Character Experience Character Background

The first time Hu Sanniang was mentioned in "Water Margin" was when Yang Xiong, Shi Xiu, and Shi Qian planned to go to Liangshan, but they burned down Zhujiadian. After Qian was captured, Yang Xiong happened to meet Du Xing, the grimace he had saved. Du Xing was working as a supervisor at Lijiazhuang of Li Ying's family in Dulonggang, so he told Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu about the situation in Zhujiazhuang, Hujiazhuang and Lijiazhuang. When it comes to Hujiazhuang, it is said that the owner of the village, Taigong Hu, has a son, Feitianhu Hucheng, and a daughter, Qinghu Sanniang. Later, when Song Jiang attacked Zhujiazhuang, he sent Shi Xiu to visit the village. Old man Zhongli in Zhujiazhuang told Shi Xiu that Zhu Biao, the third son of Zhu Chaofeng in Zhujiazhuang, was engaged to Hu Sanniang. Capture Wang Ying alone

As soon as Song Jiang failed to defeat Zhujiazhuang, he followed Yang Xiong's suggestion and went to Li Ying to discuss it. Li Ying did not want to see him, so Du Xing told Song Jiang himself that Zhu Biao had offended Li Therefore, if Zhujiazhuang is attacked, Lijiazhuang will not rescue him, but he must beware of Hujiazhuang and help Zhujiazhuang. He also tells Song Jiang about Hu Sanniang's situation.

Song Jiang led his troops outside Zhujiazhuang. Suddenly, a group of troops and horses came from the west direction. He left some people to guard the back door of Zhujiazhuang. He brought Ou Peng and Wang Ying with him, and divided half of his troops to fight. That group of soldiers and horses turned out to be led by Hu Sanniang. He had twenty or thirty cavalrymen and three to five hundred villagers.

Hu Sanniang is riding on a green-maned horse with two swords, the sun and the moon. Among the Liangshan troops, Wang Ying was lustful. Seeing that she was a female general, she wanted to capture her, so she went into battle with her pistol and fought her for more than ten times. Wang Ying was at a disadvantage. It turned out that Wang Ying was teasing Hu Sanniang while fighting. Hu Sanniang was angry and slashed at Wang Ying with her swords. Wang Ying couldn't fight and tried to escape. Hu Sanniang caught up with him and captured him alive. Captured up the mountain

Seeing that Wang Ying was captured, Ou Peng went into battle to fight against Hu Sanniang, but Hu Sanniang was very powerful and Ou Peng could not take advantage of her. Then Zhu Long from the Zhujiazhuang side, and Deng Fei, Ma Lin, and Qin Ming from the Liangshan side also joined the battle. Ma Lin also used double swords. When fighting Hu Sanniang, the book said that the two pairs of double swords seemed to be "flying in the wind." Jade shavings, snow scattered Qionghua."

Qin Ming was captured by Luan Tingyu, a teacher in Zhujiazhuang, so Ma Lin left Hu Sanniang to protect Song Jiang. Being chased by Zhu Long and Hu Sanniang, at this time, the other groups from Liangshan also arrived. Hu Sanniang's fiancé Zhu Biao also joined the battle, and the two sides fell into a melee.

Hu Sanniang saw Song Jiang riding around looking for any heroes who were lost, so she chased Song Jiang on flying horses. She happened to meet Li Kui, so she had to change direction, but she ran into Lin Chong again. Then he was captured by Lin Chong.

After Hu Sanniang was captured, the people of the Song Dynasty sent her back to Liangshanbo overnight and handed her over to the custody of her father Song Taigong. He "had his own destiny" and everyone thought that Song Jiang wanted to marry her as his wife. , be careful during the escort. Marry Wang Ying

When Hu Sanniang's brother Hu Cheng saw his sister being captured, he asked to see Song Jiang. The two parties agreed that Hujiazhuang would no longer help Zhujiazhuang against Liangshan. If anyone from Zhujiazhuang defected to Hujiazhuang, Hucheng would arrest him. Get up and give it to Song Jiang so that Hu Sanniang can be put back.

Later, Liangshan, with the assistance of Sun Li and others who defected from Dengzhou, broke through Zhujiazhuang. Zhu Biao fled to Hujiazhuang, but was captured by Hu Cheng's people and wanted to sacrifice him to Song Jiang, but he failed. Encountering Li Kui on the road, Li Kui chopped off Zhu Biao with an axe, and then chased Hu Cheng to chop him down. Hu Cheng abandoned his home and ran for his life. Li Kui became red-eyed, rushed to Hujiazhuang, and killed everyone in Hujiazhuang, old and young. After he came back to report to Song Jiang, he was reprimanded by Song Jiang, but he was atoneed by the general for killing enemy generals Zhu Biao and Zhu Hu.

