![]() ![]() Specifically, the article probes three issues: (1) the shifting roles of Song Jiang designated by different social and political groups as representative of themselves in their own narratives, respectively presented as the agent of the state, the agent of the masses, and the agent of literati (2) the creation of Song Jiang's image as a meeting ground on which people project their own fantasies, ideological practices, and interpretations of history and (3) the multiplicity of Song Jiang's characterization in Outlaws of the Marsh (Shuihu zhuan) as a result of having been written and rewritten in diverse discourses. 12th century) as presented in various discourses of officially recorded history, folk literature, and literati creation during four successive dynasties in China from the 12th century to the 17th century. Abstract : This article provides a genealogical examination of the shifting image of Song Jiang (fl. ![]()
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