Xie Bao [SEP] present in work
Xie Bao
Xie Bao is a fictional character in "Water Margin", one of the Four Great Classical Novels in Chinese literature. Nicknamed "Twin-tailed Scorpion", he ranks 35th among the 36 Heavenly Spirits, the first third of the 108 Stars of Destiny.
Background.
The novel describes Xie Bao as a seven "chi" young man with a round face and a dark complexion. He sports a pair of flying yaksha tattoos on his legs, and dresses like his brother, using tiger's
day Hainan), they have been living in Dengzhou (登州; in present-day eastern Shandong) for some time because Sun Li works there as a garrison officer. Sun Xin and his wife, Gu Dasao, run a tavern in Dengzhou.
Prison raid in Dengzhou.
On one occasion, Gu Dasao receives news from the jailer Yue He (Sun Li's brother-in-law) that her cousins Xie Zhen and Xie Bao, who work as hunters in the rural region of Dengzhou, have been