“托塔天王”晁盖:命中注定的过渡性人物

The Doomed Transitional Character——Tota King Chao Gai,one of the Water Margin Characters

《水浒传》中,梁山聚义前后持续十余载,而晁盖是王伦与宋江之间的过渡性寨主。正因为晁盖为过渡性人物,人们对他的认知长期处于片面、粗略的状态。实际上,人们认为晁盖作为梁山领袖远远不及宋江并非污蔑偏见之论。然而,晁盖与宋江领导梁山期间的不同理念,却未必一定能简单论定高下。以现实中的团体人事更迭缘由衡量,宋江取代晁盖,并非简单取决于长远眼光及政治纲领。而水浒故事演变过程中晁盖身份与地位的变化,也注定了他必然是一位难以与梁山聚义相始终的悲剧人物。

In The Water Margin,Mount Liangshan gathering had lasted for more than ten years and Chao Gai was only the transitional leader between Wang Lun and Song Jiang.Therefore,people’s cognition of him has been in a one-sided and rough state for a long time.In fact,it is believed that Chao Gai was far less than Song Jiang as the leader of Liangshan,which is not a theory of defamation and prejudice.However,Chao Gai and Song Jiang’s different ideas of leadership may not be simply determined.Due to the real reasons for the change of personnel,it is not simply determined by the long-term vision and political program that Song Jiang replaced Chao Gai.In the process of the water margin story,Chao Gai’s identity and status change had also doomed him to be a tragic figure who was difficult to get together with Liangshan all the time.