Liangshan generals returned to the mountain victoriously. Hu Sanniang, who was on Liangshan Mountain, had been adopted as an adopted daughter by Song Taigong. Song Jiang had previously promised Wang Ying a marriage in Qingfeng Mountain, so he asked Hu Sanniang to marry Wang Ying. Hu Sanniang had no choice but to agree "seeing Song Jiang's deep loyalty". All the generals from Chao Gai on down expressed their congratulations and held a grand banquet that day. Shuibo Female General

Since then, Hu Sanniang has become a female leader on Liangshan Mountain, and she and her husband Wang Ying are assigned to act together most of the time on the mountain. Later, Hu Sanniang basically participated in many battles in Liangshan.

When Hu Yanzhuo led troops to attack Liangshan, Hu Sanniang used a red cotton lasso to capture his deputy general Peng ^. He fought with Hu Yanzhuo for many rounds, and his martial arts won Hu Yanzhuo's praise.

When Liangshan fought with Guan Sheng's army, Hu Sanniang played the banner of "The female general is one foot green" (Jin Shengtan originally changed the banner to "The beauty is one foot green"), and later used a red cotton lasso to capture Guan The victorious deputy general Hao Siwen (Jin Shengtan was originally named Xuanzan).

During the attack on Dongping Mansion, Hu Sanniang and Sun Erniang captured Dong Ping together and handed him over to Song Jiang.

The leader of the horse army was investigated within the three armies.

In the war where Tong Guan was defeated twice and Gao Qi was defeated three times, Hu Sanniang and Wang Ying both led troops to participate. Southern Expedition and Northern War

After Liangshan was recruited, Hu Sanniang and Wang Ying participated in the conquest of Liao, Conquest of Tianhu, Conquest of Wangqing, and Conquest of Fangla as generals.

During the campaign against Liao, Hu Sanniang fought with Princess Dalibo of Tianshou of Liao Kingdom. The two fought together, and Wang Ying took the opportunity to capture Dalibo alive.

When conquering Tianhu, Hu Sanniang killed the opponent's general Sheng Ben. When fighting against the opponent's female general Qiong Ying, Wang Ying became lustful and was defeated. Hu Sanniang cursed Qiong Ying as a "thief and a bitch" and fought with her, but could not gain the upper hand, so Sister-in-law Gu also came to help. , the three women fought until they were more than twenty, Qiong Ying turned her horse and ran away. While chasing, Hu Sanniang hit Qiong Ying with a flying stone in her wrist, left a knife and returned to the main formation.

During the conquest of Wang Qing, Hu Sanniang had no particularly outstanding achievements.

In the "Water Margin" (the earliest simplified version of the story of conquering Tianhu and Wang Qing), Hu Sanniang captured the opponent's general Lu Yuanxian when conquering Tianhu. Character endings

During the conquest of Fangla, Hu Sanniang still often fought with Wang Ying, including capturing alive the "Diao Ke God" among the "Twelve Gods of Jiangnan" and Wen Ke, one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Hangzhou" Let's achieve success.

Hou Sanniang and Wang Ying followed Song Jiang to Wulongling. It was difficult to capture the Wulongling pass, so they went to capture Muzhou first. Fang La sent "Lingying Tianshi" Bao Daoyi and his apprentice "Zheng Demon Lord" Zheng Biao, as well as Orion-born general Xia Houcheng to rescue Ying. Wang Ying and Hu Sanniang, husband and wife, led an army of 3,000 horses and met Zheng Biao. Zheng Biao fought with Wang Ying first. In the middle of the battle, he suddenly used magic to conjure a golden armored god, which scared Wang Ying into panic. Being stabbed off his horse. When Hu Sanniang saw her husband fell from his horse, he hurriedly came to rescue her and fought with Zheng Biao. Zheng Biao returned to his horse and left. When Hu Sanniang chased her, Zheng Biao hit her in the face with a gold-plated copper brick, knocking her off her horse and killing her. It is written here in the book: "It is a pity that I can fight with beautiful women, and this is just an erotic dream."

After the conquest of Fangla, Hu Sanniang was granted the title of Lady of Huayang County by the Song Dynasty court.

