Water Margin, Part 1 — краткое содержание

Что происходит

1. After describing the Song rulers and their prosperity, the narrator introduces a plague that resists medicine, tax relief, pardons, and religious rites.
2. Emperor Renzong sends Hong Xin to summon Celestial Master Zhang after Fan Zhongyan recommends a special ritual.
3. Hong climbs Mount Longhu, encounters a tiger and snake, and unknowingly meets the Celestial Master disguised as a herdboy.
4. During a palace tour, Hong threatens the Taoists until they open a forbidden hall, then orders excavation beneath an inscribed stele.
5. Black vapor escapes the pit, and the presiding master explains that Hong releases 108 imprisoned demons.
6. Hong conceals the escape, returns to a capital freed from plague by the Celestial Master, and receives a reward.

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На что обратить внимание

The warning makes the danger explicit before Hong forces entry. His refusal to listen turns an official mission into a release of destructive beings.

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