24.4.1. Water Margin (水浒传)
We should make a montage with some Chinese dissidents (中国持不同政见者) side by side with Water Margin characters. The analogy is just so strong!
The slogan would be 现代好汉，替天行道：向持不同政见者水浒传的致敬 (Modern day Heroes: Water Margin Homage to the dissidents)
For the image:
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Wei Jingsheng (魏京生, 1950-) vs Song Jiang: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SongJiang.jpg. The rebel leader. Wei Jingsheng is an early strong voice of democracy in China, so fit for a leader.
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Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波, 1955-2017, Tiananmen leader) vs Lu Zhishen uprooting a tree: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lu_Zhishen_Water_Margin_2.jpg. Both are somewhat pacifists, Zhishen being a monk, and Xiaobo wanted people to leave the square at Tiananmen to not get killed.
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Liu Shihui vs Lin Chong just after killing Lu Qian:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yoshitoshi-Lin_Chong.jpg[]. Both brave thin dudes standing up.
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Quan Ping vs Wu Song killing the tiger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wu_Song_Water_Margin.jpg. Just two strong dudes.
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Hao Haidong (郝海东, 2020, soccer player) vs Yang Zhi killing the man at the bridge. Hao Haidong is a good choice because he is actually physically impressive. Unfortunate how the first thing that comes to mind is Gao Qiu, the evil dude!
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Yue Xin (岳昕) vs Sun Erniang, the image is a still from the 1998 series episode 20. Two chicks. There are only 3 women in water margin, and she is perhaps the most well known because she made mantous out of human flesh.
Some others that could be used in the future:
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Chen Mei and Cai Wei from Terminus2049 (端点星计划, 2049bbs). TODO for them it would be good if we could have two closely related characters. Perhaps
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Ruan brothers: Ruan Xiao’er, Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi. More notable than the Zhang brothers most likely. The problem is that they are 3.
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the brothers Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun, the only question is if they are memorable enough. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Senkaji_Chao_wringing_out_hin_loincloth.jpg and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Utagawa_Kuniyoshi_-水滸傳-_張順.jpg perhaps.
https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/266089281 contains all images of some version, but not the 1998 series outro.
Some good quotes from http://uploads.worldlibrary.net/uploads/pdf/20130423230739the_outlaws_of_the_marsh_pdf.pdf
Chapter 65:
Because the emperor has been deluded and permits corrupt officials to hold power and harm the people, they have all volunteered to help me act on Heaven’s behalf.
Chapter 71: Song Jiang takes power at Liang Shan.
Chapter 81:
Song Jiang and his band have Act in Heaven’s Behalf written on their banner. They never attack a government seat or harm the people. They kill only corrupt and slanderous officials.
Couldn’t find any perfect one, so I just wrote my own unfortunately:
当贪官当权时
英雄沦为土匪
替天行道
新的水浒传
When corrupt Officials take power,
the heroes must become bandits.
Doing Heaven’s Will
The New Water Margin
Figure 239. Montage of Chinese dissidents (中国持不同政见者) intermixed with Water Margin (水浒传) characters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7-OYQatYvA (GitHub reupload) Montage of Chinese dissidents (中国持不同政见者) with "Wang Jin beats Gao Qiu" music from the 1998 Water Margin TV by Ciro Santilli (三西猴, anti-CCP fanatic, 反中共狂热, stupid cunt, 傻屄, CIA agent, CIA特工, 肏你妈的).
We should make a montage with some Chinese dissidents (中国持不同政见者) side by side with Water Margin characters. The analogy is just so strong!
The slogan would be 现代好汉，替天行道：向持不同政见者水浒传的致敬 (Modern day Heroes: Water Margin Homage to the dissidents)
For the image:
-
Wei Jingsheng (魏京生, 1950-) vs Song Jiang: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SongJiang.jpg. The rebel leader. Wei Jingsheng is an early strong voice of democracy in China, so fit for a leader.
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Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波, 1955-2017, Tiananmen leader) vs Lu Zhishen uprooting a tree: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lu_Zhishen_Water_Margin_2.jpg. Both are somewhat pacifists, Zhishen being a monk, and Xiaobo wanted people to leave the square at Tiananmen to not get killed.
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Liu Shihui vs Lin Chong just after killing Lu Qian:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yoshitoshi-Lin_Chong.jpg[]. Both brave thin dudes standing up.
-
Quan Ping vs Wu Song killing the tiger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wu_Song_Water_Margin.jpg. Just two strong dudes.
-
Hao Haidong (郝海东, 2020, soccer player) vs Yang Zhi killing the man at the bridge. Hao Haidong is a good choice because he is actually physically impressive. Unfortunate how the first thing that comes to mind is Gao Qiu, the evil dude!
-
Yue Xin (岳昕) vs Sun Erniang, the image is a still from the 1998 series episode 20. Two chicks. There are only 3 women in water margin, and she is perhaps the most well known because she made mantous out of human flesh.
Some others that could be used in the future:
-
Chen Mei and Cai Wei from Terminus2049 (端点星计划, 2049bbs). TODO for them it would be good if we could have two closely related characters. Perhaps
-
Ruan brothers: Ruan Xiao’er, Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi. More notable than the Zhang brothers most likely. The problem is that they are 3.
-
the brothers Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun, the only question is if they are memorable enough. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Senkaji_Chao_wringing_out_hin_loincloth.jpg and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Utagawa_Kuniyoshi_-水滸傳-_張順.jpg perhaps.
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https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/266089281 contains all images of some version, but not the 1998 series outro.
Some good quotes from http://uploads.worldlibrary.net/uploads/pdf/20130423230739the_outlaws_of_the_marsh_pdf.pdf
Chapter 65:
Because the emperor has been deluded and permits corrupt officials to hold power and harm the people, they have all volunteered to help me act on Heaven’s behalf.
Chapter 71: Song Jiang takes power at Liang Shan.
Chapter 81:
Song Jiang and his band have Act in Heaven’s Behalf written on their banner. They never attack a government seat or harm the people. They kill only corrupt and slanderous officials.
Couldn’t find any perfect one, so I just wrote my own unfortunately:
当贪官当权时
英雄沦为土匪替天行道
新的水浒传
When corrupt Officials take power,
the heroes must become bandits.Doing Heaven’s Will
The New Water Margin