Originally posted by babymac13:
It might be true story or frictional i dun really know, but i did
came across some of other classic like Yang Warriors or Taiping
Kingdom, they did say about the descendent of some of the Water
Margin's heros.
Chao Kai move around the entire china to fight war? Well, I always
thought they stay in Liang Shan Po as a self-ruling teritory, i dun
think they move around to fight wars, unless u r talking to about
the final war where they help to fight for govt.
Realistic fiction would omit the "magic" by luo zhen ren and that
courier guy (tai zong i i remember correctly). I don't remember who
Luo Zhen Ren, maybe u can update me on this. But i do remember
there's a emperor called Tang Tai Zong in Tang dantasy.
Well, suddenly came across my mind and i feel that it was not a
frictional story as i remember there's a documentry about this
water margin, where their fort and houses are preserved for
historical value.
"The Water Margin" is a story of outlaws, hence it is unlikely
there would be any officially documented history about the
characters. Most of the events in the book are passed down as
common folklore by word of mouth (hence perhaps the addition of
some mumbo-jumbo to make things more interesting to mainstream
listeners at that time), while the rest came from the writers
themselves.
Though there could be some historical authenticity in the locations
and characters like Song Jiang mentioned in the book, these are
still being questioned by historians as uprisings and rebellions
were common during the tumultuous end of the Northern Song dynasty,
so the presence of outlaw forts could not really prove that the
events in the book actually took place.
Personally one would rather think of it as a partially-fictitous
story set in a historical background. Maybe half of the things in
the book could really have existed and did happen, so the other
half would have to come through using creative license, either by
the writers or by the folks who passed down the stories.
