Shi Naian (about 1296—— about 1370), a native of Xinghua, Jiangsu Province, was born in Baijuchang, Xinghua (now Dafeng District, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province). His original name was Yan Duan, and his first name was Zhao Rui, Shonago An, and his nickname was Naian. The representative work is Water Margin.
Chinese name: Shi Naian.
Shi Naian Mbth
Alias: Shiyan Duan
Ethnic group: Han nationality
Birthplace: Baiju Town (now Dafeng District, Yancheng City)
Date of birth: two years of Yuan Zhen (1296)
Date of death: Hongwu three years (1370)
Occupation: novelist
Faith: Taoism
Major achievements: He wrote Water Margin, one of the four classical novels.
Masterpiece: Water Margin
Dynasty: Late Yuan Dynasty and Early Ming Dynasty
The life of the character
"Shi's Genealogy" and other related records.
In the fourth year of Xianfeng (1854), Chen Guangde (word) prefaced Shi's Genealogy:
"My clan, Su moved to Yue, Mr. Bai Juchang was born at the beginning of Ming Hongwu, moved from Su to Xinghua, and then moved from Xinghua to Bai Juchang. Epitaph of Mr. Yang Yihe, the second emperor of Chu Shi. At that time, Shijia moved to Sushijiaqiao, that is, Tian Lu changed his name to Jiayin Department in the fourth year of Qing Xianfeng in Shijiaqiao, and two days later, he was given a Jinshi scholarship and a first-class bow of Chen Guangde. "
In the fifth year of Xianfeng, the fourteenth grandson also wrote in the Notes on the Establishment of the Shishi Ancestral Hall: "My ancestor was an Angong, who moved from Su to Xing in the early Ming Dynasty and then moved to Bai Juchang. "
Shi Naian fled the war and lived in seclusion in Xinghua to write Water Margin.
In order to escape the war, Shi Naian moved here to live in seclusion and wrote Water Margin. According to folklore, Zhang Shicheng rose up against Yuan, called the prince of Wu to Pingjiang (Suzhou) and hired him as a military adviser. Later, Zhang Shicheng reduced his salary to Yuan, refused to persuade him, and left his post to sit in Torinji, Zhutang, Jiangyin. Zhu Yuanzhang sent troops to besiege Pingjiang and the war spread to Jiangyin. Shi Naian remembered that Gu Ting, a friend of Songjiang Tongzhi and Jiaxing Daotongzhi, was from Xinghua. There is a remote place, surrounded by water, with inconvenient transportation. There has always been a saying that "Zhaoyang (Xinghua alias) has been good at avoiding soldiers since ancient times", so I specially sent someone to send Gu Ting a letter with a poem:
Wandering around the world, I found a good home in Yangshan (referring to Zhaoyang, improvisation).
May grass plant many kinds of trees, but don't teach plums to bear fruit like melons. (At that time, the folk song: "Li Sheng cucumber, the people are homeless")
After reading the letter, Gu Ting immediately wrote back to Shi Naian, welcoming him to take refuge in Xinghua. The letter also answered a poem:
You came from Jiangnan to pay attention and send a smile to your old colleagues.
This is not heaven. Where can Taoyuan avoid Qin?
Liangshan's 108 generals (36 plough, 72 felons) will be ready.
After receiving the letter, Shi Naian left his eldest brother Yan Ming in Suzhou, took his second wife Shen Shi, his second brother Chae Yeon and his master Luo Guanzhong, and braved the wind and smoke to cross the river north. He first lived in Gu Ting's home in Xinghua, and then, with the help of Gu Ting, he bought land and real estate in the sparsely populated seaside Baima Farm east of Xinghua, where he lived in seclusion. Shi Naian met many farmers and salt people.
Living materials: There is little information about Shi Naian's life story, and some records collected are quite contradictory. Since the 1920s, some related materials have been found in Xinghua, Dafeng and other places in Jiangsu Province, such as Shi's genealogy and Shi's genealogy. In addition, supplement 13 of Xinghua County Records contains 65,438+0 biographies of Shi Naian, and supplement 14 contains 65,440 epitaphs of Shi Naian written by Wang Daosheng in the early Ming Dynasty.
