Zhou Tong (Water Margin)

Zhou Tong
Water Margin character
First appearanceChapter 5
Nickname"Little Conqueror"
小覇王
Rank87th, Empty Star (地空星) of the 72 Earthly Fiends
Tiger Cub Scouting General of Liangshan
OriginBandit chief
Ancestral home / Place of originQingzhou (in present-day Shandong)
WeaponSpear (走水綠沉槍)
Names
Simplified Chinese周通
Traditional Chinese周通
PinyinZhōu Tōng
Wade–GilesChou T'ung

Zhou Tong is a fictional character in Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Nicknamed "Little Conqueror", he ranks 87th among the 108 Stars of Destiny and 51st among the 72 Earthly Fiends.

There was a historical Zhou Tong, who lived during the late northern Song dynasty, the period Water Margin is set in. According to folklore, he taught archery to the well-known general Yue Fei.[a] The given names of the two Zhou Tong are written differently in Chinese (通、同).

  1. ^ "Shaolin à Brasileira" (PDF) (in Portuguese). 2007-09-26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-26.


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