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- [Poster 01 - scene 1, left panel, first part of the story: characters on rock:] Jingyang Ridge [caption] Wu Song bade Song Jiang farewell and went home to visit his elder brother. His path took him to Jingyang township, where he drank 18 bowls of wine at an inn, then ran drunkenly straight to Jingyang Ridge. Exhausted in mid-journey, Wu Song leaned against a rock and closed his eyes to recover. With a sound like a thunderclap, the king of beasts flew out of the mountains. The tiger had a body the size of a rhinoceros, its head was like a wicker basket, and it leaped at him, huge mouth open. Wu Song sobered up from fright, turned a somersault and dodged the tiger; he wielded his club and split the tiger’s cheeks, then brandished his fist and broke the tiger’s nose. With a flying leap, he straddled the tiger’s back and rained blows down on its head. After 35 blows, the tiger that had been terrifying all its life now had no breath in its body. Truly: Paying no mind but embarking blithely on a long journey, He steeled himself and went up Jingyang Ridge, Drunkenly he came and beat a mountain tiger to death, Winning a great reputation everywhere.
[Poster 01 - scene 3, right panel, third part of the story:] Wu Song avenged his brother by killing Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian, and turned himself in to the authorities. He was sentenced to exile in Mengzhou. In Mengzhou, Wu Song made the acquaintance of Shi En the Golden-eyed Tiger-cat. With Shi En's father as guarantor, Wu Song lived in Shi En's house on parole. After hearing to Shi En's grievances and witnessing with his own eyes, Wu Song learned that “Door-god” Jiang, a local tyrant, was conspiring with local authorities, commiting all kinds of evil, and tyrannizing the people. To rid the Shi family and the people of this evil, Wu Song could not contain his fury, and wrought havoc in Kuaihuo Mountain, beating “Door-god” Jiang while drunk. To the delight of the people, “Door-god” Jiang was knocked flat and begged for mercy, thus losing his prestige. Truly: Where he raised his fists, Thunder roared; When his feet flew, A storm arose. Wu Song wreaked havoc in Kuaihuo Mountains And righteously beat “Door-god” Jiang while drunk.
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