lyrics. Ruan Xiaoqi is a fisherman. He lives here in seclusion and fishes for a living. It is an ideal place.
Ruan Xiaoqi is the leader of Liang Shanshui Army. According to historical records, Ruan Xiaoqi may indeed be a real person. The Song Jiang Uprising is recorded in three places in "History of Song Dynasty ", and there are many other records in other historical books, records, unofficial histories and notes. For example, "History of the Song Dynasty. The Biography of Hou Meng" records: "Song JiangKou Jingdong, covered with a letter said: 'Jiang led thirty-six men to rampage across Qi and Wei, and there were tens of thousands of officers and soldiers who dared not resist, so their talents will surely surpass others. Today's When Qingxi was robbed, it was better to pardon Jiang and ask Fangla to redeem himself. 'The emperor said: 'You are a loyal minister who never forgets you when you are away from home. There are no detailed records. It is normal for the official "official history" not to establish the reputation of the "grass bandits".
The earliest poet to describe Song Jiang was Li Ruoshui, a great loyal minister of the Northern Song Dynasty who was the same era as Song Jiang. He described it in the poem "Catching Robbers Occasionally" in the second volume of "Zhongmin Ji": "Last year, Song Jiang started from Shandong, During the day, the city was invaded, killing people were everywhere, and Jiuzhong was unhappy when he heard about it. The big yellow paper flew out, and thirty-six people paid homage to him. "This can be said to be a historical fact that is more trustworthy than official historical records.
In the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a "telling history" script called "The Legacy of Xuanhe of the Great Song Dynasty". Lu Xun said in " A Brief History of Chinese Novels" that the book was "a narrative about the year of the case, and the style is very similar to telling history." "It was excerpted into a book without any integration." The book not only provides the names of the thirty-six Liangshan heroes, but also has their own nicknames. They are basically all the characters in the Thirty-six Tiangang in "Water Margin".
Among them are: Living Yama Ruan Xiaoqi, Xiao Li Guanghuarong, Xiao Xuanfeng Chai Jin, Green-faced Beast Yang Zhi, Leopard Head Lin Chong, Dadao Guan Sheng, Sick Wei Chi Sun Li, Beautiful Bearded Gong Zhu Tong , Shen Xing Taibao Dai Zong, Hunjiang Dragon Li Hai (Jun), Traveler Wu Song, Prodigal Yan Qing, Ruyunlong Gongsun Sheng, Winged Tiger Lei Heng, Black Whirlwind Li Kui, Flower Monk Lu Zhishen and others. And he gave a brief sermon at the end: "Later, Song Jiang was sent to collect Fangla for his meritorious service, and he was sealed as an envoy."
Gong Kai of the late Southern Song Dynasty wrote in "Song Jiang Thirty-Six People Praise and Preface", the preface said: "The Song Jiang incident was seen in Street talk. "It is also said that before Gong Kai, there was a painting academy waiting for the imperial edict Li Song , which had painted portraits of Song Jiang and others. These are the people of the dynasty speaking about the historical events of the dynasty and painting the characters of the dynasty, and the existence of their characters should have a certain degree of credibility.
Lang Ying (1487~1566) of the Ming Dynasty also recorded the names of 36 people from Song Jiang in the "Seven Categories of Revisions", including Ruan Xiaoqi and others.
The legend of the "Thirty-Six People from Songjiang" may be basically consistent with historical facts, or part of it may be consistent with historical facts. Our country's historical records are vast and scattered, so many historical facts are difficult to examine. However, some "Water Margin characters" (perhaps with the same name) other than Song Jiang are often scattered in official history, unofficial history or celebrity notes. For example,
Guan Sheng: "Jin History·Liu Yu Biography": "Talan attacked Jinan, Guan Sheng He was a brave general in Jinan who repeatedly went out of the city to resist the war, but Yu then killed Guan Sheng and surrendered." "Qiyin" records: "The Jin people in Jinan had brave generals like Guan Sheng, who were good at using swords and were captured many times... hundreds of times. If he refuses to surrender, he will scold the thief and eat his own eyes." There is no doubt that this person is a "big sword".
