Jiang Ping (character)
Template:Infobox Wuxia novel character
| Jiang Ping | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 蔣平 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 蒋平 | ||||||
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| Jiang Zechang | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 蔣泽長 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 蒋泽长 | ||||||
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Template:Chinese name Jiang Ping, courtesy name Zechang, is a fictional Song dynasty knight-errant from the 19th-century Chinese novel The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants. Nicknamed "River Rat" for his amazing swimming and freediving skills, he was able to stay underwater seemingly forever.
He and Lu Fang, Han Zhang, Xu Qing and Bai Yutang were sworn brothers collectively known as "Five Rats of Hollow Island". He ranked 4th in the group in age.
Highly witty, Jiang Ping is one of the most colorful characters in the original novel. He was scrawny, and his appearance more of a sick patient than a fighter, yet he often outsmarted opponents with clever tricks, disguises or lies. Researcher Susan Blader considered him the only "gallant" "whose intellectual, emotional, and physical prowess compares favourably with that of any 'heroes'".[1]
References
- ^ 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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