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ByAwen

Dec 29, 2018

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An Outlaw

Water Margin is one of the greatest classic Chinese novels, depicting a group of outlaws who fought against corrupted officials, exploitive businessmen and unjust laws.

“Enforce Justice on Behalf of Heaven” is their proud motto.

One of the outlaws was Lu Zhishen. Lu initially came from an elite class working as a police commissioner. But when he learned a butcher store businessman taking advantage of a family with a sick mother and drove them into poverty, while the system did nothing to help the victims, he decided to take the law into his own hands.

Lu Zhishen went up to the butcher’s house and challenge the store chief. “You signed a contract with that poor family to purchase the girl as your concubine with 3,000 strings of coin. You got the girl but her family is denied the payment. Later you sent her home and demand them to pay you 3,000 strings instead. How can you be such a heartless predator and shameless parasite!”

The businessman was defied. “How do I conduct my business is my business. Since there is no law saying it’s unlawful, it’s none of your business.”