李应天富星 · 11
Leaf 11 of the marsh · 扑天雕 Soaring Falcon
Li Ying 李应
In Water Margin 水滸傳 (c. 1400) · rank 11 of the 108 Stars · nicknamed 扑天雕 “Soaring Falcon”
A squire who tried to stay neutral and was recruited by arson.
The great deeds 大事記
- ch. 47
An Arrow for Staying Neutral
獨龍岡中立He tries to stay neutral between two feuding villages and is rewarded with an arrow in the arm.
- ch. 50
The Manor Burned as a Rescue
火燒獨龍莊Liangshan 'rescues' him by burning everything he owns; he keeps the army's ledger afterwards.
- ch. 119
Buying His Way Out of Office
散財歸隱He bought his way out of office after the campaigns and prospered as a merchant.
結局 The ending
He refused the appointment, went back to his village, and became what he had been before the ledger and the governor's jealousy took him: a squire with a long memory for his neighbours' names.
The book itself: how it ends, and who was left — The ending