Among China's four classical novels, except Journey to the West, the other three are well-deserved tragedies. The death of Shu Han, Jia Baoyu becoming a monk, the death of Liangshan heroes, injuries and so on all show this theme of compassion. Novels mainly depict the characters' personalities, which can attract people's attention and leave people with infinite memories. Tragedy is often more effective than drama and comedy.
Among Liangshan heroes, in fact, the most worth writing is Lin Chong, the 800,000 imperial coach. Lin Chong is a hero, not a hero, because let's explain the definition of chivalry and hero first.
"Hero" and "hero" are two completely different terms. What is a knight? "Ci Yuan" said: "In the old days, it meant people who stood up for their words"; "Chivalrous man-a brave man." There is a similar explanation in Ci Hai.
This shows that the space of chivalrous activities has obvious limitations, which is the product of the development of social economy and culture in a certain period. The social environment of chivalrous activities is primitive and backward. Political management is slack, legal system is vacuum, thieves are numerous, and social atmosphere is corrupt. These conditions created conditions for the emergence of chivalrous men. When Lu was born.
And "hero" is much wider. No matter when and where, there are heroes in our social form, such as people who save the destiny of the country, promote social development, and even win glory for the country in a certain field, such as Liu Xiang and Yao Ming. As the old saying goes, "Heroes come from troubled times". In fact, why can't heroes come from prosperous times?
In Lin Chong, we can see the "legendary experience" of his four tragedies. Lin Chong has a personality defect of suffering and loss, just like the melancholy prince in Hamlet. Gao Yanei's selfish desires directly led to the destruction of Lin Chong's family, just as Othello's tragedy originated from people's suspicion and jealousy, and a happy marriage was broken; Untitled Scholar Wang Lun, who is narrow-minded, has the same ending as King Lear, who is stubborn and alienated from others. The cruelty, greed and shameless of Gao and his son coincide with Macbeth!
Is Lin Chong a warrior? The answer is no! Lin rushed to Liangshan, completely forced by others. He didn't do it spontaneously for the benefit of "the broad masses of the people", but for his own needs, such as robbing Yang Zhi of gold and silver in order to pay warlords.
Is Lin Chong a hero? The answer is yes! Lin Chong is not only a hero, but also a well-deserved hero and tragic hero!
The forty-ninth chapter of The Direct Interpretation of Han Feizi says: "Confucianism violates the law by writing, while chivalry by using force is forbidden", that is to say, in the eyes of Han Feizi, both literati and samurai can attack the country/machine with their own weapons (this is what Lu Xun learned). We can see that Lin Chong did not "make mistakes" in these two aspects.
As mentioned above, Lin Chong's fighting capacity includes five aspects: force, intelligence, physical strength, charm and courage. Is the best choice! In terms of force, none of the Ma Jun leaders in Liangshan is an opponent of Lin Jiaotou (including Guan Sheng Qin Minghu); As far as intelligence is concerned, Lin Chong is cautious, good at grasping fighter planes and sizing up the situation, which is beyond the courage of ordinary people. As far as physical strength is concerned, if Zhang Fei's image is like a leopard head and a leopard eye, I'm afraid he can get full marks; The charm of Lin can be impressed by the classical bosses such as Wu Yong, instead of waiting and doing nothing; And taking the lead, Lin's courage index should not be underestimated.
But from the cultural level, Lin Chong can be an imperial coach. If he is a clown like Li Kui jy, I'm afraid it's impossible. Of course, Lin Chong's knowledge will certainly not be too high. From his self-report, it can be seen that "I know a few strokes, and I am tired of (Wang Lun's men) taking paper and pen (writing" warlords ")." However, we can be sure that Lin Chong's knowledge is extensive and comprehensive, which is by no means comparable to a frog in a puddle like Wang Lun.
Lin Chong is a coward, and he takes a "appeasement and accommodation" attitude towards disasters from outer space. For aggressive framing, the scheme of "enduring a temporary disaster can eliminate a hundred-day disaster" is also adopted; We can see that when he was sent to Cangzhou, he still dreamed of reuniting with his family and living a good life after he was released from prison. Lin Chong hates Gao Qiu and his son, but he has some scruples about them. He knew that with his own ability, he could not defend the foundation of the DaSong Dynasty. Even if this government decays again, a person's strength is comparable to that of a country. So we can see that Lin Chong made all the preparations before being sent: he wrote a letter of divorce, hoping that his wife could live again.
Lin Chong's divorce is entirely for the sake of others, and he doesn't want to bring trouble to his closest relatives because of himself. The greatness of Lin Chong's humanity lies in that he is a "human" with flesh and blood, affection and righteousness. He is open, selfless and unpretentious. This is unmatched by other heroes. They either don't like women, or treat women as nothing, or they are perverts.
