Meng Kang

Meng Kang

Meng Kang is a character in the outlaws of the marsh, nicknamed yufangan, and a surname from zhendingzhou. He was originally a boatman. He was ordered to supervise the construction of huashigang ship. Because he killed the promoted officer, he abandoned his family and went to yinmachuan to fall grass. Later, he was recruited by Dai Zong and joined Liangshan. When Liangshan got together, he became one of the 108 generals, ranking 70th. He was responsible for supervising the construction of warships. Because of his work of supervising the construction of warships, he often fought with the leader of the Navy after being recruited. When he was in fangla, Meng Kang was killed by artillery in wulongling. Later, he was granted the title of yijielang.

Character experience

Character origin

Meng Kang was born in zhendingzhou. He was good at building boats and boats. Because of his slender body and white skin, he was called Yufan pole. He had been escorting huashigang to supervise the construction of a large ship. He was forced and punished by the promoted officer. In a rage, he killed the promoted officer, abandoned his family and wandered in the rivers and lakes. Later, he was drinking grass in machuan, and together with Pei Xuan, the iron faced kongmu, and Deng Fei, the fiery eyed lion dragon, he robbed his family and house.

Liangshan Juyi

Dai Zong and Yang Lin pass by yinmachuan, and they happen to meet Deng Fei and Meng Kang. Because Deng Fei had an old acquaintance with Yang Lin, he invited them to stay in the stronghold. Dai Zong mentioned that Liangshan was recruiting talented people, so Meng Kang decided to give up drinking machuan mountain stronghold and join Liangshan. During the war of ZHUJIAZHUANG, Meng Kang stayed in the Shanzhai and supervised the warships instead of Ma Lin. When Liangshan was ranked the 70th, Meng Kang was the leader in charge of the construction of warships. When he defeated Gao Qiu three times, Meng Kang took part in the battle as the leader of the Navy and defeated the Imperial Navy.

fight north and south

After Liangshan was recruited, Meng Kang went to the north and south to fight against Liao, Tian Hu of Hebei, Wang Qing of Huaixi and Fang La of Jiangnan. He often fought with Li Jun, San Ruan and other water army leaders. During the expedition to fangla, Zhang Shun died in Hangzhou, and Song Jiang went to Xiling bridge to hang a memorial ceremony. Hangzhou garrison general Mao Di, Tang Fengshi and others led their troops out of the city to kill Song Jiang, but because Song Jiang was ready to ambush, they rushed back. Meng Kang, Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaowu came out from behind baojuta mountain, cut off the return of the southern army, captured maodi alive together, and stabbed Tang Fengshi to death.

A tragic ending

In the battle of wulongling, Meng Kang and Ruan Xiaoer fought by boat, but they were besieged by the southern Navy on the Yangtze River. The cannons of the southern army were fired in unison, and the boats of the song army were caught with long guns. Ruan Xiaoer committed suicide. When Meng Kang was about to escape from the water, he was hit in his helmet by a cannon and made meat paste. Later, he was granted the title of yijielang.

The source is exquisite

Name source

Meng Kang is not found in the historical materials of song and Yuan Dynasties, nor in the early stories and literature of Water Margin, such as Xuanhe legacy of the great Song Dynasty, 36 people's praise of Songjiang, and Water Margin drama of Yuan Dynasty. In these works, there is no hero image who is responsible for shipbuilding in Liangshan. The role of Meng Kang should belong to the creation of the novel outlaws of the marsh. Some researchers believe that Meng Kang, as a shipbuilder, was set as the surname of Meng, according to "Liang Jianwen Yun: the name of the ship God Feng ER, also called Meng Gong and Meng Lao." (Chapter 4 of the old man's random works in the Buddhist nunnery).

Elegant nickname

The flag pole refers to the long and drooping flag hanging on the long pole. In the old days, it was often hung in front of the army commander's tent or temple. Song Kong Ping Zhong's "Heng Huang Xin Lun" quoted "history of the Five Dynasties - Biography of Jin'an chongrong", which was called the Yamen Hall of the German town. In front of the hall, there is a Jiefan pole, which is tens of feet long. The biography of an chongrong in the history of the new five dynasties also said: "chongrong will be reversed, but his mother thought it was impossible. Chong Rong said, "please do it for mu bu." He pointed to the flag pole under the hall and shot it from the dragon's mouth, saying: "if I have the world, I will be in the middle." Once hit, the mother is Xu. " According to Yuan Zhou Boqi's Jin Guang Ji, "the iron flag pole on the west mountain of Shangjing is ten feet high, so there is a dragon in the sea. According to the Sanskrit family, it can be used as a way to control it." The third fold of the Yuan drama "cinnabar Dan" is: "even if he is naughty and nicknamed" tiefangan. " Meng Kang's nickname yufangan should be evolved from this.

Character evaluation

Praise poems in the original works

Can climb strong crossbow punch array, good at building cross river. Zhen Zhou is a master of building boats, and Meng Kang is the white jade flag pole.

Evaluation of later generations

Meng Kang did not appear much in the original works, and his image was vague, so he was rarely commented by the famous writers of the past dynasties. The painter Niu Muye once wrote a praising poem: "Hanxing forced labor is even more criticized. Go up the mountain and be proud. " Most modern readers believe that Meng Kang is not only skillful in shipbuilding, but also good at amphibious warfare. He is a rare talent in Liangshan. Some people even think that Meng Kang is a warship supporting the Liangshan water army, which is of great significance to the strategic support of the Liangshan water army. In addition, Meng Kang is often regarded as the representative who was forced to Liangshan and the only Liangshan hero who died of hot weapons.

Derivative image

Derivative novel

In Yu Wanchun's Dangkou Zhi, Meng Kang follows Zhu Wu to guard Laiwu, and is stabbed to death by Fu Yu when the city is broken. In Cheng Shanzhi's remnant Water Margin, Meng Kang fled with Song Jiang after the fall of Liangshan and attempted to go north to the kingdom of Jin. When he passed through Haizhou, he was captured by Zhang Shuye, deported to the capital and sent to prison. In Ba Gu's the thief of the Three Kingdoms, Meng Kang was a general of the Song Dynasty. After the fall of the Song Dynasty, he led the troops of Xiangzhou to surrender to Chaijin in Lingnan. In Jiang Hongfei's outlaws of the marsh, Meng Kang followed Fang La and died in qiantangmen, Hangzhou. In Zhang Henshui's new story of the water margin, Meng Kang took part in the anti Jin war. After the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, he and Lu Junyi were poisoned to death by the traitor fan Qiong. In Chu Tongqing's new story of the water margin, Meng Kang is the world's first shipbuilding master, who once participated in the big trouble of Dengzhou. He is 72nd in Liangshan, and the star is the star. Later, dissatisfied with Song Jiang's recruitment policy, Xiang Chong left Liangshan and sailed out to sea, and finally died at sea. In the book, Meng Kang is set as a middle-aged man in his forties, a character of his uncle and father's generation.

Film and television image

In 2011, sun Jiandong played Meng Kang in the TV series outlaws of the marsh. In the 2012 film iron face Peixuan, Jiang Qingjian plays Meng Kang.