This is no ordinary Water Margin commentary, it is a modern survival manual written with blood and tears by the ancients.
Lieutenant Hong lifts the seal and looks like a leader who changes the code arbitrarily. Lu Zhishen punches Zhen Guanxi like a workplace anti-PUA scene. Wang Jin runs away overnight hiding the wisdom to stop losses. Behind Shi Jin's burning of the house is the impulse and growth of young people. …
Every time, the story of a hero is broken down into slices of life: the brotherhood in Shaohua Mountain hides the pitfalls of teamwork, the farce of marrying in Taohua Village reveals the ugliness of power and bullying, and the hungry Lu Zhishen in Waguan Temple teaches people not to hold on when they are at their lowest point. …
There are no obscure ancient texts, it's all vernacular that gets right to the point of pain. From the official routines to the rules of the world, from the weaknesses of human nature to the ruthless moves to break the situation, it turns out that the swords and shadows in Water Margin are all the workplace and life dilemmas that modern people cannot avoid.
Reading it is like listening to an old man chattering, smiling and understanding: the ancients' struggles have already marked the answers for us.
