Chapter 50 Chapter 1 Confidence is an Angel, Conceit is a Devil

Wu Song, a talented hero.God not only gave him a heroic temperament, but also gave him a heroic quality. Wu Song's appearance was in the twenty-second chapter (Jin Shengtan's twenty-first chapter). At that time, he thought he had killed someone and hid in Chai Jinzhuang.Later he found out that this person was just knocked unconscious by his punch, so his first wonderful match was not beating a man in Yanggu County, but beating a tiger in Jingyanggang. Fighting tigers in Jingyanggang is a plot that everyone is very familiar with, and it is also one of the most exciting chapters in the novel.Jin Shengtan said in the pre-return general comment of this chapter: "There is nothing easy in the world to talk about ghosts, but nothing is easy to talk about tigers. Without him, ghosts are incoherent, and tigers have temperaments. Talking about ghosts can be used as a complement; When the tiger can't tell, it's really hard to focus on it. Therefore, the book "Water Margin" absolutely refuses to offend ghosts with one word, and there is more than one article about the tiger. As for the third, as for the third. If you don’t do it, you will never tire of doing difficult things.” Jin Shengtan also said, “When I read the article on fighting tigers, I lamented that people are gods and men, and tigers are angry tigers.” This is all about the superb description methods of the author of "Water Margin" .

Let's compare the appearances of Lu Zhishen and Lin Chong. As soon as Lu Zhishen came out, he was also beating, and he was beating people. The bully was in Kansai. As soon as Lin Chong came out, he didn't fight, and those who didn't fight were human beings, the satyr Gao Yanei. There is a reason to fight. A person with Lu Zhishen's personality has no choice but to fight when he encounters a street bully like Zhen Guanxi. There is a reason for not hitting. A person with Lin Chong's personality can only swallow his anger and not hit when he meets the adopted son of his immediate boss, Taiwei Gao.

Then, when Wu Song came out, he was fighting a tiger. Tigers have no moral consciousness, good or bad, loyal or treacherous. Did Wu Song have to fight the tiger? The answer is: yes and no. Why do you say this way? First of all, Wu Song didn't have any reason to beat the tiger, nor did he plan to. In fact, Li Zhi had already noticed this problem.In the general commentary at the end of this chapter, he said: "It is a bit cowardly for people to fight tigers with Wu Song. It is not as brave as Li Kui. This village is scholarly and knowledgeable. How can I read it? I don't know where Zheng Shi and Luo Ergong passed on. Li is Those who avenge their mother and disregard their lives; Wu Nai has no choice but to do this because of a moment. How can ordinary people say such things, how can ordinary people say such things!"

What Li Zhi meant was that Li Kui killed four tigers in a row without any timidity and retreat, but because these four tigers ate his mother, that is to say, he had to fight the tigers to avenge his mother. However, Wu Song was in a hurry. When he encountered a fierce tiger on the road, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and fight.Before that, he had no intention of fighting a tiger. Wu Song went to Chai Jinzhuang and learned that he hadn't killed anyone, so he wanted to go back to Qinghe County to visit his brother.After traveling on the road for a few days, I came to the ground in Yanggu County.At noon that day, I walked hungry and thirsty.I saw a hotel in front of me, and there was a five-character sign on the shop sign: "Three bowls don't pass the hill".Wu Song went in, rubbed softly and soaked hard, bought and demanded by force, and ate a total of fifteen bowls (it should be eighteen bowls, Jinben changed it correctly.) He left with a whistle stick.The restaurant rushed out and told him that on the Jingyang Ridge in front of him, a big white-fronted bug appeared recently, and it came out late to hurt people.Thirty or twenty big men were killed.

I heard that there is a tiger, and it is a tiger that has killed many people. Is Wu Song like Lu Zhishen who heard that Zhenguanxi bullied Jin Cuilian, and immediately wanted to kill the tiger for the people? No. Hearing this, Wu Song didn't believe it. He laughed and said, "I'm from Qinghe County. I've walked through this Jingyang Ridge at least a dozen or so times. How often have you seen a big bug! Don't you talk like that Come and scare me! Even if there are big bugs, I am not afraid." You see, he insisted on crossing Jingyanggang alone because he didn't believe in tigers.

Of course, he also said that even if there are tigers, he is not afraid, but that is bragging. One of Wu Song's characteristics is that he is good at bragging, showing off, showing off, and showing off. When he insisted on going his own way, he walked up Jingyanggang, and within half a mile, he saw a ruined mountain temple.When Wu Song saw a seal letter posted on the gate of the temple, what was written on it was consistent with what the restaurant said, and when Wu Song knew that there was a real tiger, how did he react? If he wanted to fight a tiger, whether it was to kill harm for the people, or just to show his majesty, he had to cheer up and fight with high spirits.

However, his first reaction was: he wanted to go back to the hotel after he left. It can be seen that he doesn't want to fight. Why don't you want to fight? We just said that he is a person who loves to show off and is very brave. Killing a tiger can make him show off for the rest of his life. So why doesn't he want to fight at this time? The reason is that he dare not fight. Although he showed kindness to the restaurant and boasted twice that he was not afraid of the big bugs, in fact, he was. Why do you say he is afraid?Is there any basis? Have. When the restaurant told him about tigers for the first time, he said: "Don't scare me with such silly words. Even if there are big worms, I'm not afraid!"

When the restaurant was afraid that he would not believe it, and asked him to enter the room to read the lawsuit list, he refused, and said: "You make a sound like a bird! Even if there is a tiger, the master is not afraid!" When Wu Song came to the foot of the hill, he saw a big tree, its skin was scraped off, and it was all white, with a tiger warning written on it.Wu Song looked at it, and said with a smile: "This is a trick of the restaurant. I frightened the waiting guests, so I went to the guy's house to rest. But I am afraid of what kind of bird!" You see, three times he said he was not afraid.However, there is a reason for saying that I am not afraid these three times.

