Five Questions After Reading Water Margins

Answer 1

Here are five questions you might have after reading Water Margins:

** 1. Character's whereabouts **
1. ** Mystery of Wang Jin's whereabouts **
- Wang Jin abandoned his post and fled with his mother because of Gao Qiu's revenge. On the way, he accepted Shi Jin as his disciple and then went to settle down with Old Zhong's husband. However, Shi Jin could not find him. There was no relevant plot about Wang Jin in this book.

** 2. Character behavior and logic **
1. ** Questions about Gongsun Sheng's participation in the wisdom of obtaining the birthday scroll **
- Gongsun Sheng was a cultivator with powerful magic power. He should have regarded money and wealth as floating clouds, but he participated in the wisdom of obtaining the birthday program. Logically speaking, he could have easily dealt with Yang Zhi and the others with spells, such as chanting a spell to make Yang Zhi and the others fall to the ground and then take the birthday scroll. However, he chose to use conventional methods to seize the birthday scroll with Chao Gai and the others. Moreover, the birthday scroll was not given to the poor, but became a token of allegiance for the bandits.
2. ** Questions about Lu Zhishen's Dharma name **
- When Lu Da became a monk, Elder Zhizhen gave him the Dharma name "Zhishen". According to the rules of a monk's dharma name, the middle character represented seniority. Zhizhen, Zhiqing, and Zhishen seemed to be brothers. Moreover, Lu Zhishen's surname was Lu. He did not follow the rule of having the surname Shi after becoming a monk.

** 3. Doubtful Points in the Plot **
1. ** The Doubts of Chao Gai's Death **
- Chao Gai had died from a poisoned arrow, so there were many suspicious points. Firstly, Chao Gai was the only one who had been poisoned in the entire battle. Although some soldiers had been hit, none of them had been poisoned. Could it be that the few poisoned arrows that the Zeng family soldiers had were all used on Chao Gai? Secondly, the Zeng Family stated in the peace letter that they had not found the person who had shot Chao Gai after he had died, and that the arrowhead had not been dipped in poison. Thirdly, Lin Chong was guarding Chao Gai, so he might know that Chao Gai wasn't killed by Shi Wengong, and the poison arrow killer might be hiding among the twenty leaders.
2. ** Chao Gai's Will and the Ghost's Warning
- Before Chao Gai died, he had left a will, stating that whoever caught the person who shot him would become the master of Liangshan. This clearly did not want Song Jiang to succeed the throne, because Song Jiang's martial arts were too weak to capture Shi Wengong. However, Chao Gai's ghost appeared to warn Song Jiang. Song Jiang did not follow his will to seek revenge before choosing a leader, nor did he send troops to attack Zengtou City. Instead, he went to save Lu Junyi. At this moment, Chao Gai's ghost should be blaming Song Jiang for not obeying his will, not warning him. This didn't seem very reasonable.

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