Shan Tinggui
| Shan Tinggui | |
|---|---|
| Water Margin character | |
| Nickname | "General of Sacred Water" 聖水將 |
| Rank | 44th, Unique Star (地奇星) of the 72 Earthly Fiends |
| Tiger Cub Scouting General of Liangshan | |
| Origin | Imperial drill instructor |
| Ancestral home / Place of origin | Lingzhou (present-day Ling County, Dezhou, Shandong) |
| First appearance | Chapter 67 |
| Weapon | Black spear, bow and arrows |
| Names | |
| Simplified Chinese | 单廷圭 |
| Traditional Chinese | 單廷珪 |
| Pinyin | Shàn Tíngguī |
| Wade–Giles | Shan T'ing-kui |
Shan Tinggui is a fictional character in Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. He ranks 44th of the 108 Liangshan heroes and 8th of the 72 Earthly Fiends. He is nicknamed "General of Sacred Water".
Shan Tinggui dons a squarish helmet with a black feather at its peak and a suit of black armour. He rides on a black stallion and is armed with a black spear and a bow and arrows. An accomplished general and strategist, he serves in the imperial army as a drill instructor in his hometown, Lingzhou (凌州; present-day Ling County, Dezhou, Shandong), alongside his colleague Wei Dingguo. He specialises in water-based attacks, which include using the force of nature to flood and drown entire armies. His specialty earns him the nickname "General of Sacred Water".
After the imperial general Guan Sheng defects to the outlaw band at Liangshan Marsh, the Imperial Tutor Cai Jing recommends Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo to Emperor Huizong to lead the imperial army to eliminate the outlaws. When the outlaws receive news of the attack, Guan Sheng volunteers to lead an army with Xuan Zan and Hao Siwen to engage the enemy. At Lingzhou, Hao Siwen and Xuan Zan are lured into the enemy formation by Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo respectively and captured. Hao Siwen and Xuan Zan are escorted as prisoners of war back to Daming Prefecture (大名府; in present-day Handan, Hebei). Along the way, the bandits from Mount Deadwood (枯樹山), led by Bao Xu and Li Kui, attack the convoy and free the captives.
Guan Sheng challenges Shan Tinggui to a fight outside Lingzhou. Guan Sheng feigns defeat and retreats to lure Shan Tinggui to follow him. He turns around suddenly and knocks Shan Tinggui off his steed with a surprise attack. Shan Tinggui is captured and escorted back to Liangshan. Liangshan's chief, Song Jiang, treats Shan Tinggui with respect and succeeds in persuading Shan to join the outlaw band. Shan Tinggui returns to Lingzhou and successfully convinces Wei Dingguo to join Liangshan as well.
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