Fortunately for us, the Lin Niangzi family is also affectionate and righteous. Instead of abandoning Lin Chong, they comforted him: "You can go with peace of mind, we are at home. We are waiting for you to come back! " This is much more touching than the farewell to the ice sea in Titanic!
However, in the end, Lin Niangzi's family were all killed. After a series of persecution, Lin Chong finally went to Liangshan. At this time, Lin Chong's character has been greatly sublimated!
Liangshan in Wang Lun era can hardly be called a "robber". When Shi Jin and others competed in Shaohuashan Kyushu, Shaanxi Province, Wang Lun only dared to ask Zhu Guixian to make a wink before choosing a guest. It can be said that the arrival of Lin Chong can completely subvert the old pattern. This, even Wang Lun himself is very clear.
Does Lin Chong know? Blind people don't know! It should be said that he suffered such a heavy blow. If he had launched brute force, Wang Lun would have been beheaded just now! But we can see that Lin Chong didn't do it. Why? Even the position of 800,000 imperial coaches is not rare. Do you still care about your "golden chair" as a bandit leader?
Funny Wang Lun was narrow-minded and wary everywhere, and finally died in the crossfire. Wu Yong reversed his narrow-mindedness, took advantage of Lin Chong's mind, and finally set things right, creating a new pattern of Liangshan.
In fact, Lin Chong's inner desire for "power" has been a long time, because all his ideals have been shattered, all his relatives have passed away, and no one in this world can knock his heart. All he can do is obey the distribution and do whatever the organization asks. Lin chong has seen through the vicissitudes of the world and has no illusions about anyone! Only the snake spear in your hand is your closest friend!
Was Lin Chong just a mindless "extreme weapon" in his later period? No! One thing that shines with rational light is that Lin Chong captured Hu Sanniang alive, and Hu Yan is a beautiful killer who can't fight. Only Lin Chong can match him. The original text is:
I saw a dozen cavalry coming from the edge of the forest. At first, a strong man was surrounded by Lin Chong, a leopard head, and immediately shouted. "Where is that woman going?" A green flying knife rushed out of the horse and came straight to Lin Chong. Lin Chong used eight snake spears to meet the enemy. In less than ten minutes, Lin Chong sold a flaw and cut two knives. Lin Chong forced the snake spear, two knives missed, rushed away, gently loosened the ape's arm, twisted the wolf's waist, dragged it for ten feet and one green, and captured the horse alive. Song Jiang saw it, and he sheng didn't know the level. Lin called the sergeant to tie it, and suddenly Ma Xiangqian said; "Never hurt my brother?" Song Jiangdao; "It never hurts."
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We can see that Lin Chong did not attack the beauty killer like others, but adopted the method of "cherishing the fragrance and cherishing the jade". I thought that since ancient times, if a beautiful woman matches a hero, it will be a good story with a leopard head.
However, due to political needs, he became a victim of Zhang. In this way, Lin Chong has no reason to forge ahead. The only hope in his life was also severely cut off by Song Jiang. The only thing he can do is kill people.
CCTV's "Water Margin" made a bold change to Lin Chong's death: it was a wonderful change to learn that Song Jiang died of vomiting blood and released Gao Qiu! When I saw Lin Chong being called up like everyone else, he was still in the forefront. After finally breaking Fang La, he suffered a stroke and died in Pagoda of Six Harmonies. Inexplicably sad in my heart: this is not the life of a leopard, this is a portrayal of a coward! The most hateful thing is that Song Jiang actually asked the brokeback Song Wu to take care of Lin Chong, who was paralyzed by the wind. The old thief is rude and sinful!
"Eternal Dragon Slayer" wrote that to be an emperor, one should have three elements: ambition, decisiveness and cruelty (to this effect). Lin Chong can't touch any of these three elements, so although he is a veteran, Lin Chong will never sit in the position of Song Jiang. Lin Chong is a tragic hero who has lost all hope in life. In him, we can see many human characteristics of China people: he tried to change, but when fate could not stop him, he had to choose to spend his life in obscurity.
Fortunately, among Liangshan heroes, besides Zhang Ba's snake spear accompanying Lin Chong on a windy night, there is also a free and easy friend outside the party who can share his heart with him. In order to take care of the overall situation, Lin Chong has been trying to hide his nature all his life. He is a tragic hero full of love, a hero devastated by the times.
On the night of the full moon, the snake spear shone with cold light, just like Lin Chong's eyes, determined and strong, which gave him a bright stroke in his robber career.