朱武地魁星 · 37
Leaf 37 of the marsh · 神机军师 Divine Strategist
Zhu Wu 朱武
In Water Margin 水滸傳 (c. 1400) · rank 37 of the 108 Stars · nicknamed 神机军师 “Divine Strategist”
The second mind of the army, and one of the few who walked away.
The great deeds 大事記
- ch. 2
Holding Shaohua with Two Brothers
少華山軍師The 'Resourceful Strategist' who holds Shaohua mountain with two sworn brothers and a head for formations.
- ch. 58
His Mountain Moves to Liangshan
同歸梁山He brings his mountain down to Liangshan when the oath requires it, and becomes the army's second mind.
- ch. 120
Refusing Office for the Dao
棄官學道He survived every campaign, refused the office that followed, and went to study the Dao.
結局 The ending
He survived the amnesty and every battle after it, then went off to study the Dao with Zhu Wu. The planner who kept three outlaws on a mountain the size of a postage stamp, and talked an imperial regiment into joining them, knew when the meeting was over.
The book itself: how it ends, and who was left — The ending