The Ironclad Royal Decree and Its Narrative Significance in The Water Margin
Ironclad Royal Decree was a hereditary privilege certificate awarded by ancient emperors to merito-rious officials.In The Water Margin,as royal family descendant in the Later Zhou Dynasty,Chai Jin had an Iron-clad Royal Decree bestowed by Zhao Kuangyin,Emperor Taizu of Song Dynasty.A series of ups and downs in no-vel plot revolved around this Ironclad Royal Decree.From a historical perspective,the relevant plots around the Ironclad Royal Decree in The Water Margin was unsupported by history.From a novel perspective,however,it car-ried a special narrative significance.The Ironclad Royal Decree not only had narrative functions to promote plot de-velopment and run through characters'destinies,but also contained multiple metaphorical meanings.
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