石秀天慧星 · 33
Leaf 33 of the marsh · 拼命三郎 Reckless Third Lord
Shi Xiu 石秀
In Water Margin 水滸傳 (c. 1400) · rank 33 of the 108 Stars · nicknamed 拼命三郎 “Reckless Third Lord”
The Restless Third Brother, who read a betrayal through a wine-shop window.
The great deeds 大事記
- ch. 44
A Betrayal Read from the Window
酒樓窺奸He watches from a wine-shop window and reads a whole betrayal from a door left ajar.
- ch. 46
The Evidence on the Mountain Top
翠屏山對質He produces the evidence on a mountain top and lets the executioner hold the knife.
- ch. 61
The Jump from the Roof Alone
跳樓劫法場At Daming he recognises the drum-roll of an execution and jumps from the roof alone — too late to save the man, early enough to join him in the pit.
結局 The ending
Killed at Yulong ridge, climbing where the mountain sent the men who did not need a road. They called him Desperate Third, and the roster's fate column confirms the nickname in one line.
The book itself: how it ends, and who was left — The ending