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Lei Heng
Lei Heng is a fictional character in "Water Margin", one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. He ranks 25th of the 36 Heavenly Spirits of the 108 Liangshan heroes and is nicknamed "Winged Tiger".
Background.
Lei Heng is from Yuncheng County (in present-day Heze, Shandong). Formerly a blacksmith and butcher, he decides to change his career and becomes a constable in the local county office. He maintains close friendships with Zhu Tong (a fellow constable
humiliated.
Lei Heng's mother gets into a quarrel with Bai Xiuying when she comes to deliver food to her son. Bai Xiuying slaps Lei Heng's mother in anger and incurs Lei's wrath. Lei Heng is unable to tolerate Bai Xiuying's overbearing attitude towards his mother, so he rises up and kills Bai by slamming his chains on her. The magistrate sentences Lei Heng to exile in Jizhou (薊州; present-day Ji County, Tianjin) and orders Zhu Tong to escort Lei to the prison camp in