Yang Xiong, the star of the prison in Water Margin, is a colorful figure, and Yang Xiong's martial arts talent is also quite superb, but Yang Xiong's nickname "Guan Guan Suo" is puzzling.
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There are two main theories about why Yang Xiong's nickname is called "Guan Suo". The first is that Yang Xiong is as good as Guan Suo, Guan Yu's third son, because he has superb martial arts, but Yang Xiong is naturally sallow and gives people a morbid state, so Yang Xiong is called Guan Suo. The other is that Yang Xiong's martial arts talent is so superb that it is hard to find anyone to compare with it. Only Guan Yu's third son was locked up, compared with Yang Xiong, so he was called "the root of the disease". Of course, there is another saying that is derived from the second one. The world thinks that Yang Xiong is very close to Guan Yu's first three sons, so it is called "the disease".
As for why Yang Xiong is called Guan Suo, we have to mention Guan Suo. According to unofficial history's records, Guan Suo was Guan Yu's third son, alias Hua. Guan Suo and Zhuge Liang fought bravely and made outstanding achievements. The people in Guizhou also love Guan Suo and built a ancestral temple for Guan Suo. It can be seen that Guan Suo fought in the north and south all his life, with outstanding military exploits and superb martial arts. Yang Xiong used to be an executioner, so his power was infinite, and many people slaughtered him. He is very close to Yang Xiong. Therefore, it is possible for Yang Xiong to follow the example of Guan Suo. According to the records in Water Margin, Yang Xiong's martial arts is superb, and it is impossible to get the nickname "Guan Suo" simply because of the first statement, but it is more convincing because Yang Xiong is close to or exceeds Guan Suo's strength.
Yang Xiong in Water Margin
Yang Xiong in Water Margin is a man with great pen and ink. In Yang Xiong, we can easily see some personality differences with other heroes. Yang Xiong has his own unique personality characteristics, which is also the premise for the audience to fully understand Yang Xiong's characters.
Generally speaking, Yang Xiong's personality in Water Margin is mainly gratitude, integrity, courage, bravery, loyalty and fearlessness, but Yang Xiong is still not good at acting, especially afraid of his wife, blindly listening to others and lacking in opinions.
In "Water Margin", Yang Xiong got the help of Shi Xiu because he was in deep trouble, and brought Shi Xiu home, commensurate with Shi Xiu's devotion to his brothers. This shows that Yang Xiong is thoughtless, impulsive and even has no opinion. At the same time, he also saw that Yang Xiong is a man who knows how to be grateful, values loyalty and has a fearless spirit.
Then Yang Xiong treated his wife Pan Qiaoyun. In the face of Pan Qiaoyun's deception, Yang Xiong was repeatedly played with applause and was easily influenced by Pan Qiaoyun and Shi Xiu. Yang Xiong doesn't really want to know the truth, but listens to others blindly. From this, we can see that Yang Xiong is a wife-shy person, but at the same time, we can also see that Yang Xiong is very affectionate, but he has no opinion of himself. Later, in the process of marrying a wife, it can be seen that Yang Xiong was completely dominated by Shi Xiu and never had his own ideas, but at the same time, it can also reflect Yang Xiong's resolute and upright character.