History and Literature

Bi Shang Liang Shan (meaning "be forced to join the Mount Liangshan rebels")

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The idiom refers to rising in rebellion or being compelled to take certain actions. It originates from the eleventh chapter of Outlaws of the Marsh: "Lin Chong was forced to Mount Liangshan on a snowy night."

Outlaws of the Marsh

Outlaws of the Marsh, written more than 600 years ago, is the first vernacular novel with Chapter Style (a type of traditional Chinese novel with each chapter headed by a couplet giving the gist of its content) in the history of Chinese novel.

Heroes on Mount Liangshan

Heroes on Mount Liangshan

The heroes on Mount Liangshan are characters described in the Ming Dynasty novel Outlaws of the Marsh.
Heroes on Mount Liangshan

Heroes on Mount Liangshan

The idiom comes from the 42nd chapter of Outlaws of the Marsh-¡±the robber posing as Li Kui mugging lone travelers and the real Li Kui killing the four thugs¡°.