ASIA 342 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Tyrant, Wu Yong, Taoism
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Shuihu zhuan, chapters 7-11: the lin chong cycle of adventures. Lu zhishen participates in the fighting against fang la, but becomes lost during the and leaves the battlefield, arriving at a mountain temple, where he meets a monk. The monk tells him to seize a big fellow that he will meet when he leaves the forest. The man he seizes turns out to be fang la--a great prize. But rather than accept the reward of a high office for this accomplishment, he turns fang la over to song jiang (his leader), saying he has lost all desire for worldly things. Accordingly, when he hears the sound of the river bore at qiantang shortly afterward, he recalls the prophecy of the abbot (from chapter. When you find a forest, you will rise. When you find a mountain, you will prosper. When you find a river, you will cease. (ch.
