董平天立星 · 15
Leaf 15 of the marsh · 双枪将 Double Spears
Dong Ping 董平
In Water Margin 水滸傳 (c. 1400) · rank 15 of the 108 Stars · nicknamed 双枪将 “Double Spears”
The Double-Gun captain who changed sides for a marriage proposal.
The great deeds 大事記
- ch. 69
Opens Dongping to Liangshan
開門納梁山Refused his commander's daughter, he opens Dongping's gates to Liangshan and takes her anyway.
- ch. 115
Into the Square of Spears
獨松關報仇Wounded and furious, he charges a square of spears to avenge Zhang Qing and dies inside it.
結局 The ending
He rode into the pass to get out in front of everyone, as he had done his whole life, and did not come back out. His double spears were recovered; the two horses he had been given for them were not worth the road they were led along.
The book itself: how it ends, and who was left — The ending