史进天微星 · 23
Leaf 23 of the marsh · 九纹龙 Nine Tattooed Dragons
Shi Jin 史进
In Water Margin 水滸傳 (c. 1400) · rank 23 of the 108 Stars · nicknamed 九纹龙 “Nine Tattooed Dragons”
The first star the book meets — nine dragons tattooed across his back.
The great deeds 大事記
- ch. 2
The Nine-Dragon Tattoo Revealed
九紋龍出世A squire's son who tattoos his whole body for a wandering instructor and ruins his father's patience.
- ch. 2
Burning His Own Manor
火燒史家莊He burns his own manor rather than hand over his sworn brothers, and walks out with a staff.
- ch. 118
The Search Ended at the Pass
昱嶺關殞命He searched half the empire for his first master, and died in a pass before the last campaign ended.
結局 The ending
Killed at Yulong ridge, in a campaign he had fought his way across half the country to reach. The first of the 108 to walk onto the page is the first of them the book writes back out.
The book itself: how it ends, and who was left — The ending