Lǔ Zhìshēn (鲁智深), nicknamed the “Flowery Monk” (花和尚), or Sagacious Lu (the name his abbot gave him) is a major fictional character in the classic Chinese novel Water Margin. He is the lead in the first major story cycle of novel, in which he comes to epitomize loyalty, strength, justice but also rash action. One [...]

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Wǔ Sōng (武松) was a hero in the Water Margin, one of the four most famous classical works of Chinese literature. He also appeared in Jin Ping Mei, a spinoff of Water Margin. He was famous for his slaying of a tiger with bare hands, and his avenging the murder of his older brother. [...]

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Nicknamed the ‘General of Double Spears’ ((风流双枪将)), Dong Ping (董平) was one of the most feared and highly ranked warriors in the epic Chinese tale, the Water Margin.
Dong Ping was from Shangdang, Hedong. He served in Dongpingfu as a defending general. Besides, being skilful with his double spears in combat, he was also a [...]

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Nicknamed the ‘Featherless Arrow’ (没羽箭), Zhang Qing (张清) was one of the last heroes to join the Liangshan bandits in the epic Chinese tale the Water Margin, and it was probably more than a co-incidence that he was probably the hardest to capture.
Zhang Qing was from Zhangdefu, Henan. He served as a general in [...]

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