Song Jiang put forward the idea of "doing good for heaven". What does the word "Tao" mean?

Most people always think that Water Margin only talks about drinking in a big bowl, eating and drinking, killing people and setting fires. In fact, Water Margin is the most obvious embodiment of Confucian loyalty in the Song Dynasty. When Song Jiang went to Liangshan, he set up an apricot-yellow flag on the top of the mountain and wrote four words: "Daitian" and "Daitian", which is a flag that Song Jiang called on all heroes in the world.

Especially the apricot yellow flag says "Dai Tian". In ancient times, the apricot yellow flag was a symbol of orthodoxy, that is to say, "replacing heaven" was actually the embodiment of Confucian orthodoxy of governing the country and leveling the world. The theme of Outlaws of the Marsh is also the Confucian concept of loyalty and righteousness, and the word "Daitian" put forward by Song Jiang is a concentrated expression of the Confucian concept of loyalty and righteousness, the Confucian concept of heaven and the Mencius-style Confucian spirit.

Heaven is heaven's virtue and a symbol of the king's kindness. The emperor is the son of heaven, and the emperor should represent heaven. "Xunzi Wang Zhi" records: "The husband is a virtue, and the king is also." Wang Xianqian pointed out that one detail of "Tiande is Tiande" deserves attention: Song Jiang, rather than Zhao Gai, put forward the slogan of "moving heaven". It can be seen that Song Jiang is more successful than Zhao Gai in the ideological education of Liangshan soldiers. Zhao Gai only speaks the word "righteousness", not Confucianism and Taoism, so his appeal is not as good as that of Song Jiang.

Although Song Jiang was born in a small official, he studied Confucian classics from an early age, and Song Taigong also taught Song Jiang loyalty and filial piety many times. On his deathbed, Song Jiang said to Li Kui jy, "I have been alone all my life. I only advocate the word' loyalty' and refuse to cheat. Today, the imperial court died. I would rather be defeated by the court than by the court. After my death, I'm afraid you betrayed and ruined Liang Shanbo's reputation for loyalty and righteousness.

"Doing one's duty" is a wavering slogan, which is to show loyalty to the imperial court, increase the bargaining chip for recruiting security guards, and also to defend the legitimacy of gathering Liangshan heroes. After Zhao 'an, Liangshan hero officially became a person within the system. Song Jiang did not use the slogan of "moving for heaven", but used the slogan of "protecting the country according to heaven".