Zhang Heng: "Zhongxing Xiaoji": "Since Jingkang, the people of the Central Plains who did not follow the Jin Dynasty have gathered in the Taihang Mountains to protect each other. In the beginning, there were 20,000 Zhang Heng people in Taiyuan, traveling to and from Lanxian." " Volume 11 of "Da Jin Guo Zhi" (Song Dynasty. Yuwen Maozhao) says: "Zhang Heng, a righteous man from Taiyuan, defeated the national soldiers (according to Jin soldiers) in Xianzhou, and captured Tongzhi of Lan and Xianzhou and the judge of Kelan army. Zhang There were a crowd of eighteen people, roaring together in the realm of Lan and Xian. "
Yang Zhi: Song Dynasty. Xu Mengxin " Beimenghui " Volume 6: "In June of the fourth year of Xuanhe, Tong Guan arrived. Hejian Prefecture, divided the Xiongzhou and Guangxin armies into the east and west routes...General Wang Ping selected the rear army, and generals Zhao Ming and Yang Zhi chose the forward army." "Jingkang Xiaoya" is also quoted as saying: "Yang Zhi was the vanguard to recruit the giant bandits. He did not fight at the beginning and returned by the road." The Yang Zhi who belongs to the "recruiting giant bandits" is probably Yang Zhi, the green-faced beast in "Water Margin".
Shi Jin : "Records of the Years Since Jianyan" (Li Xinzhuan of the Song Dynasty) says: "In the autumn of the first year of Jianyan (1127), in the seventh month, the thief Shi Bin took control of Xingzhou, under the title of Emperor Kai. Bin was the party of Song Jiang, To cause chaos." This "Shi Bin" is probably the prototype of Shi Jin, the nine-patterned dragon in Water Margin.
Li Kui: "History of the Song Dynasty" Volume 25 "The Chronicles of Emperor Gaozong" says: "In the eighth month of the third year of Jianyan, I learned that Jinan Palace Palace Yi and the Jin people fought in Mizhou. The army was defeated, and Yi and Liu Hongdao both ran away. Huainan. The guard Li Kui sent gold to Mizhou. "Volume 131 of "Three Dynasties Beimeng Huibian" also says: "On the 14th day of the eighth month of the third year of Jianyan, Gong Yi and the Jin people fought in Mizhou. Zhou, the army was defeated. Li Kui and Wu Shun surrendered to the Jin people in Mizhou... Hou Kui was killed by Shun. "There is no doubt whether Li Kui was the black whirlwind Li Kui after Zhao An.
Dong Ping: Volume 26 of "Records of the Years Since Jianyan": "In August of the third year of Jianyan, Yi Chou... I learned that Teng Mu in Tangzhou was expelled by Dong Ping, and a group of thieves from Bachazhen and Wang When the people invaded the west of the capital, Mu sent envoys from Xiangyang to recruit them. "In the second month of the fourth year of Jianyan, the Jin people fell into the capital. At that time, there were a group of bandits in the east of the city, including Li Kui, Su Dadao and others. Quan stayed in Shangguan. Wu was recruited into the city. Once he entered the city, the burning and plundering continued, and the city was in chaos... When Wu arrived in Tangzhou, he was killed by Dong Ping. "The volume of "De'an Shouyu Lu" (Song Dynasty, Tang Shou) also says: "Jian. In March of the third year of Yan, Dong Ping, a group of thieves, led his troops to Yingshan County, called Qin Wangbing, and looted along the way. "This is another Dong Ping with the same surname who is related to "group thieves, group thieves".
