A Study On Lu Zhishen's Image In Water Margin

Lu Zhishen is one of the most important figures in the Water margin.In the Southern Song Dynasty,Gong Kai's "Song Jiang 36 people's praise" and the Song Dynasty history books "the Great Song Xuan and the Legacy" contained a description of Lu Zhishen's words.Then the creators of Lu Zhi-shen were influenced by the historical figures and the characters in the literary works,during the creative process,Lu Zhishen's image gradually became rich.The creation of Water margin in the Yuan Dynasty made Lu Zhishen's image more mature until the appearance of "Water Margin" made Lu Zhishen's image completely stereotyped,becoming the familiar Lu Zhishen who set the chivalrous spirit,mechanism,and kindness.In addition,the character of Lu Zhishen in Water Margin is profoundly ideological.From Lu Zhishen we see his pursuit of freedom,as well as the promotion of “mad Zen” ideas and Lu Zhishen's understanding of self.In the aspect of image-building art,the author of Water Margin describes the image of Lu Zhishen as authentic and vivid using descriptions of appearance,psychological description,language description,and complex character and personalized martial arts techniques.