The above plot is mainly based on the content of the 120-chapter version of "Water Margin". The plots of some other versions are slightly different. For example, there is no Zheng Tianhu and Wang Qing in the 100-chapter version, and Zhengtian Hu in various simplified versions. , Wang Qing's part of the plot is completely different from the 120-chapter version. Jin Shengtan commented that the 70-chapter version does not have the plot after the Dajuyi and there are many differences before the Dajuyi that are different from other versions. Most of these differences, involving Hu Sanniang, have been noted in the article. Source research Origin of nickname

Yizhang Qinghu Sanniang is one of the few characters among the seventy-two evil spirits in Liangshan whose prototype can be found before the book "Water Margin" was written. Many scholars have conducted research in this area over the years.

Hu Sanniang's nickname "Yizhangqing" is often the focus of research in this area, because the book does not explain in detail why she had this nickname, and the name "Yizhangqing" was already used in the Song Dynasty It is indeed popular, and its specific meanings are quite diverse, most of which are related to indicating taller height.

According to the "Three Dynasties Beimeng Huibian", Ma Gao at the turn of the Song Dynasty (close to the period told in "Water Margin") had a wife (some say a daughter) named "Yizhang Qing" , was also a female general. Later, Ma Gao was beheaded and Yi Zhangqing was tainted by Lu. She later married Zhang Yong, a military general who had joined Yue Fei's subordinates.

The poem in praise of Yan Qing in "People's Praise" is: "How do I know your name in the streets and streets of Pingkang? In the spring scenery of Taihang, there is a foot of green."

Early images

The couple "Yizhang Qing" and "Wang Xiaohu" have appeared in Yuan dramas. In "Fei Yi Meng" by the great dramatist Guan Hanqing, there is "Biji" "Take the king's dwarf tiger and wrap it around one foot of green". In the Water Margin opera "Wang Dwarf Tiger Makes Trouble in Dongping Mansion", there is also the sentence "This is Wang Dwarf Tiger, and this is his wife's one foot young". The play should be created in the Ming Dynasty, but judging from the content , the author was not greatly influenced by the novel "Water Margin". In the novel "Water Margin", although these two people have names, in most cases they are still called "Wang Xiaohu" and "Yizhang Qing", even when they are juxtaposed with other heroes' names rather than nicknames. In this way, it can be seen from these signs that the image of this couple is likely to be a fixed match that existed before "Water Margin". Among the existing Water Margin operas from the Yuan and Ming dynasties, most of them only involve the "Thirty-Six People of Songjiang" who roughly coincide with the Thirty-Six Tiangang. The only exceptions are Wang Aohu and Yi Zhangqing. The identity of the couple appeared in many Water Margin dramas. Image evolution

The name "Hu Sanniang" given to Yi Zhangqing should be shaped by the novel "Water Margin". According to research, the reason why she has the surname "Hu" is probably because the author borrowed it Because Hu Cheng is a historical figure, Hu Cheng lived at the turn of the Song Dynasty (close to the era described in "Water Margin"). He was a military commander of the same era as Yue Fei and others. He and his whole family were all Killed by Qi Fang. Hu Cheng in "Water Margin" "later also became an officer and general in Zhongxing Nei", which coincides with the historical Hu Cheng, and Li Kui's destruction of Hu's family village may also be adapted from the historical records of Qi Fang's destruction of Hu Cheng's family. . The author of the novel related Hu Cheng to "Yizhang Qing", hence the name "Hu Sanniang". Character Evaluation Original Hymn

Chapter 48 (120 chapters)

The cicada has double golden hairpins on its temples, and the phoenix shoes and precious stirrups are stepped on diagonally. The chain armor is lined with red gauze, and the embroidered ribbon is stretched across the waist. The frost knife chopped down the heroes indiscriminately, and the jade fiber captured the fierce generals alive. Naturally beautiful begonia flowers, Yi Zhang Qing should be the first to take action.

Chapter 63 (120 chapters)

Yuxue’s skin looks like hibiscus and has a natural quality. The golden armor is brilliant, the scales are moving, and the silver is seeping red and wiping the forehead. The jade hands are slender, holding precious swords in both hands. He is a hero, his eyes are wandering, and he is charming in all kinds of ways. The galloping BMW is standing behind, the frost blade is like the wind, and it wants to kill the officers and soldiers. The powdery face is covered with dust, the robe is wet with sweat, and the chest and armpits are full of murderous aura. The warriors are stunned, the enemies are frightened, and the female generals are strange. Returning victorious, with a faint smile on his cheeks.

Chapter 55 (Rong Yutang's 100-chapter version)

The heroic and majestic Hu Sanniang, the lasso and the two swords cannot be used. Capturing the pioneer Peng ^ arrived alive, and Liang Shanshui became more glorious.