Jiebao: Volume 217 of the "Three Dynasties Northern Alliance" quoted "The Monument of the Founding Fathers of the Kingdom of King Han Zhongwu Zhongxingzuo Mingding" says: "Build the imperial camp, with the king (Han Shizhong) as the commander of the left army, and ordered the peace of Jeju The mountain pass thieves Xie Bao, Wang Dali, Li Xian, etc. were all eliminated and promoted to the national army's propaganda envoy. "The author believes that this "Jeju San Pass 'thief' Xie Bao' must be Xie Bao, nicknamed 'Twin-tailed Scorpion'. It is very possible that he was oppressed by local tyrants in his hometown of Dengzhou and was forced to go to Jeju Mountain Pass to become a "thief". ]
Sun Li: "Song Huiyao" Volume 176 "Bing" 10 says: "On May 24th of the first year of Shaoxing, the water thief Shao Qing sent more than 3,000 small and large soldiers to Taiping Prefecture. Under the city. On July 7, the army of Jiangyin was invaded. The order was: "Capture Shao Qing, Bai Shen and Bu Xiu Wulang. Some officials were transferred to the seventh official, and they still captured Shan De, Sun Li, Wei Yi, and Yan Zai." Bai Shen and Bu Bingyilang, there are officials and seven officials." Volume 147 of "Three Dynasties Beimeng Huibian" says: "In May of the first year of Shaoxing, Shao Qing invaded Taiping Prefecture. Shao Qing was first recruited by the imperial court, granted naval command by the Privy Council, and stationed in Wuhu County... There were tens of thousands of Qing soldiers, and they were stationed in Wuhu County... There are thousands of small boats...and his party Shan Dezhong, Sun Li, Wei Xi and Yan Ying are all over the place." Sun Li is somewhat similar to Yuchi from the Water Margin.
Zhang Shun: "History of the Song Dynasty" Volume 450 "Zhongyi Biography" says: "Zhang Shun, a militia general. Xiangyang was besieged for five years, and Song Chuang knew that a water in the northwest was called Qingni River, which originated from Jun. , Fang, that is, build hundreds of light boats on the land... Offer a heavy reward to recruit dead soldiers, and get three thousand; ask for generals, and get (Zhang) Shun and Zhang Gui... The Han River will be born, and a hundred boats will be sent forward. At the foot of Tuan Mountain... Gui ascended first and marched through the siege. At dawn, he arrived at the foot of Xiangcheng. Going up the stream, he was escorted, holding a bow and arrow, until he reached Fuliang. He looked at it and obeyed.There were four spears and six arrows in his body, and he was as angry as life. The soldiers were shocked and thought they were gods. They built graves to bury him and built temples to worship him. "The circumstances of Zhang Shun's death in battle are very similar to the death of Zhang Shun in Yongjinmen in "Water Margin" . It is about the model of Zhang Shun's death in "Water Margin".
From this Some of the Water Margin heroes are real people, and some are derived from certain prototypes. The names and deeds of many Water Margin heroes are still unknown in what historical records, and they may be forever buried in the vast ocean of history.
"Water Margin" is a novel based on "The Legacy of Xuanhe of the Great Song Dynasty" and other materials. According to the description in Chapter 119 of "Water Margin", "The Thirty-sixth Song Jiang" in "The Legacy of Xuanhe of the Great Song Dynasty" After conquering Fangla, most of them came back alive. The fate of some Water Margin characters:
1, Dai Zong, went to the Yue Temple in Tai'an to accompany the monks. (Taian, Shandong)
2, Ruan Xiaoqi, were chased for their official titles and recovered. As a commoner, he still made a living by fishing. After committing crimes, Chai Jin resigned and returned to Cangzhou Henghai County to serve as a citizen.
4. Guan Sheng was in Beijing. Daming Prefecture (now Daming County, Hebei) was in charge of the army.
5 Zhu Tong was in charge of the army in Baoding Prefecture (now Hebei Baoding).
6 Huang Xin was still appointed as Gongsun Sheng in Qingzhou (now Yidu, Shandong). Returned to Jizhou (today's Jinji County) to become a monk
8, Zhu Wu, Fan Rui, traveled around the world, and went to join Gongsun Sheng to become a monk (in Jizhou, today's Jinji County))
8, Sun Xin, Gu. My sister-in-law was still appointed in Dengzhou (today's Penglai, Shandong).
