"Water Margin" There are some books that can be read often and kept fresh, and you can never tire of reading them a hundred times. "Water Margin" is one of them. This is a jar of wine that has been pouring over people all over the world from the Ming Dynasty to today. No wonder Jin Shengtan said: "The greatest joy in the world is reading; the greatest joy of reading is reading "Water Margin"." Open it gently, gently, and there will be lightning and thunder, which will shock your eyes and deafen your ears. Peace and Officials In "Chunzi", it is written that when Taiwei Hong mistakenly walked away from the thirty-six heavenly gangs and the seventy-two earthly demons, it was "the time when the world was at peace and everything was fine." Little did they know that this "peace" was already the beginning of chaos in the world, and that the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty was hatching in the peace. How did the word "chaos" emerge from the word "taiping"? Just because of the "expensive" word of official. At the beginning of "Water Margin", the "nobility" of this official is vividly drawn. Lieutenant Hong, who was entrusted by the imperial court to ask Zhang Tianshi to pray against the plague, had just walked "more than three or two miles" when he felt "sore feet and weak legs" and complained: "I am a noble official of the imperial court. When I was in the capital, I was under heavy shadow." Lying down, rowing the cauldron and eating, I am still tired. How have I ever suffered like this? "The nobles must be humble. Why do officials show their dignity? Official arrogance shows nobility, official respect shows nobility, official wealth shows nobility, official extravagance shows nobility, official hegemony shows nobility. When an official is arrogant, rich and domineering, how can a citizen not live in dire straits and act like a cow or a horse? The more noble the officials are, the more humble the people are, and the extremes of things will inevitably turn against them. If the extremes of things do not come, the water carrying the boat will capsize, and the songs and dances of peace will become the prelude to the funeral. The famous saying of Fan Zhongyan, a minister of the same dynasty as Hong Taiwei, if reversed, seems to be a true portrayal of officials under an authoritarian system: "Be happy when the world is happy first, and worry about the worries of the world later." Buddha-nature, whether it is Both as a philosophy and as a belief, the word "compassion" is inseparable. As soon as I read "Water Margin", I felt that the Buddha nature was permeating the eight hundred miles of water. Which of those heroes who seem to kill, drink, and eat meat has not experienced all the suffering in the world, and has feelings for the weak, the suffering, and the good? Who is not a person who cherishes each other and loves each other's life? Who can say that there is no consistent human sentiment besides class sentiment and national sentiment? Isn’t the spirit of sacrifice included in the loyalty of the Liangshan heroes also a kind of nobility and broadness? Lu Zhishen is a particularly outstanding one on Shuibo Liangshan Mountain where Buddha nature is permeated. He rescued Jin Cuilian, a poor woman who was living in a different place, and Zhao Yuanwai's daughter. Because of the humiliation of his friend Lin Chong's wife, he wanted to beat the arrogant Gao Yanei with three hundred Zen sticks. Don't repay at all, don't want to repay at all, don't even care about the gain or loss of life, just "eat when you are drunk, do it when you are in trouble, help when you are weak, beat when you are hard" (Jin Sheng's sigh). His affection towards Lin Chong is particularly memorable. In the wild boar forest, after rescuing Lin Chong from Xue Ba's rustling water and fire stick, Luda once shouted to Lin Chong. There were a few words in the words that made people cry - "Brother, I have never bought a knife from you. After we said goodbye, the Sa family was worried about you... The bartender came to invite two gentlemen... The Sa family was suspicious of you and couldn't let you go... The Sa family saw that these guys had no good intentions, so they couldn't let you go." When Lin Chong asked Where did he go now? Ruda said again: "The Sa family can't let you go, so I'll send my brothers directly to Cangzhou." One "I'm worried about you", followed by three "I can't let you go", his emotions are like a waterfall, chiseling the stone into the sky. In such a society, except for a hundred and eight generals, good people and virtuous people succumb to the gangs of villains and mediocrities, with no way to serve the country and no way to survive. Suddenly, there is an eight hundred mile lake where dragons and tigers can hide. How could "Timely Rain", who knows both coldness and heat, and cherishes talents, not attract heroes from all over the world to meet here? It is really satisfying and applauding to see more and more heroes gathering together. After having fun and applauding, I would sometimes concentrate on the water and ponder over it: a water pool of eight hundred miles is a bit small after all, and a hundred or eight people are too small. Why do we have to limit it to a hundred and eight people? Shouldn’t the more the better? Later, when all the heroes fell apart, recruitment was certainly the main reason, but the limited number of one hundred and eight people could not but be said to be an important reason for the tragic ending. In Chapter 66, there are a few idle lines, but they cannot be taken lightly. There was a hero named Han Bolong who actively requested to defect to Liangshan and let Zhugui of Dry Land introduce Song Jiang. The book said: "Because Song Gongming suffered from back sores, and he was dispatching troops and generals in the stronghold. He was more busy and less idle, and he never saw it." When starting a business, I hope that heroes will be like dry seedlings, looking at the clouds, stammering, and vomiting milk. Once the "timely rain" launched by the army began to take shape and the troops were strong, they gradually became too busy to "receive" the new brothers who came to join them. This is truly terrifying! What is even more regrettable is that this hero who came to Liangshan not only failed to meet "brother Gongming", but ended up having his head chopped off by Li Kui with an axe.

Not to mention that Shuibo Liangshan has lost many heroes - Wang Jin disappeared when he showed up; Luan Tingyu, a hero with the same martial arts skills as Sun Li, was killed in the battle of Zhujiazhuang three times; Tutuo, who had the same skills as Wu Song It was torn into pieces by Zhang Qing, the vegetable gardener, and Sun Erniang, the dominatrix and his wife, leaving only the sword made of snowflakes and iron that often whistled in the middle of the night... "A Dream of Red Mansions" and "Water Margin" are truly unprecedented twin peaks in the history of Chinese literature. . One is a group of beauties, and the love between their children lasts for eternity; the other is a cloud of heroes, with a heroic spirit that stretches across the rainbow. It's just that "A Dream of Red Mansions" can have the Twelve Hairpins of Jinling, a supplementary volume of the Twelve Hairpins of Jinling, and a supplementary volume of The Twelve Beauties of Jinling. Why can't "Water Margin" have another hundred single eight generals, and another hundred single eight generals? In this case, if you want to recruit people, you can recruit people. If they really become emperors, it won't be much better. A corrupt system, no matter who enters it, can only be a "ghost beating the wall", walking in a 360-degree cycle, and returning to oppressing the people, oppressing the people, fearing the people, antagonizing the people, and even torturing the people and killing them. position. Hong Xiuquan and his descendants are ironclad proof. ·