Jiang Ping, courtesy name Zechang, is a fictional Song dynasty knight-errant from the 19th-century Chinese novels The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants and The Five Younger Gallants. Nicknamed "River Rat" or "River-Overturning Rat" (翻江鼠) for his amazing swimming and freediving skills, he is able to stay underwater seemingly forever. He is the fourth sworn brother of the "Five Rats", whose other members are Lu Fang, Han Zhang, Xu Qing and Bai Yutang.
| Jiang Ping (蔣平) | |
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 From an 1896 print of The Five Younger Gallants | |
| Created by | Shi Yukun |
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| Home | Jinling, Jiangnan East Circuit |
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| Traditional Chinese | 蔣平 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 蒋平 | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 蔣泽長 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 蒋泽长 | ||||||
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Highly witty, Jiang Ping is one of the most colorful characters in the original novel. He is scrawny, and his appearance more of a sick patient than a fighter, yet he often outsmarts opponents with clever tricks, disguises or lies. Researcher Susan Blader considers him the only "gallant" "whose intellectual, emotional, and physical prowess compares favourably with that of any 'heroes'".[1]
References
edit- ^ Blader, Susan (1998). Tales of Magistrate Bao and His Valiant Lieutenants: Selections from Sanxia Wuyi. The Chinese University Press. ISBN 962-201-775-4.
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