Regarding the relationship between Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong, Xiao Jing consulted some materials according to the readers' request, and at the same time briefly organized them, and wrote this chapter. First, it was stated that this is not a qualitative statement and nothing. If some readers don't like it or think that Xiao Jing is just a mess, you can just laugh it off and don't spray it with a mouthful of salt water.

Since the birth of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin", the relationship between Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong has been talked about by people. After Xiao Jing checked it, he found that it is extremely likely that the two are masters and apprentices.

Luo Guanzhong was a student of Shi Nai'an, and Shi Nai'an was Luo Guanzhong's teacher. The statement that Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong are teachers and students come from the "Episode of Shi Nai'an" in Huai'an in the Ming Dynasty and Hu Yinglin's "Shaoshi Shanfang Bicong" in the Qing Dynasty. Wang Daosheng said: "Mr.'s works include "Zhi Yu", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Biography of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", "Biography of the Three Sui Ping Yao", and "Biography of the Jianghu Haoke". Every time he completed a draft, he must proofread it with his disciples to make Hai fish. Most of them were able to get the result of Luo Guanzhong." When Hu Yinglin talked about the creation of "Water Margin", he said that Shi Nai'an "had learned that Zhang Shu of Song night to capture the thief and talked about it, and he had 18 of them, and he adapted it into this compilation. His disciple Luo Ben also imitated it as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which is absolutely shallow."

Although there is little historical information, the eldest son of Shi Nai'an, Luo Guanzhong was 20 or 30 years old, and both were in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. As a fellow villager, Zhang Shicheng, a salt native in Baijuchang, northern Jiangsu, Shi Nai'an once participated in the Zhang Shicheng Uprising. Luo Guanzhong "aspires to be the king" and also participated in Zhang Shicheng's uprising, but he advised and blocked Zhang Shicheng from becoming king, and he ran away in an unexpected way. According to the "Record Guipu Successary Edition", Luo Guanzhong "is hidden words in Yuefu, extremely fresh". It can be seen that the incorporation of poems in "Water Margin" was mostly done by Luo Guanzhong. As the compiler, Luo Guanzhong revised "Water Margin", which is a normal phenomenon that some plots are similar to "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Therefore, it is possible that Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong are teachers and students.

In addition, the statement about the relationship between Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong's teacher-student relationship is also recorded by Hu Yinglin, a Qing Dynasty man. In this book, when talking about the origin of the creation of "Water Margin", Hu Yinglin said that Shi Nai'an "had learned that Zhang Shu of the Song Dynasty captured the thief at night and knew about the origin of 18 people, and it was retouched to this compilation. His disciple Luo Ben also imitated it as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which is absolutely shallow and sneer."

In this passage, Hu Qinglin not only regarded Luo Ben, Luo Guanzhong, as Shi Nai'an's disciple and disciple, but also believed that "Water Margin" was earlier than "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Thus, he identified Shi Nai'an, Luo Guanzhong's teacher. However, from academic perspective, most people believe that the relationship between the two is not a master-apprentice relationship, but a relationship of understanding. Here Xiao Jing also said their words one by one!

First of all, from the process of writing about historical books and the two books, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was earlier than "Water Margin", and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was by no means written by imitating "Water Margin". In the Song Dynasty, storytellers told stories about the Three Kingdoms, and "Water Margin" also mentioned that the storytellers talked about the Three Kingdoms.

Secondly, according to the research of experts and scholars, Taiyuan is the most reliable in terms of Luo Guanzhong's hometown. Shi Nai'an is considered by most people to be from Qiantang, Zhejiang. So in that era, Luo Guanzhong traveled thousands of miles to Zhejiang to learn and write novels, which was incredible. Besides, how did Luo Guanzhong know that there was a Shi Nai'an in Zhejiang? Because at that time, "Water Margin" had not been finished and had not been published, and Shi Nai'an had no reputation.

Third, the "Qiantang Shi Nai'an's version, edited by Luo Guanzhong, signed in "Zhengyi Water Margin", if it was compiled by the teacher, the students would not "compiled again".

Fourth, "Water Margin" was indeed edited and compiled by Luo Guanzhong, and it will not be like this now. From this we can also see that Shi and Luo will not be a teacher-student relationship.
Chapter completed!