According to Chapter 99 of Water Margin, Shen Zhi heard the tidal letter of Qiantang River and had an epiphany in it. He said, "I killed Xiahou Cheng in Wansonglin and took him alive. Holding on to wax, I captured Fang La alive; Today is the answer of "listen to the tide and circle, see the letter and be silent". When you meet the tide, I want to be silent. "

So he bathed and changed clothes, died of nirvana, and left a eulogy: "I have never cultivated good fruit in my life, but I only love killing people and setting fires." Abruptly open the golden rope and break the jade lock here. Hey! The letter from Qiantang River came, and today I know that I am me. "

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In the Southern Song Dynasty, the story of Liangshan heroes was widely circulated. At that time, Gong Kai, a painter and writer, wrote a preface to the praise of thirty-six people in Song Jiang, saying: The stories of thirty-six people including Song Jiang have spread all over the streets; Painters also write pictures and shadows for them.

The earliest blueprint of Water Margin is the legacy of Xuanhe in Song Dynasty, which focuses on the main characters such as Yang Zhi selling knives, Chao Gai ganging up to grab the birth outline, Song Jiang killing and Lin Chong, jy, and He Lu. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, there were many stories adapted from Water Margin. In Yuan Zaju, the number of Liangshan heroes increased from 36 to 108.

Shi Naian sorted out and processed the stories and characters in Water Margin, and faithfully accepted the views of the people in the process of writing Water Margin, which is the ideological basis for the great achievements of Water Margin.

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