Yayu Book House Gossip, the nickname of the Ruan brothers' nicknames

In addition to Zhang Shun, the Ruan brothers are the top figures of the Liangshanjun army, but their nicknames are suspicious.

In Gong Sheng and "Thirty -Six of Song Jiang", Ruan Xiaofei's nickname is "Short Life Erlang", and Ruan Xiaowu's nickname is "Lidi Tai Sui". In "Water Margin", the two poured each other. Ruan Xiaowu was called "Short Life Erlang", and Ruan Xiaoer was called "Lidi Tai Sui". Why is this?

In "Thirty -Sixth Praise", Ruan Xiaofei's praise is: "Guankou boy, what is short -lived? 曷 曷 曷, Qingyuan Temple food." What does it have to do with Ruan Xiaofe? Confusing. And "， 之 而, Qingyuan Temple Food" seems to be using the code, but it is very cold, which is another fan. Through the "Leisure Reading" of Yunshan idlers in the Qing Dynasty, we know that these two fascinating "Huayang Spring and Autumn and Fuhu Biography". It turned out that this nickname came from the legendary Li Bing's second son Erlang, who was in the water in Sichuan.

Legend has it that Li Bing's second son is called "Erlang" (this Erlang is the ancient mythology. This Erlang was a lamp that was not fuel -saving in his early years. Once Li Bing ordered him to control the Minjiang River. At that time, he was catching up with the flood, and there was a decision on the dam that the flood was unstoppable. Li Bing ordered Erlang to block the decision with his body, and saw that he jumped into the surging flood and sucked the flood into his body. The flood retreated, but Erlang died. Li Bing said: "Erlang Yi is short -lived." It means that he can die in the water control, although he is short -lived, but he dies. But the local people deeply missed the hero who saved people. They said, "Short life? Eternity!" This means that although his life is over, his soul will always live in our hearts. So they set up a god in the local Qingyuan Temple to commemorate the hero for Erlang. Qingyuan Mountain was also named "Erlang Mountain" by the people. Gong Sheng and this allusion praise Ruan Xiaofei, showing that Ruan Xiaofe's original image is a "Feifei" who looks like Li Zhi, Lu Zhishen, and Yan Qing.

Regarding why Ruan Xiaofei is called "Short Life Erlang" and why "Short Life Erlang" has become the nickname of Ruan Xiaowu, Zeng Qingdu in the Qing Dynasty explained another explanation in "Water Margin". It is not "Erlang" himself, but "Erlang" specializes in "short -lived" others. "Short Life Erlang" is the killing Erlang and terrible Erlang who can kill others to describe Ruan Xiaofe's powerful and brave. As for why his nickname was adjusted with Ruan Xiaowu, Zeng Qingdu believed that this was a mistake of the engraved book. "Ming people are good at ancient books and ancient books die." The people engraved the books, often crudely created, wrong, and even Zhang Guan Li Dai, and settled Ruan Xiaofei's nickname to Ruan Xiaowu's head.

Jin Shengtan said in the "Fifth Talent Book of Shi Naitang Water Margin": "The three brothers are famous, they can sigh. Cover the Tai Sui, the life is also; Yan Luo, the death of the dead; Anyn has no book entertainment, and it is to eliminate forever. "Jin Shengtan means that the nickname of the three first means that life is short, life and death are impermanent, and the second is to reflect the respective personality of the three. Tai Sui, also known as Ganoderma lucidum, is superstitious in ancient times, thinking that it would be troubled by moving the soil on the head of the Tai Sui. Judging from the character of the Ruan's brothers, the fierce nickname of "Lidi is too old" is used in the two brothers Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaowu. However, since Ruan Xiaofe's ranking is Erlang, it can be pulled with the legend of Li Bing's son Qingyuan Temple, so we believe that although Zeng Qingku's explanation of the "short -lived Erlang" nickname is a bit far -fetched, Gong Sheng and the praise is appropriate. But Zeng Qingdu's explanation of the nickname of the two was very likely.

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