According to the analysis of these materials:
Shi Naian is a descendant of Shi Zhichang, one of the seventy-two disciples of Confucius. The descendants of Shi Zhichang in the late Tang Dynasty took Suzhou as their home. His father's name is Yuan De and his mother's name is Bian Shi (also a descendant of Bian Shi, who later moved to Dafeng City, Jiangsu Province).
Wusong tiger-fighting prototype
During the Hongwu period in the early Ming Dynasty, the ninth member of the Xu family (Xu Xiake's great-grandfather) was sent to Sichuan in cloth, resigned and returned to his hometown, which made him famous for a while. Xu Qi invited Shi Naian, a hermit from Suzhou (Qiantang is Hangzhou), to be a private school teacher at home. Shi Naian lives in a mansion with beautiful environment in Zhutang Town, and writes Water Margin while teaching. The local people respectfully called him "Nai An Gong".
There are many stories about Shi Naian. It is said that many place names in Shi Naian Water Margin are taken from Zhutang. For example, Sanda Zhujiazhuang is the highlight of the book. In fact, Zhujiazhuang is Zhutang Town. In the novel, Song Wu's Jing Yang Gang hits the tiger, which is vividly written. It is said that Shi Naian had just walked in Houyanggang behind Dazhaili Village and saw a yellow dog sleeping under a pine tree. A Zhuang Ding 52 beat the yellow dog away. After Shi Naian returned home, he used this as a prototype to create, changing Houyanggang into Jingyanggang, yellow dog into a white-fronted tiger, and May 2nd into Song Wu.
According to legend, when Shi Naian was teaching in a museum in a building, he often taught students to draw. He is very strict. He only teaches one figure painting at a time until the students finish painting before teaching another. He taught students to draw 108 before and after. These paintings have different faces, different movements, different expressions and different personalities. The character 108 he portrayed is said to be General 108 in Water Margin. Mr Liu Bowen once played two books in front of Emperor Hongwu, saying, "Shi Naian is ten times better than the minister. If you teach him to be an official, you must have good political achievements. " Emperor Wu of Hong allowed him to play and sent a letter to Jiangyin to call him back to Beijing. After several phone calls, he just shirked his illness and refused the imperial edict. He is very capable. In addition to making a fuss, he can also treat diseases, divination, fortune telling, watching Feng Shui, boxing and so on.
Anecdotes of characters
Records of Wang Daosheng's Epitaph of Shi Naian in the Early Ming Dynasty
There are few materials about Shi Naian's life story, and some records collected are quite contradictory. It is said that he was from Suzhou and later moved to Huai 'an. He was an official in Qiantang for two years, but he abandoned his official position and left behind closed doors.
The descendants of Shi Zhichang were brilliant and courageous from an early age.
According to the analysis of these materials:
Shi Naian is a descendant of Shi Zhichang, one of the seventy-two sons of Confucius.
Shi Naian is smart, studious, talented, filial and brave.
Jinshi, who was on the same list as Liu Bowen, returned to his hometown after abandoning his official position for three years.
19 years old is a scholar, 28 years old is a scholar, and 36 years old is tied with Liu Bowen.
He served as an official in Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang) for three years. Because he was dissatisfied with the darkness of officialdom, he didn't want to meet dignitaries, gave up his official position and returned to his hometown. When Zhang Shicheng rose up against Yuan, Shi Naian took part in his military activities. After Zhang occupied the Soviet Union, he participated in the planning under his protection and was closely related to his Ministry. Later, due to Zhang's lust for pleasure and lack of advice, Lu Yuan, Liu Liang and Chen were able to write poems and songs, but they were rarely circulated. There are few records in history books. Even if some materials are clearly recorded, the authenticity and credibility of the materials themselves have not been recognized. We think he is probably from Hangzhou and has lived in Hangzhou for at least a long time. Some people speculate that he may be a book club talent who specializes in writing scripts for storytellers, or he may be a storyteller who is good at writing calligraphy. He lived in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. His ancestral home was Gu Guan, and he lived in seclusion and wrote behind closed doors. Some people say that he had a good friendship with Zhang Shicheng, the leader of the peasant uprising in the late Yuan Dynasty. Bian Zhang Xiang pointed out in Shaw's Shan Jutu: "The Water Margin edited by Zhongshi in Wulin is particularly popular." Today, people agree that Shi Naian is the author of Water Margin. Others think it was co-authored by disciple Luo Guanzhong or a sequel by Luo Guanzhong.