First, he doesn't believe in tigers at all. Second, the first two times, he was unwilling to show timidity in front of the restaurant, because he wanted to save face.He is a person who regards himself as a hero. Since he regards himself as a hero, he cannot be as afraid as ordinary people. The third time, when he saw the words on the bark, he was half-believing and talking to himself, obviously trying to cheer himself up. If you don't believe me, let's watch it for the fourth time. How did he react when he walked up to Jingyang Gang and saw the seal on the gate of the mountain temple and knew that there was a tiger?

The first reaction is: turn around and go back to the hotel. The second reaction is: "When I go back, I have to be ridiculed by him. I'm not a good guy, so it's hard to turn around." ——Face is more important than life. The third reaction was: Cun thought for a while, and said: "What kind of bird are you afraid of! Just go up and see what happens!" You see, I wanted to go back, but I couldn't because of the face, so I had to comfort myself and move forward bravely.At this time, he was talking to himself, and it was obvious that he was encouraging himself. There is a fifth time.

Wu Song bit his bullet and walked up the hill step by step.When I looked back at the sun, it gradually sank.Jin Shengtan commented under this sentence: "A horrifying scene." He also criticized: "At this time, there will be no tigers coming, and I will cry." And Wu Song said to himself: "What kind of monster is that! I'm afraid, I dare not go up the mountain." Listening to this tone, it is also self-comforting, self-deceiving, and self-emboldening. People who walk at night often whistle, not because they are afraid, but because they are afraid. Therefore, the author of "Water Margin" wrote Wu Song's "not afraid" five times in a row before Wu Song fought the tiger. In fact, he wanted to write his "fear". Does writing like this lower Wu Song's tall image? Won't.On the contrary, it makes us feel that Wu Song's image is more credible and more in line with human nature. So the question now is: Since Wu Song didn't want to fight a tiger, didn't dare to fight a tiger, and didn't have to, why did he want to fight a tiger? The answer is: he has no way out. Yes, when he faced the eye-catching white-fronted tiger that suddenly jumped out on Jingyang Ridge, he really had no way out.The tiger blocked his retreat.To go from here, pass me first. However, before that, he had many retreats. What blocked those retreats? In other words, how did Wu Song get to this point of no return? Answer one: He is too conceited. First of all, he is a man of great self-appreciation and self-affirmation. We know that the best way for a person to encourage himself to make a difference is to appreciate and affirm himself.However, if a person wants to let himself do stupid things, stupid things, or cause trouble, the best way is to appreciate and affirm himself. However, when I say this, I don't mean that Wu Song is going to do stupid things or do stupid things.Of course, it doesn't mean that what he is doing at this time is not stupid and stupid.Why do you speak so awkwardly? Because, in this world, it is really hard to say what is stupid and what is stupid.A smart thing, if it has a beginning and no end, becomes a stupid thing in the end.On the contrary, a stupid thing, if you persist in doing it, and finally let you do it, it will become a good thing, a big thing, or even a big cause. Let's take a look at Wu Song's self-appreciation and self-affirmation. Wu Song said to the restaurant for the first time, "There are big bugs, and I'm not afraid!" Said to the restaurant for the second time, "Even if there is a tiger, the master is not afraid!" It's all "not afraid", and the second time I changed "I" into "Master". This is typical self-improvement, I'm not an ordinary person, I'm a lord. I am the master, who am I afraid of? The third time I was at Jingyanggang, I saw the warning on the bark, and I said to myself, "This is a trick of the restaurant. I frightened the waiting guests, so I went to the guy's house to rest. But I am afraid of some birds!" You see, put yourself on the opposite side of "the other guests", that is, ordinary people, and try your best to show that you are superior to others.I am not that kind of person, which means I am not a mortal. Then the guests are afraid, but I am afraid of birds! Because of such self-expectation, self-affirmation, self-appreciation, and self-importance, he has never looked back along the way. Second, the other side of conceit is disbelief in others.Don't believe what other people say, don't listen to other people's advice. When the restaurant told him about tigers for the first time, he said they were talking about birds. When the restaurant was afraid that he would not believe it and asked him to enter the room to read the lawsuit list, he scolded him, "Speak!" Words of truth, good words, and words of concern have all become "bird words". When he saw the warning on the bark of the big tree, he smiled and said: "This is a trick of the restaurant, to frighten the waiting guests, so I went to the servant's house to rest." Suspicion of other people's intentions for no reason, taking kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs. But that's not the whole answer. Answer two: too arrogant. When we look at the conversation between him and the restaurant, we can feel that the restaurant's words are sincere and down-to-earth; while Wu Song has always been condescending, always placing himself in a superior position. When Lu Zhishen was in the blacksmith shop at the foot of Wutai Mountain, he would sincerely invite the little blacksmith to drink together. Lin Chong was in Zhu Gui's hotel. Without knowing the details of the hotel, he would invite the boys to drink. Lin Chong even had friends from lower classes like Li Xiaoer. Low-class people like Lu Zhishen and Jin Cuilian's father and daughter can sit together and drink slowly. Such a thing would never happen to Wu Song. Due to Wu Song's natural heroic temperament and heroic qualities, he always has a distance from ordinary people, and he always looks down on all living beings.Before Wu Song approached the tiger, Wu Song received three warnings: the persuasion from the restaurant, the warning on the big tree, and the lawsuit notice on the wall of the mountain temple. However, Wu Song, who is arrogant by nature, threw all of this away.With a baton and a proud heart, he set out on the road without hesitation. Too confident and too arrogant, he walked up Jingyanggang step by step, and approached the tiger that had killed thirty or twenty big men.