| Lu Zhishen | |
|---|---|
| Water Margin character | |
 Lu Zhishen uproots a willow tree | |
| First appearance | Chapter 3 |
| Nickname | "Flowery Monk" 花和尚 |
| Also known as |
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| Rank | 13th, Solitary Star (天孤星) of the 36 Heavenly Spirits |
| Infantry leader of Liangshan | |
| Origin | Garrison major |
| Ancestral home / Place of origin | Weizhou (around present-day Pingliang, Gansu) |
| Weapon | Monk's spade, Dagger |
| Names | |
| Simplified Chinese | 鲁智深 |
| Traditional Chinese | 魯智深 |
| Pinyin | Lǔ Zhìshēn |
| Wade–Giles | Lu Chih-shen |
Lu Zhishen is a fictional character in Water Margin, one of the four great classical novels in Chinese literature. He is the main character in the first segment of the novel, which spans about six chapters. Nicknamed "Flowery Monk", he ranks 13th among the 36 Heavenly Spirits, the first third of the 108 Stars of Destiny.
One folk tale derived from the novel says he is a sworn brother of the martial artist Zhou Tong, who purportedly trained the Song dynasty general Yue Fei in archery.[1]
- ^ Hsia, C.T. (2004). C.T. Hsia on Chinese Literature. Columbia University Press. pp. 448–449. ISBN 0231129904., footnote #31.