9, Zou Run did not want to be an official, so she went back to Dengyun Mountain (Dengzhou).
10, Cai Qing followed Guan Sheng, and still returned to Beijing (Daming, Hebei). For the people.
13, Li Ying were controlled by the Zhongshan Prefecture (Hebei Dingzhou ),
14, Li Jun, Tong Meng, and continued to wander around the world without being given the gift. One look at the map shows that the Wudi Shiqiao retreat chosen by Xiao En (Ruan Xiaoqi) is in the middle of the activity range of later Water Margin characters, especially Xiaoxuanfeng Chaijin, who has the "royal blood" of the later Zhou Dynasty. , Cangzhou is the home of privileged people with "iron coupons and elixirs". When it comes to Cangzhou, the heroes of the Water Margin are of course familiar. Song Jiang, Wu Song, and Li Kui once took refuge in Chai Jin's house in Cangzhou; Lu Zhishen left his footprints in the wild boar forest; Lin Chong guarded the forage yard and went to the temple in the wind and snow; Zhu Dian was assassinated and sent to Cangzhou for freeing Lei Heng; Wu Yong and Lei Heng also went to Cangzhou to earn Zhu Dian and went up the mountain... "Cangzhou Scenery and Things" (Hebei People's Publishing House Society 1989.12) said: "(Song Dynasty) Cangzhou became the frontline of the war between Song Dynasty and Khitan... At that time, it was Jingcheng County and Henghaijunjiedu, with jurisdiction over Qingchi, Wudi, Yanshan, Leling, Nanpi " and other counties" "are places where prisoners are distributed, and they are also a hiding place for some frustrated boxers and knights wanted by the government." It is entirely possible that Xiao En used the Wudi seaside estuary in Cangzhou as his "hidden place".
Ruan Xiaoqi (Xiao En) lives in seclusion in Shiqiao Village. There are Dai Zong, Guan Sheng, etc. in the south; Gongsun Sheng, Zhu Wu, and Fan Rui in the north; Huang Xin and Sun Li in the east; Chai Jin, Zhu Dian, and Li Ying in the west. . There are also Li Jun (appeared in "Fish and Kill the Family"), Yan Qing (from Daming Prefecture) and others who continue to travel around the world and have unpredictable dealings. From this point of view, many "Water Margin" heroes have gathered in the "Heshuo" area again. Wudi Shiqiao Village is located at the intersection of Tuhai River and Gugoupan River. It is marked as "Shiqiao Haikou" in the Kangxi Edition of "Haifeng (Wudi) County Chronicle". It is adjacent to the Qin Dynasty relic Qintai and the ancient city of Guangwu in the Eastern Han Dynasty to the south. The city is surrounded by Yongli Salt Fields, with prosperous fishing and salt industry, continuous reed ponds, dense population, and convenient water and land transportation. In addition, it is located on the border of Song and Liao Dynasties. The imperial court's control over this area is relatively weak. It is an ideal place for green forest heroes to live in seclusion and refuge. . But on this day, far away from Emperor Gao, some local tyrants and evil gentry also spawned, exploiting the common people, often arousing resistance from the common people. Ding Zixie's family was killed by Xiao En, which may be one of them.
Ruan Xiaoqi came here to live in seclusion incognito, I am afraid it is also related to the surrounding geographical and cultural environment.
Ruan Xiaoqi's native village is called "Shijie Village", and here is called "Shiqiao Village" facing Jieshi Mountain to the east and west, which can comfort the long thought of "Shijie".
