Are there any Water Margin heroes in history?

There was the Songjiang Uprising in history.

But there are no Water Margin heroes. Why do you say that? From the following three points.

1. They have different purposes. The Songjiang Uprising was a real peasant uprising, and "Water Margin".

The heroes are acting for the sky. The two are fundamentally different. The peasant uprising was to suppress ** and even overthrow the Song dynasty.

Song Jiang's ideal in "Water Margin" is to act on behalf of the heavens, make friends with the imperial court, not kill the generals of the imperial court, and even take conscription as the purpose of living in peace, and then serve the country and become a famous hero in history.

2. The nature and extent of their actions are different. Historically, there were only 36 people in the Songjiang Uprising. This is a relatively small small criminal syndicate.

It does not guard the cool slopes every day. Instead, it moved from one place to another, and was finally suppressed and surrendered. These 36 people can be called righteous warriors and warriors, but they cannot be called heroes, because their level is relatively low and they cannot reach the level of heroes.

And the leader of the Water Margin has 108 people and 100,000 soldiers, which is very large. The swamp heroes before the conscription in An An cannot be called heroes, because there are too many stains on their deeds, we all know about them. After conscription, to truly serve the country, Liao Yuanzheng is enough to be called a hero, and the previous events have been written off.

3. People evaluate the two completely differently. Historically, people's evaluation of the Songjiang uprising is very general, scattered in informal historical storybooks, because of the small scale, small consequences, and small impact of the uprising, it is difficult to make people feel reverence. The image of "Water Margin" is too full and has penetrated into the blood of Chinese.

People rob the rich and help the poor, act on behalf of the heavens, express gratitude and hatred with the Liangshan brand, and become heroes.

In short, there is a big gap between the characters of "Water Margin" and real historical figures, and they cannot be compared with each other at all, and it is not necessary and operable to trace back to the source. "Water Margin" has become a cultural brand, which is talked about by people and influences people's behavior. There is no essential causal relationship with the real Songjiang Uprising in history.

Therefore, in my opinion, there was a Songjiang uprising in history, but there was no heroic Water Margin.

There are no Water Margin heroes. There was indeed the Songjiang Uprising in history, but there were no Water Margin heroes, and the so-called Water Margin heroes were made up by Shi Nai'an.

Yes, some of the heroes in the Water Margin are portrayed by historical figures as prototypes, and a large part of the characters are created through fiction.

The Water Margin heroes are actually just made up blindly, there are no real Water Margin heroes in history, just a virtual fabrication by literati and scholars based on a social environment at the time, in order to express the political views of funds, but for example, Fang La is a real figure in history, and other Water Margin heroes are all made up.

Yes, but not necessarily one hundred and eight, ** from life, some may be fictional, but according to historical records, there are Song Jiang, and 36 heroes.