Chapter ninety-seven (the elegy in Rong Yutang's 100-chapter edition, the position is equivalent to the 117th chapter of the 120-chapter edition)

The flowers' appearance is wonderfully renewed, and they die He died serving his country. I borrowed the Spring and Autumn Pen, and the female generation Zhongliang passed this man down. The swords and halberds were stern for ten miles, and Xue Fuqiu was alone. Those who grumble and forget their emperor after eating their salary, wouldn't they be ashamed if they spread their scrolls and heard the wind? Comments from later generations

As a rare beautiful female general in "Water Margin", Hu Sanniang has always been commented upon. The controversy about her mainly comes from her seemingly disproportionate marriage to Wang Ying, and her lack of any complaints or resistance despite her feud with Li Kui of Liangshan. Modern commentators have several main views on this: First, they say that Hu Sanniang, like Qin Ming, Lu Junyi and other people who were tricked into making money but had no choice but to leave the grass, has "Stockholm Syndrome" and is unwilling to accept the fate of being forced to "become a thief". Submission has become a habit and dependence; secondly, starting from Song Jiang's plan and the attitudes of the heroes towards this matter, they believe that this reflects the low status of women in the ancient patriarchal society at the mercy of others; thirdly, they believe that Hu Sanniang may not know about Hujiazhuang at all. The fourth is that Hu Sanniang has been enduring grief silently, but she has no way to change in such an environment. The author expresses her state of mind through the fact that Hu Sanniang barely spoke after she went up the mountain; the fifth is that Wang Sanniang Ying was actually very good to Hu Sanniang, so the couple actually fell in love very quickly, otherwise Hu Sanniang would not have sacrificed her life to save her husband.

Some commentators believe that Hu Sanniang’s abnormal character and performance do not require too much interpretation. This is just the author’s compilation and processing of the original drama characters Wang Aohu, Yi Zhangqing and his wife, and historical figures. When entering "Water Margin", the problems caused by plot conflicts were not properly handled.

No matter which view they hold, most readers and commentators have a loving and sympathetic attitude toward Hu Sanniang. Commentators often put forward the idea that Hu Sanniang should marry Lin Chong, who captured her alive. Derived image Derived literature

Hu Sanniang appears in some Water Margin sequels and derivative novels.

In Yu Wanchun's "Dang Bandits", Hu Sanniang's performance is mainly in the second half. Wang Ying was killed by the heroine Chen Liqing in the book. Hu Sanniang fought with Chen Liqing to avenge her husband, and was finally killed by Chen Liqing. strangled to death.

In Cheng Shanzhi's "Remn Water Margin", because Song Jiang and others deliberately concealed it, Hu Sanniang did not know about Li Kui's massacre of Hu's family village. Later, Wang Ying and Li Kui had a dispute. Wang Ying leaked the matter in anger, and Hu Sanniang After finding out, he killed Li Kui to take revenge. Song Jiang therefore planned to assassinate Hu Sanniang, but was later stopped by Song Taigong. Hu Sanniang eventually joined the army with Wang Ying and Lu Junyi.

In Zhang Henshui's "New Biography of the Water Margin", Song Jiang led the Liangshan troops to follow Zhang Shuye to fight against the Jin Dynasty, including Hu Sanniang, Wang Ying and others. Later, during the defense of Tokyo, both husband and wife were killed.

In Ba Gu's "Three Kingdoms", Hu Sanniang, like Wang Ying and other Liangshan heroes, returned to the Three Kingdoms era. After Liangshan joined the struggle for hegemony in the Three Kingdoms era, Hu Sanniang and Wang Ying changed camps many times. After Wang Ying was shot to death by Zhang A, Hu Sanniangduo partnered with Ding Desun.

The above are all continuations of the 70-chapter "Water Margin". In the "New Biography of the Water Margin" rewritten by Chu Tongqing, Hu Sanniang married Dong Ping as his wife. Later, Dong Ping was recruited and Song Huizong wanted to accuse Hu Sanniang of having an affair. So Dong Pinghu Sanniang and his wife abandoned their official positions and fled, joining Mu Hong's anti-Jin rebels in the Taihang Mountains. Image of the opera

Hu Sanniang in the opera Hu Sanniang is one of the typical roles of Daomadan in traditional Chinese operas, including "Hujiazhuang", "Three Attacks at Zhujiazhuang", "Shou Guan Sheng", "Capturing Fang La" and "Yuanyang Jian" "The Three Women's War" and other Water Margin-related plays adapted from the original work of "Water Margin" or whose stories are not found in the original work include Hu Sanniang appearing in the play. In addition, there are also "Beauty One Zhang Qing" based on "Dang Kou Zhi" and so on.