In order to avoid disaster, Shi Naian moved his family to Huai 'an.
According to historical records, there is still Shi Naian, but there are few records about his life story. In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to recommend Shi Naian as his chief of staff, but he refused after repeated requests. It is said that Zhang Shicheng visited him personally and saw him writing the book "Biography of Jianghu Vendors" in his study, which is also called "Water Margin". Later, when Zhang Shicheng was defeated, Shi Naian moved his family to Huai 'an to avoid disaster, and continued to write "Qiu Jiang Farewell", among which ancient poems and Liu Liang's poems were handed down from generation to generation. In order to avoid being drafted by the Ming Dynasty, Shi Naian buried the bones of his ancestor Nai 'an in Baiju West Lake (now Shijiaqiao Village, Xinduo Town, Xinghua City, Jiangsu Province) and asked Wang Daosheng to write an epitaph for Shi Naian.
He wrote outlaws of the Marsh in seclusion and died within a few years.
When Zhang Shicheng rose up against Yuan, Shi Naian took part in his military activities. After Zhang occupied the Soviet Union, Shi participated in the planning under his protection and had a close relationship with his Ministry Bian. Later Shi Naian, Lu Yuan, Liu Liang, Chen Ji, etc. Disappointed, they left one after another because Zhang was greedy for pleasure and lacked advice. When seeing Lu and Liu Xiang off, he composed a divertimento "New Water Makes Qiu Jiang Farewell" to express his generous grief. Soon, Zhang Shicheng died and the country was ruined. Stone travels all over the world, roaming in Shandong and Henan. He befriended her, was taught by Yuncheng County, and then lived with her teacher in the early days of the Xu family in Jiangyin. Later, he returned to his old white pony, unable to live in seclusion, and felt that the situation was going downhill. He wrote the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the Legend of Misui Pingyao with his apprentice Luo Guanzhong. He is also good at poetry, but it is rarely circulated. Besides the divertimento Qiu Jiang Farewell, there are other poems handed down, such as Gu Ti's poems and Liu Liang's poems. Shi Naian hid in Huai 'an to avoid the Ming Dynasty conscription, died of illness and was buried on the spot at the age of 75. Decades after Naian's death, Sun Wenyu's family flourished. Gao Ru's "Hundred Rivers Record" contains: "Loyalty and Righteousness Water Margin 100 Volume. Qiantangben Edited by Luo Guanzhong. " In the forty-five years of Jiajing, Lang Ying said in the seven-revision manuscript: "This book is the book of Shi Naian in Qiantang. A few years after writing Water Margin, Shi Naian died of illness. The Water Margin has been passed down from generation to generation!
Beat a bully
One day in the early Ming Dynasty, Shi Naian was playing on a tea mountain when he suddenly met a bully who was robbing a farmer's tea garden. He is very angry, so stop it at once. The bully saw that people were right and had to run away. Later, however, after the bully inquired about the visitor's residence, he hired a gang of thugs to surround Shi Naian's residence. When Shi Naian saw this scene, he just smiled and walked out of the door with great composure. When the mob saw him with his bare hands, they rushed in. One of the big black-faced men, armed with iron bars, took the wind and cut Shi Naian's head off. Shi Naian shook his head sideways, and a "flag-waving" let him pass in front of the stick, so he grabbed the iron bar with both hands, and at the same time, his right foot flew up, just kicking on the big fellow's lower abdomen, and that guy rolled out of a mile. Shi Naian danced with iron bars and swept like a whirlwind, scaring the guys to flee everywhere.
