Who is Chai Jing's nickname in Water Margin?
Among the 100 heroes in Liangshan, Shui Bo, there is a nickname called "Little Whirlwind". He is called "Chai Daguan" and Chai Jin. Although he ranks tenth, his power is really eye-catching, and he is in charge of the whole mountain's gold and silver treasures, equivalent to the finance minister.
His ancestor was Chai Rong, the emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty, who was born in the royal family. At that time, Zhao Kuangyin, commander-in-chief of the Imperial Army of Chai Family, staged a coup, seized the land of Chai Family and established the Dasong Dynasty. May be guilty of the master, Song Taizu set the rules, must be kind to the Chai family, and gave a piece of "Dan Shu Iron Voucher" to avoid death.
That's not enough. More importantly, all food and drink were allocated by the imperial court, and it was also promised that the Chai family would continue this treatment from generation to generation as long as the Great Song Dynasty did not perish. It is also stipulated that the Chai family is not bound by local officials, which is the domineering of the royal family.
What novel is Water Margin?
The Water Margin is a vernacular novel, which is listed as one of China's four classical literary masterpieces and one of the six books of gifted scholars. After it came out, it had a great influence on society and became a model of China's novel creation in later generations.
The Water Margin is one of the earliest Zhang Hui vernacular novels in the history of China, which is widely circulated and well known. At the same time, it is also one of the epic works in China's language and literature, which has a far-reaching influence on narrative literature in China and even East Asia.
The whole book artistically reflects the whole process of Sung River Uprising in the history of China from its occurrence, development to failure by describing the grand story of Liangshan heroes resisting oppression, Liangshan in Shui Bo growing up and being supported by the Song Dynasty, fighting for the Song Dynasty after being supported by the Song Dynasty and finally dying.