Li Kui is a fictional character in Water Margin, one of the Classic Chinese Novels. Nicknamed "Black Whirlwind", he ranks 22nd among the 36 Heavenly Spirits, the first third of the 108 Heroes.
Statue of Li Kui at Mount Liang
An 1887 woodblock print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, depicting Li Kui (bottom) wrestling with Zhang Shun underwater
A stone statue of Li Kui at Hengdian World Studios.
"Li Kui storms the Hall of Loyalty", a Qing dynasty Yangliuqing woodblock print depicting Li Kui attacking Song Jiang by the mistake. From left to right: Wu Song, Gu Dasao, Sun Erniang, Hu Sanniang, Guan Sheng, the emissary, a maid, Gongsun Sheng, Song Jiang, Wu Yong, Li Kui, Lin Chong, Chai Jin, Zhu Tong, Liu Tang and Yan Qing.
Water Margin, also called Outlaws of the Marsh or All Men Are Brothers, is a Chinese novel from the Ming dynasty. Attributed to Shi Nai'an, it is regarded as one of the earliest great Chinese novels w
Li Kui (Water Margin)
…Li Kui is a fictional character in Water Margin, one of the Classic Chinese Novels. Nicknamed "Black Whirlwind", he ranks 22nd among the 36 Heavenly Spirits, the first third of the 108 Heroes. A…
A page from a block-printed version of the novel Water Margin, brought to Copenhagen, Denmark in the early part of the 17th-century
A flag that says "Act in Heaven's Behalf" (Chinese: 替天行道; pinyin: Tì Tiān Xíng Dào) on Mount Liang in Liangshan County, Shandong.
Lu Zhishen uproots a tree (Summer Palace mural)
A Qing dynasty depiction of the Liangshan heroes battling Fang La