Duan Jingzhu
{{Short description|Water Margin character}}
{{Water Margin character infobox
|Name = Duan Jingzhu
|Nickname = "Golden Haired Hound"
金毛犬
|Aliases =
|Rank = 108th, Hound Star (地狗星) of the 72 Earthly Fiends
|Image = Utagawa Kuniyoshi - 水滸傳 - 段景住.jpg
|imagesize =
|Caption = Duan Jingzhu
|Allegiance = Liangshan
|Designation = Scout leader
|Origin = Horse thief
|First appearance = Chapter 60
|Weapon = Horsewhip
|Simp = 段景住
|Trad = 段景住
|Pinyin = Duàn Jǐngzhù
|WG = Tuan Ching-chu
|Other =
}}
{{family name hatnote|Duan|lang=Chinese}}
Duan Jingzhu is a fictional character in Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Nicknamed "Golden Haired Hound", he ranks 108th among the 108 Stars of Destiny and 72nd among the 72 Earthly Fiends.
Background
Joining Liangshan
One day Duan Jingzhu steals a precious swift steed called "Jade Lion" ({{lang|zh|玉獅子}}) which belongs to a Jurchen prince. He intends to present it to Song Jiang, then the second-in-command of Liangshan Marsh, as his ticket to join the band. But on the way, he is intercepted by men from the Zeng Family Fortress, who snatches away the horse. They also mock Liangshan when he tells them the horse is meant for the stronghold.
Duan Jingzhu darts out to kneel before Song Jiang when the latter is riding back to Liangshan with his men after a battle at Mount Mangdang with Fan Rui. Impressed with Duan's looks, Song accepts him into his band. When Duan recounts the insults of the Zeng Family Fortress, Chao Gai, the chief of Liangshan, is mad with rage and decides to personally lead a force to attack the Zengs. For the first time Chao commands a military expedition of Liangshan in place of Song Jiang. However, the attack ends in disaster as Chao is shot dead by Shi Wengong, the martial arts instructor of the fortress. After some distractions, the outlaws eventually turn their attention to the Zeng Family Fortress. They capture Shi and avenge Chao's death.
Campaigns and death
Duan Jingzhu is appointed as one of the scout leaders of Liangshan after the 108 Stars of Destiny came together in what is called the Grand Assembly. He participates in the campaigns against the Liao invaders and rebel forces in Song territory following amnesty from Emperor Huizong for Liangshan.
In the attack on the Qiantang River in the campaign against Fang La, Duan Jingzhu, who is in the squad of Ruan Xiaoqi and a non-swimmer, drowns when his boat overturns after being swept into the open sea by strong winds.
References
- {{cite book|last=Buck|first=Pearl S.|author-link=Pearl S. Buck|title=All Men are Brothers|year=2006|publisher=Moyer Bell|isbn=9781559213035}}
- {{cite book|last=Miyazaki|first=Ichisada|title=Suikoden: Kyoko no naka no Shijitsu|year=1993|publisher=Chuo Koronsha|isbn=978-4122020559|language=ja|author-link=Ichisada Miyazaki}}
- {{cite web|last=Keffer|first=David|title=Outlaws of the Marsh: A Somewhat Less Than Critical Commentary|website=Poison Pie Publishing House|url=http://www.poisonpie.com/words/others/somewhat/outlaws/index.html|access-date=19 December 2016}}
- {{cite book|last=Li|first=Mengxia|title=108 Heroes from the Water Margin|year=1992|publisher=EPB Publishers|isbn=9971-0-0252-3|language=zh|page=219}}
- {{cite web|last=Miyamoto|first=Yoko|title=Water Margin: Chinese Robin Hood and His Bandits|website=Demystifying Confucianism|date=2011|url=http://www.demystifyingconfucianism.info/water-margin|access-date=19 December 2016|archive-date=28 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128200627/http://www.demystifyingconfucianism.info/water-margin|url-status=dead}}
- {{citation|last=Shibusawa|first=Kou|title=Bandit Kings of Ancient China|publisher=Koei|date=1989}}
- {{cite book|last=Zhang|first=Lin Ching|title=Biographies of Characters in Water Margin|year=2009|publisher=Writers Publishing House|isbn=978-7506344784}}
{{Water Margin characters}}
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