On the other side of Shiqiao Village is "Zhao'an County" in the Song Dynasty, now known as Zhanhua County. According to the "Research on Place Names of Zhanhua County", in the territory of Zhanhua County, in the fourth year of Chui Gong in the Tang Dynasty (688 AD), "Zhao'an Town" was established. ", the meaning of its name according to legend is "to appease bandits and gain peace". There is also the following record in the "Zhanhua County Chronicles" published in the 17th year of Guangxu's reign in the Qing Dynasty: "The green forests are famous for roaring, and they dare to run rampant in the daytime; the market fronts are confused, and the Huangchi dysprosium roars." These few sentences reproduce the ancient Zhanhua The history of people's poverty and social unrest provides evidence for the origin of place names. In the second year of Qingli in the Song Dynasty (1042), the town was promoted to a county, still because the town was named "Zhao'an County"; in the sixth year of Mingchang in the Jin Dynasty (1195), it was renamed "Zhanhua", which borrowed from the story of Gong Sui's governance of Bohai County during the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty. "Zhanhua" means "re-Zhanshenghua". It seems that there is a historical basis for the folklore of green forest heroes gathering here. When Xiao En comes to live in seclusion here, he may have old friends and new acquaintances to help him, or he may have some secrets about the Water Margin.
On both sides of the Qinkou River where Shiqiao Village is located were the official Yongli Saltworks of the Song Dynasty. According to "The Production and Development of Shandong Salt Industry in the Song, Jin and Yuan Dynasties" (author: Wang Saishi): "In the Northern Song Dynasty, a salt farm was opened in Wudi County, called Yongli Farm. A stone tablet was unearthed in Jiushan Village, Zhanhua County today, with the words "In the third year of Zhenghe's reign, Shi Jiusi and others from the Wynn Restaurant pooled money to build the pagoda." This proves that the famous Wynn Casino in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties was opened in the Northern Song Dynasty. ... Until the Northern Song Dynasty, the phenomenon of illegal salt production and trafficking along the coast of Shandong had always existed... "Zhai Ruwen Biography" in Volume 372 of "History of the Song Dynasty" pointed out: "Without the salt production in the sea, Cai Jing repeatedly changed the salt law, and there were many thieves and traders. "It seems that the conflict between coastal people and the government over salt interests has never been resolved. 』Shiqiao Village is located at an important maritime transportation center in the north of Yongli Saltworks in the Song Dynasty. It is easy to imagine that green forest heroes and strong men from all walks of life appear here.
Local stories of the Water Margin are not only circulated, but also "Water Margin operas" are created. For example, Yang Xinkang Jinzhi (1264-1294) was a famous dramatist in the early Yuan Dynasty. Before the "Water Margin" was written, he wrote several "Water Margin" plays. "Water Margin" dramas include "Li Kui Negates the Jing ", "Black Whirlwind Lao Zhi Xin", etc. His existing script of "Li Kui Negates the Jing" is one of the best works of the Yuan Dynasty.
Binzhou City also circulates many place name legends related to the Water Margin heroes. According to "Shandong Huimin Area Standard Place Name Manual" P452: "Heili Town, Gaoqing County: It is said that Li Kui, the leader of the Liangshan Uprising Army in the late Song Dynasty, once led his troops through the We set up camp here, hence the name"; P455: "Ji Gong (Village), the village was established in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is said that Li Kui once lived in this village"; P556: "Leave a letter to the south. It is said that Li Kui passed by here and left a letter."
