Is there really a story about Liangshan in Shui Bo in history?

There is no story like Liangshan heroes in the Water Margin, but there is a real Sung River Uprising as the basis of the book.

Sung River Uprising was a popular uprising in the late Northern Song Dynasty. His deeds have been continuously interpreted by later generations and become the historical prototype material of Water Margin.

In the first year of Xuanhe (1 1 19), Song Jiang rallied 36 people to revolt in Liangshan (Liangshan Dragon), led his troops to attack Heshuo and JD.COM East Road (now Qingzhou, Shandong), and moved to Qingzhou, qi zhou (now Jinan, Shandong) and Zhou Pu (now Juancheng North, Shandong). In December, Hou Meng of Bozhou, Huizong South suggested to surrender Sung River, but failed, so he ordered Zeng Xiaoyun, who was well known in Yinzhou, to lead an army to conquer it. Song Jiang went south from Qingzhou to Yizhou (now Linyi, Shandong).

In the third year of Xuanhe (1 12 1), he captured the Huaiyang Army (now Suining, Jiangsu) and arrived in Haizhou (now Lianyungang, Jiangsu) by boat from Shuyang. In May, after Song Jiang led the people ashore, he was ambushed by Zhang Shuye, the magistrate of Haizhou, and the ship was burned. Song Jiang was defeated and captured, and the uprising failed.

In some unofficial history after the Southern Song Dynasty, it is often recorded that Song Jiang participated in the levy of Fang La. However, the story of "Dongduji" listed Pingfeijiang after Fangla, and the epitaph of Zheke Village also said that Zheke Village participated in the campaign of Pingfeijiang after Fangla.

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Historical influence

Over the past 100 years, there have been hundreds of peasant uprisings in Song San, and the Songjiang Uprising is only a small one in scale and influence. However, in the Southern Song Dynasty, the legacy of Xuanhe was published, which gave a romantic and story-telling account of the history of Sung River Uprising.

"Water Margin" appeared again at the beginning, which described the story of Sung River Uprising more vividly and touching, thus making this peasant uprising, which was originally small in scale and had little influence, have a great influence, spread widely among the people, and even become a household name. Educational books such as textbooks are recorded and disseminated among students. In modern times, the movement against the decadent life in life is sometimes called Sung River Uprising.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Water Margin