All Men Are Brothers (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Shi Naian
- First Published: 1933
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: Thirteenth century or earlier
- Setting: China
- Genres: Long fiction, Picaresque fiction, Adventure
- Subjects: Murder or homicide, Robbery or robbers, Assassins, hit men, or contract killers, Soldiers, China or Chinese people, Thirteenth century, Braggarts
- Locales: China, Shandong Province
Characters Discussed
Sung Chiang, the greatest of the warrior chiefs and the principal instrument for uniting the many robber bands. A scribe and a poet, he receives divine inspiration and becomes the sworn leader of 107 other chieftains. While he avenges wrongs done him by warring chieftains, he is not as bloodthirsty as are the pagan robbers.
Commander Kao and
Commander Kao’s Son, the chief antagonists of Sung Chiang and the other robber chiefs. The commander and his son are evil, dictatorial, and lascivious usurpers. The son lusts for a magistrate’s wife,...
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