Song Jiang
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Song Jiang was a Chinese rebel who led an armed uprising against the ruling Song dynasty in the early 12th century. He and his followers marauded a region straddling the present-day provinces of Shand
an illustration of Song Jiang by Chen Hongshou
Yan Poxi and Song Jiang, from a 2015 Peking opera performance in the Tianchan Theatre in Shanghai.
Li Kui (Water Margin)
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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.
Song Jiang
…They see Song Jiang off on his journey to Jiangzhou after that. At the Jiangzhou prison, Song Jiang meets and befriends the warden Dai Zong, the jailer Li Kui, and Zhang Shun, Zhang Heng's younger brother. He has an easy life in Jiangzhou as he is allowed to move freely in and out of the prison. One day, he…
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.