石. South of the bridge is the Qinkou River in Daxiawa Town of Zhanhua County (originally part of Wudi County). There is a village called "Hala Village". According to legend, it is related to Xiao En's "family murder". "Hala" is Mongolian. Transliteration of "kill". This word is often used in Yuan dramas. For example, in the Yuan drama "Autumn in the Palace of the Han Dynasty", Fan Wang said: "Keeping such a treacherous and traitorous traitor will be the source of disaster; it is better to send him to the Han Dynasty to be a slave." Fei Wuji said in "Shuo Qi's Soldiers Playing the Flute": "The generals will make money in the future, and they will hold the hala." "Xie Jinwu defrauded the Qingfeng Mansion" and Privy Wang said: "But that Yang Jing (according to Yang Liulang) ) is a county horse, how could he just make his own decision and kill him with one knife?" (Fan Kuaiyun); "In my humble opinion, I just need to send someone to kill him. When Han Xin comes, just let him go." "Nanke Moves His Family": "Drag him up and let him go!" etc. Later generations avoided the unlucky word "kill", so they borrowed the Mongolian-Yuan word "ha"; There is also a "Yanjia Temple" here. Legend has it that there was an original temple called "Yam Luo Temple", which commemorated "Living Yama Ruan Xiaoqi"; there is a village on the other side of the Shiqiao River called "Sanguan Temple". According to legend, the original name of the temple The "San Ruan Temple" was built by later generations to commemorate the "Three Ruan Brothers". Because these three brothers were all fishermen and descended from the "Tiangang Star", people regarded them as "gods" and prayed to them to bless the population's safety and fishery harvest.
In the "Water Margin Leaves (Panel)" created by the Ming Dynasty painter Chen Hongshou (1598-1652), Ruan Xiaoqi's inscription is: "Repay oneself, fish in Tianjin, and support relatives in old age."; Chen Hongshou's close friend Zhang Dai (1597-1689) wrote "Forty-eight Praises for the Water Margin", in which Ruan Xiaoqi praised: "Liaoerwa, on the Jieshi bank, only fish and turtles can be seen." The locations of "Jieshi'an" and "Yuyujin" (not "Yuyuhu") are relatively close to those of Wudi Stone Bridge.
During the Spring Festival, local elderly people in rural areas, especially old ladies, still play a narrow-shaped game of "Water Margin Cards" also called "He (hú) Cards". Wu Meicun, a famous literati in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, said in his "Sui Kou Ji Lue": "In the late Wanli years, people were fond of leaf opera. In the Zhao and Song Dynasties, Shandong bandits fought with their names on tiles, and it became popular in Chongzhen." "Hepai" is probably mahjong. The predecessor of the card, a popular local playing card, each deck has 120 cards, three inches long and more than one inch wide, with black or yellow back, and characters from "Water Margin" painted on the front, divided into "ten thousand, tube (cake), strip (cord)" There are three gates, as well as colors such as "red flowers, white flowers, thousand sons, and moon". For example, the "Wan" character plate depicts the images of nine Liangshan heroes, "Ten thousand Yanqing", "Twenty thousand Huarong", "Thirty thousand broadsword (Guan Sheng)", "Forty thousand Chai Jin", "Fifty thousand "Li Kui", "60,000 Li Jun", "70,000 Qin Ming", "80,000 Zhu Rong", "90,000 Song Jiang"; "Tiao Pai": "One Zhang Shun", "Seven Ruan Xiaoqi", "Nine Tiao" "Shi Jin"; "Red Flower Hu Sanniang", "White Flower is Wang Ying ", "Thousand Sons Chao Gai" and so on. The "Water Margin Leaf Cards" of the Ming Dynasty are: "Ten Thousand Guan Hu Baoyi Songjiang", "Ten Thousand Guan Wu Song", "Millions of Guan Ruan Xiaowu", "Nine Hundred Thousand Guan Living Yama Ruan Xiaoqi",... Three hundred thousand guan of the green-faced beast Yang Zhi... 50,000 guan of Black Whirlwind Li Kui, 40,000 guan of Little Whirlwind Chai Jin, 30,000 guan of Big Sword Guan Sheng, 20,000 guan of Xiao Li Guang Huarong, and 10,000 guan of Prodigal Yan Qing. "Unlike this, Ruan Xiaoqi was ranked fourth in the "Cross Gate", which shows that he is an important Water Margin figure.
There is a local custom of "fighting" Water Margin cards, which also shows that "Water Margin" "The far-reaching influence of the heroes here may be related to "Xiao En's fishing". Some people also say that the "rope (bar), tube (cake), and ten thousand" in the playing cards are "names related to fishing: rope is a sail. The rope and the tube are fish tubes, and the money from selling the fish is the money from the fish." (http://www.fhnews.com.cn]). In this way, it has some connection with Xiao En's fishing.
