李逵天杀星 · 22
Leaf 22 of the marsh · 黑旋风 Black Whirlwind
Li Kui 李逵
In Water Margin 水滸傳 (c. 1400) · rank 22 of the 108 Stars · nicknamed 黑旋风 “Black Whirlwind”
The Black Whirlwind: no law, no patience, no doubt.
The great deeds 大事記
- ch. 40
Two Axes on the Execution Ground
江州揮雙斧He clears the execution ground with two axes and no distinction between soldier and spectator.
- ch. 43
Four Tigers Answered with a Knife
沂嶺殺四虎His mother, carried on his back, is eaten while he fetches water; four tigers die with a knife in answer.
- ch. 71
The Capital's Lantern Night Riot
元夜鬧東京He turns a lantern festival in the capital into a riot because the wait is too long.
- ch. 120
Drank the Poisoned Cup
飲毒從兄The only man who told Song Jiang to his face that the amnesty was treason — and who drank the poisoned cup because his brother asked.
結局 The ending
He drank the poison his brother handed him and was furious the whole way to the grave, and went willingly. The last man on the mountain to do exactly as he was told.
The book itself: how it ends, and who was left — The ending