Beat a gangster with a stick
One year during the Lantern Festival, Shi Naian went to the streets to watch lanterns. Suddenly I saw a rogue insulting a woman at the end of the street. He got angry, lifted the guy up with his right hand and threw him to the ground like a dead dog. The hooligans were so scared that they repeatedly kowtowed for mercy that Shi Naian spared him. But the next day, the guy gathered seven or eight hooligans to get back at him. Shi Naian unhurriedly found a thick rope, let the hooligans tie his legs with it, and then told them to pull hard. However, despite their blushing and thick necks, Shi Naian's feet seemed to be rooted and motionless. Then, he took out his iron bar, made an "oolong wagging its tail" and interrupted a big poplar tree beside him with a click. When the hooligans saw that he had such a skill, they knew that they had met a master and kowtowed and gave up. Later, when I wrote Water Margin, I also incorporated this personal experience into the plot of surrendering the local ruffians in Suoguo Temple.
relevant information
The origin of the name
Shi Naian is writing a book while giving lectures. One day, in the Water Margin, he wrote a passage about Shi Xiu killing Pei Ruhai and a monk knocking on a wooden fish. Suddenly thought of Torinji's wooden mallet, a mystery. He asked Xu Qi: Why do you keep the wooden mallet in this temple like a treasure? Xu Qi said: There lived an old monk in this buddhist nun. He is sincere in chanting and worshipping Buddha, knocking on wooden fish while chanting Buddha. Then he pointed to Muyuwa and said, Look, if you want them to know, read and study, you must concentrate. Hearing this, Shi Naian nodded again and again: When writing a book, we should also have that kind of perseverance! Afterwards, he wrote down the word "Nai 'an" and put it on the lintel, which meant telling himself to overcome all difficulties and write the Water Margin well. Outsiders don't know what it means, so they call him "Mr. Naian". After a long time, he also thought the name was good, so he changed it to Shi Naian.
Textual research on native place
1. Suzhou said
Write it in the genealogy and ancestral temple.
In the fourth year of Xianfeng (1854), Chen Guangde (word) prefaced Shi's Genealogy:
"My clan, Su moved to Yue, Mr. Bai Juchang was born at the beginning of Ming Hongwu, moved from Su to Xinghua, and then moved from Xinghua to Bai Juchang. Epitaph of Mr. Yang Yihe, the second emperor of Chu Shi. At that time, Shijia moved to Sushijiaqiao, that is, Tian Lu changed his name to Jiayin Department in the fourth year of Qing Xianfeng in Shijiaqiao, and two days later, he was given a Jinshi scholarship and a first-class bow of Chen Guangde. "
In the fifth year of Xianfeng, the fourteenth grandson also wrote in the Notes on the Establishment of the Shishi Ancestral Hall: "My ancestor was an Angong, who moved from Su to Xing in the early Ming Dynasty and then moved to Bai Juchang. "
These two paragraphs clearly show that Shi Naian moved from Suzhou to Xinghua and then to Baijuchang during the Hongwu period in the early Ming Dynasty.
Zhao Boying and Kipling's Chronicle of Shi Naian said:
"Autumn of 1296 (Cheng Yuanzong Yuanzhen was two years old and Bing Shen was one year old). He was born in Shijiaxiang, outside Suzhou, with the name Yan Duan, the word An, and the nameNo.. Naian. My father's name is Shi Yuan De, and the word evergreen, and my mother's name is Bian Shi. Shi is a descendant of Shi Zhichang, a disciple of Confucius.
A.D. 1308 (13th year of Yuan Chengzong Dade) was thirteen years old and studied at Jishi Family School in Hushu outside Suzhou.
13 1 1 year-old (from Yuan Wuzong to senior year), fifteen years old, continuing to study in Jijia. After studying at Ji's home for a long time, Mr. Ji's daughter married him.
A.D. 13 14 (the first year of Yuan Renzong) was nineteen years old. He won a scholar and married Ji. "
According to the above statement, Shi Naian is not only a native of Suzhou, but also a native of Suzhou and has a wife in Suzhou, so he is a native of Suzhou.
2. Xinghua said
Ming dynasty documents can prove it.
In recent years, Shi Naian's ancestral home in Suzhou has been questioned by academic circles. In 2003, Suzhou magazine published an article on Huang Cheng's "Discrimination of his ancestral home", which questioned his ancestral home in Suzhou.
