
CIVILIZATION DOSSIER
Li Kui李逵
A native of Yishui County, Yizhou, he was a minor jailer in prison, wielded two battle axes, and was impatient and fond of gambling.
- DIRECT FIGURES
- 50
- RELATION RECORDS
- 74
- SOURCE WORKS
- 1
RELATIONSHIP COMPASS
Li Kui, and the people around them.
Open one chapter at a time. Each chapter gives the relationship first, then the source text behind it.
01MENTORSHIPMentorship
Teachers, disciples and transmission
1 figure · 1 record+
Mentorship
Teachers, disciples and transmission
Wu Yong→Li Kuiadmonish
02KINSHIPKinship
Blood, marriage and sworn bonds
5 figures · 8 records+
Kinship
Blood, marriage and sworn bonds
Li Kui—Song Jiangsworn brothers
Li Kui—Tang Longsworn brothers
Li Kui—Bao Xusworn brotherhood
03ALLEGIANCEAllegiance
Rulers, appointments and allegiance
4 figures · 5 records+
Allegiance
Rulers, appointments and allegiance
Song Jiang→Li Kuicommand
Wu Yong→Li Kuiappoint vanguard
Li Kui→Yan Qingstay together
04CONFLICTConflict
Battles, captures and defeat
14 figures · 17 records+
Conflict
Battles, captures and defeat
Song Jiang→Li Kuiorder beheading
Zhu Tong→Li Kuipursue and kill
Li Kui—Li Yunbattle
05THE UNSEENMythic acts
Transformation, aid and divine punishment
9 figures · 9 records+
Mythic acts
Transformation, aid and divine punishment
Song Jiang→Li Kuigive silver
Lu Junyi→Li Kuisupport
12 key relationships are shown here. The complete record remains below.
History vs. fiction
Discrepancy between historical archives and fictional image
The records of the Song Shi in the biographies of Hou Meng and Zhang Shuye regarding the uprising of Song Jiang are extremely brief, merely stating 'Song Jiang and his thirty-six men ran rampant in Qi and Wei.' Although the name Li Kui appears in the 'Da Song Xuanhe Yishi' (Anecdotes of the Xuanhe Era of the Great Song) compiled in the early Southern Song, there is no detailed description of him wielding double axes, killing like a butcher, bloodthirsty, or loyal. This rough image of Li Kui was gradually accumulated and fictionalized through folk storytelling and zaju (variety plays) from the Southern Song to the Yuan dynasty, and is not the historical reality.
Relationship network
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- command← Song Jiang → Li KuilitWater Margin, ch. 54Water Margin, ch. 63Water Margin, ch. 71Water Margin, ch. 73Water Margin, ch. 88Water Margin, ch. 93Water Margin, ch. 97Water Margin, ch. 117
Original text (8)
宋江道:“你可再下去,先把柴大官人放在箩里
宋江道:“兄弟虽然勇猛,这北京非比别处州府,且梁中书又是蔡太师女婿,更兼手下有李成、闻达,都是万夫不当之勇,不可轻敌。”
Original relation: dissuade · Water Margin, ch. 63
寄下你项上一刀,再犯必不轻恕
Original relation: forgive · Water Margin, ch. 71
宋江道:“若要我饶他,只教他捉得那两个假宋江,讨得刘太公女儿来还他,这等方才饶你。”
宋江阵中,却转过李逵、樊瑞、鲍旭、项充、李衮五百牌手向前
Original relation: command · Water Margin, ch. 88
宋江道:“众兄弟禁声,这是梦中说话,甚么要紧。”
Original relation: command · Water Margin, ch. 93
牢中放出李逵,鲁智深,武松,刘唐,鲍旭,项充,李衮,唐斌
Original relation: release · Water Margin, ch. 97
宋江便叫李逵,项充,李衮冲杀入去
- sworn brothersLi Kui → Song JianglitWater Margin, ch. 38Water Margin, ch. 39Water Margin, ch. 40Water Margin, ch. 41Water Margin, ch. 53
Original text (5)
结拜得这位哥哥,也不枉了。
早晚只在牢里伏侍宋江哥哥
Original relation: serve · Water Margin, ch. 39
和宋三郎最好
Original relation: brothers · Water Margin, ch. 40
好哥哥正应著天上的言语
Original relation: 称呼哥哥 · Water Margin, ch. 41
小可义弟,姓李,名逵
Original relation: 义弟 · Water Margin, ch. 53
- order beheading← Song Jiang → Li KuilitWater Margin, ch. 71Water Margin, ch. 74Water Margin, ch. 120
Original text (4)
左右与我推去,斩讫报来
宋江骂道:“你这厮忒大胆!不曾著我知道,私走下山,这是该死的罪过!
