Zusammenfassung
Zusammenfassung von Die Räuber vom Liang-Schan-Moor
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Readers who love sprawling adventure, vivid fighters with colorful nicknames, sworn brotherhood, clever schemes and rescues, and stories of ordinary people who stand against corrupt power and find a family among outcasts.
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Water Margin is a Chinese novel attributed to Shi Nai'an, written in the late Ming period from older tales of outlaws in the Song dynasty. It follows how one hundred and eight men and women, driven out of ordinary life by corrupt officials, gather at Liangshan Marsh in Shandong and swear to stand together. Its prologue sets the tone. A careless minister opens a sealed hall and lets out one hundred and eight demon stars, and the rest of the book follows them down into the world.
The novel gives you a crowded gallery of fighters, scholars, boatmen, monks, clerks and thieves, each with a nickname and a grievance. It gives you brawls, banquets, rescues and battles, and a steady question about what loyalty means when the law itself is crooked. You will see how the band grows from a few refugees into a disciplined army with a great hall and a roll of names.
The story begins with Gao Qiu, a ball player who rises at court, and with the first man he wrongs.
In dieser Zusammenfassung
- 1A Rogue Rises and Wang Jin FleesFree
- 2Lu Da Strikes Out for Justice
- 3Lin Chong's Fall
- 4Seizing the Birthday Gifts
- 5Song Jiang the Timely Rain
- 6Wu Song and the Tiger Slayers
- 7Gathering at Liangshan
- 8Heaven's Roll and the Oath
- 9What the Novel Is Really About
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A Rogue Rises and Wang Jin Flees
The book opens with a prologue. A plague strikes the capital, and the emperor sends Grand Marshal Hong to Mount Longhu to fetch a Taoist master. Hong ignores every warning, breaks the seals on a sealed hall, and frees one hundred and eight spirits that had been held beneath a stone tablet. They scatter across the land as golden light.
Then the story turns to Gao Qiu, an idler from the capital who is skilled at kicking a ball. A prince admires his skill, and when the prince becomes the emperor, Gao Qiu is made Grand Marshal of the Palace Command. He remembers an old grudge against the family of Wang Jin, an instructor of the imperial guard.
Wang Jin knows that staying means ruin. He slips out of the capital with his old mother and heads for the frontier garrison at Yan'an.
On the road they stay at the manor of Squire Shi in Shi Family Village. Wang Jin watches the squire's son, a young man tattooed with nine dragons, practice with a staff and quietly points out his flaws. He beats the young man in a friendly bout and becomes his teacher. After half a year Shi Jin has mastered the eighteen arts of war, and Wang Jin moves on toward the frontier. This opening shows how one powerful man's spite sends decent people onto the road and how the first outlaws begin to meet.
Shi Jin's own trouble soon follows. A band of bandits on nearby Mount Shaohua tests his village, and a hunter's betrayal drives him from his home with the three bandit leaders at his side.
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Who’s who
- Song Jiang
- Song Jiang is a generous leader whose devotion to the emperor creates tension among his outlaw companions.
- Lin Chong
- Lin Chong is an imperial arms instructor whose persecution by powerful officials draws him toward the outlaw brotherhood.
- Lu Zhishen
- Lu Zhishen is a former soldier turned Buddhist monk whose strength and impatience with cruelty make him a formidable ally.
- Wu Song
- Wu Song is a celebrated tiger-fighting warrior whose fierce pursuit of personal revenge connects him with the other outlaws.
- Li Kui
- Li Kui is Song Jiang's fiercely devoted companion, whose reckless temper makes him dangerous even to those he supports.
About this edition
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- LengthAbout 79,000 words
- Reading timeAbout 5 h 15 min
- Listening time8 h 45 min
- FormatseBook, large-print eBook, audiobook, 15-minute summary
- LanguagesEnglish and 13 other languages
Questions about Die Räuber vom Liang-Schan-Moor
What is Water Margin about?
It tells how one hundred and eight men and women, driven out of ordinary life by corrupt officials, gather at Liangshan Marsh and swear brotherhood. It follows their separate stories, their battles with the government, and their search for justice.
Who wrote Water Margin and when?
It is traditionally credited to Shi Nai'an, though little is known about him. The novel took its form in the late Ming period, drawing on older storytelling about Song dynasty outlaws. Several versions exist.
Why is it called Water Margin?
The title refers to the marsh at the water's edge where the outlaws make their stronghold. Liangshan Marsh, ringed by reeds and channels, is the setting where most of the heroes finally gather.
Is Water Margin a true story?
Song Jiang and his band are based on a real band of rebels in the Song dynasty, but the novel adds many invented heroes, scenes and magic. It is best read as a legend built on a historical seed.
Is Water Margin easy to follow with so many characters?
Yes, because each hero gets a memorable nickname and a vivid opening story, and the book moves from one person to the next like a relay. The chapters end on hooks, which keeps the tale lively and clear.