The Epitaph of Shigong, the Son of Shi Naian, written by Yang Xin in Huainan in the 4th year of Jingtai (1455);
"Chu Shi ShiGong, taboo, word with modesty. The initiator was Yang Xinghua, and later moved to the famous white horse house in Hailing. The first man resisted the temple, and the yuan was not a scholar, but expensive and not an official. At the beginning of the country, when the book was collected, it was a long story. Live in seclusion in water margin. Accumulate virtue and be tired, and neighbors call virtue. Natural modesty, little ambition. Jingtai is four years old. In February, Mao Yi can walk upright for five days. Written by Yang Xin, a road flyover of a crane in Huainan, the people inside read books and Chen Jingzhe usurped them.
Huang Cheng believes that this is the earliest and most direct document about Shi Zuji.
It is reported that this epitaph of Shigong is contained in an early version of Shijia genealogy. Genealogy was found in 1952, but it was destroyed in the later political movement.
1June, 962, a cultural relic about the origin of stone was discovered. Zhao, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of Xinghua County Committee, found words on the square brick at the bottom of the reed of Chen Daxiang, a farmer in Shijiaqiao. It was identified as the "Land Lord" (an old superstition that after death, family members set up the "Land Lord" to buy land from the Land Lord, which was usually carved on bricks or stones and buried with the coffin of the deceased). This brick was obtained during the period of 1958 when farmers in this village dug grave bricks to build pigsty. Later, according to the excavation and textual research of the cultural relics department, the concession on this "land photo" was Shi Naian's second son.
Twenty years later, another cultural relic that caused a sensation at home and abroad was unearthed near Shi Lang's tomb, which is the epitaph brick of Tinzo, Chu Shi. According to textual research, the owner of the tomb is great-grandson Shi, who was buried in Jiajing of Ming Dynasty for three years (1524). What is particularly commendable is that the epitaph mentions that Shi's great-grandfather is called Shi Yuan De, and his great-grandfather Yan Duan (that is, the second season) "set out from Huiyuan to Zhejiang, (hence) home. And Shiping, Huai's former residence Xinghua, (also) Bai Juyi, was born humble. " The name, landmark and age of Shi's great-grandfather are consistent with the historical materials and cultural relics published and discovered twice before.
This epitaph brick, together with the epitaph and ground photos, clearly provides the genealogy of the stone family in the Five Dynasties, and reveals for the first time that Shi Yuan De, his father, once lived in Xinghua. Huang _ Cheng believes that this lineage and "Xinghua, Huai's former residence" are the most powerful evidence and the clearest annotation of "Xinghua, the originator of the world".
Today, there are still descendants living in Shijiaqiao Village, Xinduo Town, Xinghua City, which is strikingly similar to the portrait of Shi Naian.
3. Xing Wu said
Discrimination of the director of memorial hall
Dou Yingyuan, director of Shi Naian Memorial Hall, said that Shi Naian's ancestral home is neither Xinghua nor Suzhou, but Zhejiang.
There used to be a couplet in the ancestral temple in Shi Jia: Wu Xingmian Shize, and Yan Ming was sealed when he came out of the water. Dou Yingyuan said that Xing Wu is now Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, and Shi Naian's father, Shi Yuande, is engaged in water transportation, which is called "boatman" in relevant historical materials. Later, Shi Yuan De settled in Xinghua, and Shi Naian was born in Baijuchang.
Dou Yingyuan thinks that Shi Naian's birthplace, imperial examination, year of birth and death, etc. It has always been foggy, and many statements need further clarification. "For example, there is a saying that the scholar was admitted to the imperial examination in the second year of Yuan Dynasty (133 1)", but according to the official data of Yuan Dynasty, among the scholars who graduated from the imperial examination in the second year of Shun Dynasty, the name could not be found. "Shi Naian is a monkey. At the age of 35, he became famous as a scholar and lived to be 75 years old. There is no doubt about this. However, if he was a scholar in the examination in the second year of Yuan Dynasty, he was born in 1296 and died in 1370. However, according to the unearthed cultural relics, Shi Naian's son Shi Lang was born in 1373. Did Shi Naian give birth to a son three years after his death? "
So, how did Shi Naian gain the reputation as a scholar?
