We should judge a character from the actual situation of the work, not from the personal likes and dislikes. Regarding Song Jiang, we should first pay attention to his family. Song Jiang's family has been farming for generations, relying on fields to make a living. It should be said that it belongs to small and medium landlords. He was educated. He was familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics and Confucian books since childhood, and was educated by traditional culture. His occupation is to be a judge in yamen. What is a judge? He is just a small official, not an official, handling case documents in the yamen. There is a saying in the Water Margin that describes Song Jiang's occupation: proficient in knife and pencil, proficient in official road. So from these points of view, it has a great influence on his character. First, because he is not an official, he is an official, so he is very kind to the people, knows their sufferings, and can give money to help them when they are in trouble. Second, because I manage documents, I am cautious in dealing with people, I can improvise and like to play politics; Third, because I am engaged in such a profession as a pawn company, I have developed the concept of observing the statutes. The last two points are particularly noteworthy. The word "politics" only refers to the means of dealing with problems, not the expression of character. Legalists Han Fei and Shen Shen should not advocate "technique" to govern the world. This "technique" refers to "political technique". For example, in the 34th time, Sung River wanted to own Qin Ming, and deliberately sent someone to ride Qin Ming's horse, put on Qin Ming's shirt and pretend to be Qin Ming. Go to his superior Mr. Murong magistrate, killing and setting fire to make people think that Qin Ming has surrendered to Liangshan. Qin Ming returned to the city, nobody believed him, and killed his wife and children. Then Qin Ming had no choice but to go up the hill. In order to get Qin Ming to climb the mountain, he killed so many people, even his wife and children. The concept of statutes, such as classical music, is always on his lips: "It is not in statutes". On the 36th trip, he was robbed on the way to Jiangzhou. Liangshan advised him to go up the mountain, but he didn't agree. Everyone wanted to untie him. He said, "This is a national law." . So Song Jiang sometimes looks at things from the perspective of statutes. And he likes playing politics, which is what we call hypocrisy today. Judging from these, his occupation has a great influence on his character.
About Song Jiang before and after going up the mountain, he was a chivalrous hero before going up the mountain. In particular, the two things he did before going up the mountain can be seen. Put classical music in episode 18 first. At that time, he was able to report to his superiors, but he could let go or tip off the news to Classical. And he chose the third way: ventilation. This passage is vividly described in the book. Here, it is "righteousness" that trumps "law". Because statutes are deeply rooted in his heart, when righteousness conflicts with law, righteousness overwhelms law, which shows that he is a hero. On the 2nd1back, Song Jiang killed Yan Poxi for Liangshan's friend and his wife for his friend, which also showed his "righteous" side, indicating that he was a hero. This is a stage. The second stage is after going up the mountain. After defining him, he is a rebel leader. But we said that he could not keep the country and the army could not be attached to the masses, and he himself admitted this. Then why did he become the leader of the rebel army? First of all, his generous and helpful character attracted all his brothers. As soon as he opens his mouth, others will listen to him. Second, he cares about his brother and is generous to those who believe in him. For example, Chai Jin was rescued in the 54th time, He Jin in the 59th time and Lu Junyi and Shi Xiu in the 66th time. Third, it has certain command and military capabilities. For example, Sanda Zhujiazhuang has never attacked twice before, but it is good at learning lessons. Finally, it captured Zhujiazhuang for the third time with Wu Yong's tactics. If he has nothing, being a Liangshan hero is untenable. Later, he personally commanded many battles, until the seventy-first time, and Liangshan was ranked first in the hero list in its heyday, until he defeated Tong Guan twice and Gao Qiu three times. In the third period, after he joined the army, Song Jiang should be a loyal minister of the imperial court. Song Jiang often said "serve the country". The first thing he did when he took the top spot in Liangshan was to change "Juyitang" into "Loyalty Hall". Li Zhuowu has a comment: "This is a key point, readers should not read it hastily."
After wooing Ann, Liangshan * * * had four major events: Ping Sihu, Ping Wangqing and Fang La. It can also be said that Song Jiang was the executioner to suppress the brothers' uprising. Because he lost his troops when he surrendered to Fang La, when he captured Fang La's generals, he no longer persuaded the other side to submit as before, but beheaded the prisoners, or dug out his heart to pay homage to his brother who died in Liangshan. When Fang La finally returned to Tokyo, there were only 27 people left in 108, and the other 8 1 people were killed, died, left or became monks. Even ordinary people are deeply touched. Later, some imperial courts rewarded meritorious people, some were demoted to Shu Ren, some returned to their original camps, some died of laughter (such as Dai Zhong), some were killed by the imperial court, some committed suicide ... Finally, it was a tragedy. It might help if you read slowly.