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:''This article is about the Water Margin character, Zhu Tong. He is not to be confused with another Water Margin character Zhou Tong or the archer Zhou Tong.'' Zhu Tong is a fictional character in ''Water Margin'', one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. He ranks 12th of the 36 Heavenly Spirits of the 108 Liangshan heroes and is nicknamed "Lord of the Beautiful Beard". ==Background== Zhu Tong is a constable from Yuncheng County (in present-day Heze, Shandong). He stands at eight ''chi'' and four or five ''cun'', and sports a beard a ''chi'' and five ''cun'' long. His sparkling eyes and beard make him resemble Guan Yu in appearance; he is thus nicknamed "Lord of the Beautiful Beard". He is also highly regarded by the magistrate of Yuncheng County because he is not only chivalrous, but is also very generous in using his wealth to help the less privileged. He befriends other famous ''jianghu'' figures and practises martial arts in his free time. Zhu Tong and his colleague Lei Heng maintain a close friendship with Chao Gai. When Chao Gai and his six friends are revealed to be the ones responsible for robbing a convoy of birthday gifts meant for Cai Jing (the Imperial Tutor), the magistrate orders Zhu Tong and Lei Heng to arrest them. However, Zhu Tong and Lei Heng respect Chao Gai and value their friendship with him, so they secretly help him and his friends escape. Not long after the incident, Song Jiang (the magistrate's clerk) kills Yan Poxi after she discovered his connections with the outlaws and threatened to report him to the authorities. The magistrate orders Zhu Tong and Lei Heng to arrest Song Jiang, but they secretly help him escape on account of their friendship. Since then, Zhu Tong's civil career has undertaken a slight deviation as he is inclined to side with his outlaw friends instead of performing his duties as a law enforcer. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zhu Tong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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