Original relation: scold · Water Margin, ch. 74
昨日酒中,已与了你慢药服了
Original relation: poison · Water Margin, ch. 120
臣特令人去润州唤李逵到来,亲与药酒鸩死
Original relation: poison kill · Water Margin, ch. 120
- brothers← Song Jiang → Li KuilitWater Margin, ch. 43Water Margin, ch. 72Water Margin, ch. 115Water Margin, ch. 120
Original text (4)
李逵道:“哥哥,你且说那三件事。”
道:“哥哥不带我来也罢了
Original relation: 兄长 · Water Margin, ch. 72
哥哥放心,我明日和鲍旭、项充、李衮四个人
兄弟自从分散之后
Original relation: sworn brothers · Water Margin, ch. 120
- followLi Kui → Song JianglitWater Margin, ch. 68Water Margin, ch. 72Water Margin, ch. 78Water Margin, ch. 110
Original text (4)
我在江州舍身拼命,跟将你来
李逵守死要去,那里执拗得他住。宋江道:“你既然要去,不许你惹事,打扮做伴当跟我。”
Original relation: follow · Water Margin, ch. 72
李逵便道:“兄弟帮哥哥去走一遭。”
Original relation: subordinate · Water Margin, ch. 78
李逵道:“哥哥好没寻思!当初在梁山泊里,不受一个的气,却今日也要招安,明日也要招安,讨得招安了,却惹烦恼。放著兄弟们都在这里,再上梁山泊去,却不快活!”
Original relation: remonstrate · Water Margin, ch. 110
Original text (2)
迳奔宋江
写了赌赛军令状二纸
Original relation: 赌赛 · Water Margin, ch. 73
Original text (1)
你将去使用
Original text (2)
吴用道:“既然你要去,便教做先锋,点与五百好汉相随,就充头阵,来日下山。”
我这里先差‘黑旋风’李逵
Original relation: dispatch · Water Margin, ch. 79
Original text (1)
吴用道:“你若依的我三件事……便带你去。”
Original text (1)
军师吴用再三吩咐李逵道
Original text (1)
卢俊义大怒,著手中朴刀,来斗李逵
Original text (1)
卢俊义便叫收拾李逵回去
Original text (2)
戴宗连忙喝道
我与戴院长做伴走一遭
Original relation: peer · Water Margin, ch. 53
Original text (1)
戴宗取四个甲马,去李逵两只腿上也缚了
Original text (1)
戴宗连忙扶住李逵,问道:“兄弟这两日在那里?”
Original text (1)
奉著哥哥将令,教我来请公孙胜
Original text (1)
丢了双斧,望
Original text (2)
宋公明著令燕青相守李逵
偷走下山,特来帮你
Original relation: follow · Water Margin, ch. 74
Original text (1)
燕青道:“哥哥差遣,小弟愿往。”便去房中取了弩子,绰了齐眉棍,随著李逵
Original text (1)
你和黑厮最好
Original text (1)
我教你一个法则,唤做‘负荆请罪’
Original text (1)
你两个今番却做个至交的弟兄。常言道:‘不打不成相识。’
Original text (1)
这后生不是别人,只是柴进
Original text (1)
李逵叫一声:“柴大官人!”那里见动,把手去摸时,只觉口内微微声唤。
Original text (1)
朱仝性起,奋不顾身,拽扎起布衫,大踏步赶将来
Original text (1)
李逵吃宋江逼住了,只得撇了双斧,拜了朱仝两拜
Original text (1)
一斧一个,劈下头来
Original text (1)
穆弘叫道:“众人忧得你苦,你却在这里风!快上山去!”
Original text (1)
Original text (2)
把李逵等五百馀人罩住,却似摄入黑漆皮袋内一般
被乔道清使妖术困住,五百馀人,都被生擒活捉
Original relation: catch · Water Margin, ch. 95
Original text (1)
我若不救得他时,怎的回寨去见哥哥
Original text (2)
鲍旭一见如故,便如亲兄弟一般接待。
却折了李逵的副手
Original relation: deputy · Water Margin, ch. 115
Original text (1)
又令安道全敷治李逵
Original text (1)
就拜李逵为兄。李逵认汤隆为弟。
Original text (1)
在武冈镇拜黑旋风李逵做哥哥
Original text (1)
鲍旭一见如故,便如亲兄弟一般接待。
Original text (2)
来斗李云
便和李云剪拂了
Original relation: settle dispute · Water Margin, ch. 44
Original text (1)
你可多带人去,密地解来
Original text (2)
提起斧头,便望罗真人脑门上劈将下来
罗真人说,你要杀他,好生怪你
Original relation: 曾欲杀 · Water Margin, ch. 85
Original text (2)
且教你吃些磨难
先差你押去蓟州的那人
Original relation: escort under guard · Water Margin, ch. 53