Wudi Shiqiao There are still many folk historical legends in this area that need to be collected and sorted out. That’s it for the legend of Wudi Shiqiao Village and “Fish and Kill the Family”. Time is short and the information is limited. We sincerely hope that the insiders can provide more clues ( Liu Yuwen)
In the "Water Margin Leaves (Panel)" created by the Ming Dynasty painter Chen Hongshou (1598-1652), Ruan Xiaoqi's inscription is: "Repay oneself, fish in Tianjin, and support relatives in old age."; Chen Hongshou's close friend Zhang Dai (1597-1689) wrote "Forty-eight Praises for the Water Margin", in which Ruan Xiaoqi praised: "Liaoerwa, on the Jieshi bank, only fish and turtles can be seen." The locations of "Jieshi'an" and "Yuyujin" (not "Yuyuhu") are relatively close to those of Wudi Stone Bridge.
During the Spring Festival, local elderly people in rural areas, especially old ladies, still play a narrow-shaped game of "Water Margin Cards" also called "He (hú) Cards". Wu Meicun, a famous literati in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, said in his "Sui Kou Ji Lue": "In the late Wanli years, people were fond of leaf opera. In the Zhao and Song Dynasties, Shandong bandits fought with their names on tiles, and it became popular in Chongzhen." "Hepai" is probably mahjong. The predecessor of the card, a popular local playing card, each deck has 120 cards, three inches long and more than one inch wide, with black or yellow back, and characters from "Water Margin" painted on the front, divided into "ten thousand, tube (cake), strip (cord)" There are three gates, as well as colors such as "red flowers, white flowers, thousand sons, and moon". For example, the "Wan" character plate depicts the images of nine Liangshan heroes, "Ten thousand Yanqing", "Twenty thousand Huarong", "Thirty thousand broadsword (Guan Sheng)", "Forty thousand Chai Jin", "Fifty thousand "Li Kui", "60,000 Li Jun", "70,000 Qin Ming", "80,000 Zhu Rong", "90,000 Song Jiang"; "Tiao Pai": "One Zhang Shun", "Seven Ruan Xiaoqi", "Nine Tiao" "Shi Jin"; "Red Flower Hu Sanniang", "White Flower is Wang Ying ", "Thousand Sons Chao Gai" and so on. The "Water Margin Leaf Cards" of the Ming Dynasty are: "Ten Thousand Guan Hu Baoyi Songjiang", "Ten Thousand Guan Wu Song", "Millions of Guan Ruan Xiaowu", "Nine Hundred Thousand Guan Living Yama Ruan Xiaoqi",... Three hundred thousand guan of the green-faced beast Yang Zhi... 50,000 guan of Black Whirlwind Li Kui, 40,000 guan of Little Whirlwind Chai Jin, 30,000 guan of Big Sword Guan Sheng, 20,000 guan of Xiao Li Guang Huarong, and 10,000 guan of Prodigal Yan Qing. "Unlike this, Ruan Xiaoqi was ranked fourth in the "Cross Gate", which shows that he is an important Water Margin figure.
There is a local custom of "fighting" Water Margin cards, which also shows that "Water Margin" "The far-reaching influence of the heroes here may be related to "Xiao En's fishing". Some people also say that the "rope (bar), tube (cake), and ten thousand" in the playing cards are "names related to fishing: rope is a sail. The rope and the tube are fish tubes, and the money from selling the fish is the money from the fish." (http://www.fhnews.com.cn]). In this way, it has some connection with Xiao En's fishing.
Wudi Shiqiao There are still many folk historical legends in this area that need to be collected and sorted out. That’s it for the legend of Wudi Shiqiao Village and “Fish and Kill the Family”. Time is short and the information is limited. We sincerely hope that the insiders can provide more clues ( Liu Yuwen)