Dou Yingyuan believes that Shi Naian's Jinshi was not obtained through the imperial examination in the Yuan Dynasty, but was sealed by Zhang Shicheng. "In the 14th year of Yuan Dynasty (1354), Zhang Shicheng established political power in Gaoyou, and the title of Zhou sealed a number of scholars' fame, including. In this way, it can be calculated that Shi Naian was born in 1320, and this year happens to be the Year of the Monkey, which coincides with his zodiac sign, and also solves the paradox of "having children three years after death". "
Dou Yingyuan said that many activities in Shi Naian are closely related to Zhang Shicheng. When studying Shi Naian, we should "bind" it with Zhang Shicheng, so that many mysteries can be solved.
Suzhou Jieyuan
The indissoluble bond between Shi Naian and Suzhou.
Where is Shi Naian's ancestral home? There are different opinions in this field, and there is no conclusion. However, it is undeniable that Shi Naian and Suzhou have deep roots.
In all kinds of statements about Shi Naian's native place, he mentioned a place-Baijuchang. To be sure, he once lived here for a long time. So, where is the white pony farm?
Bai Juchang, one of the ancient salt fields in Huaihe River, was the hometown of Zhang Shicheng in the 13th year of Yuan Dynasty (1353). In Bai Juyi area, Zhang Shicheng led the "eighteen poles" to establish an anti-Yuan uprising.
According to records, after Zhang Shicheng started his army, he appreciated Wen Tao's military strategy in Shi Naian and invited him to serve as a military curtain for many times. Shi Naian readily accepted the idea of "saving the world" and provided many strategies for Zhang Shicheng to attack the city and seize the land. Later, he followed Zhang Shicheng to Pingjiang (Suzhou), where he kept close contact with Bian. Later, Zhang Shicheng took credit and acted arbitrarily.
According to these historical facts, some scholars put forward a compromise view: Shi Naian was originally from Xinghua, and then came to Suzhou with Zhang Shicheng, and stayed in Suzhou for a period of time. After the fall of Zhang Shicheng, the Ming government investigated his staff everywhere, and Shi Naian returned to his hometown in Jiangbei to avoid disaster.
Some scholars believe that the theme of Shi Naian's immortal masterpiece "The Water Margin" is related to the surging peasant uprising at the end of Yuan Dynasty, and the 108 heroes in Liangshan, Shui Bo are actually the shadows of the rebel generals at the end of Yuan Dynasty.
More than ten miles to the east, Shi Naian Memorial Hall is built in Baiju Town, Dafeng City. The old flower shop here is said to be the place where Shi Naian wrote books. Surrounded by clear water, the harbor rustles, sand birds fly low, fishing boats sing slowly, reeds are dense and have a strong water margin flavor. Visitors who come here will doubt that they really came to Liangshan, Shui Bo.
Commemoration of future generations
Zhudaoan tomb
From Shi Naian Memorial Hall (now Shijiaqiao, Xinduo Town, Xinghua City, Taizhou), Shi Naian Cemetery is more than ten miles to the west. A brick three-door archway stands in front of the tomb, and a stone carving of "Nai 'an Gongfang" hangs on the middle beam. The mausoleum is hidden among pines and cypresses, and the stone tablet inscribed by Zhao Puchu "Rebuilding Shi Naian's Tomb" stands in front of the tomb. There is also a green island nearby, and a small river flows around it. People look down from a height, but they are like hydrangeas on a lion's plate, so they are commonly called "land of geomantic omen". Zhang Huiren, an associate researcher at the Institute of Literature of Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, said:
On the other side, the white pony is misty, and the lion with the ball is bathed in the morning sunshine.
Nai Anchun lies down calmly and comments are judged by people.
memorial hall
brief introduction
1992, the governments of National Cultural Heritage Administration, Jiangsu and Dafeng allocated special funds for Shi Naian Memorial Hall. Construction started in August, and 1993 was completed.
Shi Naian Memorial Hall is located on Huajiaduo Island in the western suburb of Baiju Town, Dafeng City, Jiangsu Province. It is said that it was the place where Shi Naian wrote his book. Surrounded by clear water, the harbor rustles, sand birds fly low, fishing boats sing slowly, reeds are dense, and there is a strong flavor of Water Margin. Visitors who come here will doubt that they have really come to Liaoerwa in Shui Bo, Liangshan. People walk up Huajiaduo from Shui Bo Bridge in the south and turn east to find Shi Naian Memorial Hall, which covers an area of 28 15 square meters, of which the building area is 1478 square meters.
