The glorious titles of Water Margin characters are unpaaralleled

   Fun Stories about Water Margin Characters (19)

1、 The emperor who hated "Water Margin" the most should be Chongzhen. Li Zicheng surrendered and rebelled, rebelled and surrendered repeatedly, because Water Margin was widely spread among the people. Li Zicheng always guarded against the court treating him as Song Jiang and would never consume his own living strength.

2、 The tradition of the Chinese people is to attach great importance to their own names and characters, but scholars and artists often think that their names are not enough to show their temperament, so they have set up various nicknames. This trend gradually flourished during the Tang and Song dynasties, and reached its peak during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

3、 Some famous painters, such as Shi Tao, can even hold more than ten titles per person, making it difficult for the number of people to come up. Even later on, people only knew the names of some people and forgot their real names. This is an interesting cultural phenomenon.

4、 In "Water Margin," nicknames based on the physical characteristics of characters include the blue faced beast Yang Zhi, the red haired ghost Liu Tang, the purple bearded Bo Huangfu Duan, the dwarf tiger Wang Ying, the arm hugging ape Hou Jian, the jade flag pole Meng Kang, the fiery eyed Suanni Deng Fei, the Yunli Diamond Song Wan, the grimace Du Xing, and the faceless Jiao Ting.