Jin Shengtan said that "Water Margin" is a strange book, but he has studied it all his life and still doesn't know what is so strange.
Many people believe that most of the characters in Water Margin have prototypes. I have researched and found the prototypes of nearly a hundred characters. For example, Li Kui's prototype is Zhong Kui, Ou Peng's prototype is Yue Fei, and many small characters also have prototypes. Of course, there are many character prototypes that you can recognize at a glance, such as Sai Rengui, Sai Hao, Meibeard Gong and others. There are also characters that are the epitome of several historical figures. Only when you know who the character prototypes are can you understand why the author wrote the story this way. Friends who are interested, please join me in researching more character prototypes.
Purpose: to tell readers the historical prototypes of the characters in Water Margin and to gain a glimpse into the author's inner world