Internal structure of museum
Walking into the plaque gate of the memorial hall inscribed by the famous calligrapher Qi Gong, you can see a 3.8-meter-high marble statue (made by sculptor Ye). The front and rear halls, the left and right side halls, the left and right stele corridors, and the half pavilions built on both sides of the backyard are rigorous and interesting. The first room is the reception hall. Erjin is the admiration hall. Above the gate hangs the "Light of the Country" inscribed by the female calligrapher Xiao Xian, and there are a pair of couplets (written by the famous calligrapher Zang and the poet) on the doorposts on both sides:
Keep a low profile, and a generation of talents will be in an invincible position;
Turbulent and clear, writing strange books for thousands of years. It is equipped with images of Shi Naian's books and whereabouts drawn by China painters; There are 48 silk comic books about life in Shi Naian. Zhenjiang calligrapher Li Zonghai wrote a couplet saying:
Self-sacrifice is chivalrous, but it is based on Lu Da, Song Wu and Li Kui JY;
It was written by Chao Gai, Song Jiang and Wu Yong.
Then, there is the Cultural Relics Museum, with the inscription "Wen Du" by calligrapher Wu Zhongqi hanging on it. There is a pair of couplets (written by Chen Dayu, a famous calligrapher, and Tong Bin, a poet) on the doorposts on both sides:
A hundred times of "Water Margin", grasp the faithfulness and treachery in the Spring and Autumn Period, and eliminate the barriers between the ages;
A song "Qiu Jiang", bearing coquettish thoughts and worrying about the chaos, Wen Yuan in Wuzhou looks up to the master.
Collection of historical relics
Shi Naian's historical relics are displayed in the museum, which is divided into four parts: Shi Naian's family background, life story, writing anecdotes and social influence. There are hundreds of historical materials such as Shi's life, unearthed only son Shi Gongrang, Shi Gongrang's epitaph and great-grandson's epitaph, which have solved the "Shi Naian mystery" that has not been solved for hundreds of years. According to incomplete statistics, since Jiajing period, there have been 53 versions of Water Margin in China. It is also widely circulated abroad. South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Italy, France, Russia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania and other countries have translations of Water Margin. American versions include Water Margin, Selected Works of Water Margin, China's classical novel Water Margin, Water Margin Vocabulary, Wild Pig Forest and so on. There are more than 20 Japanese versions, and famous national poets and painters such as Cang Kejia and Feng Qiyong praised Shi Naian's various works of art in Wings. Shi Naian and his work Water Margin have great influence. In China, there are China Water Margin Society, Zhejiang Water Margin Society, Shandong Liangshan Water Margin Research Society, Yancheng Water Margin Society, Dafeng Shi Naian Research Society and other academic groups specializing in Shi Naian and Water Margin, which hold seminars and publish publications. After the large-scale TV series "Water Margin" was broadcast, the audience was hundreds of millions. As Japanese sinologist Yan Puwen said, "Water Margin is an earth-shattering essay, the crown of China's novels and an excellent classical novel in the world literary world". Lu Qingbin, a doctor from London University, traveled across the ocean, not far from Wan Li to visit Shi Naian in Dafeng Baiju. Shi Naian is not only a literary master in China, but also a celebrity in the world literary world. The Water Margin is not only a treasure of China literature and art, but also the essence of world literature.
ancestral temple
After his death, a shrine was built and destroyed in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.
After his death, his first 12 grandson Shi Dianbang initiated the transformation of his former residence in Baiju Town into a stone ancestral hall. Later, after several repairs and expansions, it became Sanjin, and there was an auditorium next to the hall. The first entrance is the hall, which has a teahouse; The second is the bookstore where the artist said "Water Margin"; The third entrance is Yin Fu Hall, which is dedicated to the spirits of Shi Naian, the ancestor of a thousand lines, and his descendants, and is used to worship ancestors here every spring and autumn. Unfortunately, the Stone Temple was destroyed in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.