宋江天魁星 · 1
Leaf 1 of the marsh · 及时雨 Timely Rain
Song Jiang 宋江
In Water Margin 水滸傳 (c. 1400) · rank 1 of the 108 Stars · nicknamed 及时雨 “Timely Rain”
The county clerk who became the outlaw chief — and never stopped writing letters home.
The great deeds 大事記
- ch. 18
The Warrant Burned in His Sleeve
私放晁天王Tips off Chao Gai after the birthday convoy heist, then burns the warrant in his own sleeve.
- ch. 21
The Letter Found, the Knife Drawn
怒殺閻婆惜His kept mistress finds the outlaw's letter and puts a price on it; the knife answers before dawn.
- ch. 39
The Rebel Verse on Xunyang Tower
潯陽樓題反詩Drunk on the Xunyang tower he writes 'why not reverse the river?' and becomes the court's most wanted man.
- ch. 40
The Execution Ground Rushed
江州劫法場The whole mountain comes down onto the execution ground, and he finally accepts the chair.
結局 The ending
The court wine did what no enemy could. He drank it knowing, and poured a cup for Li Kui on the way out, so the one brother who would have raised the mountain again was already dying. Buried at Chuizhao village, where he had been the clerk nobody thought to fear.
The book itself: how it ends, and who was left — The ending