In "Water Margin", the three heroes of the Ruan family are named Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi respectively. In fact, they only have three brothers. The reason why they are named with the three numbers 257 is because There may be two reasons for this: (1) The parents of Ruan's Sanxiong are not very educated and their names are very random; (2) 257 is sorted according to the family. Although there are only three brothers, they are very popular in the whole country. In the family, three people ranked second, fifth and seventh respectively. There are only three brothers of the Ruan family: Ruan Xiaoer, Short-lived Erlang, Ruan Xiaowu, and Huoyan Luo, Ruan Xiaoqi. They are collectively known as the "Three Heroes of the Ruan family". They are characters in the book "Water Margin" Literary image, he first followed Chao Gai to rob the birthday card together, and then went to Liangshan Luocao to become a bandit.
The three characters have very different personalities. Ruan Xiaoer has a calm character, Ruan Xiaowu has a gloomy character, and Ruan Xiaoqi is ruthless. There are wonderful descriptions of the three of them in the book "Water Margin". Judging from the description of the three family backgrounds in the book and the information obtained from the people in Liangshan, there are no more brothers among the three Ruan brothers. There should be only three brothers. Why are they named like this?
If they are brothers, why are the numbers in their names not in order? The most likely reason is that the numbers in their names are not arranged in the order of the three brothers. But among the three people of the same generation in the Ruan family, the order in which the three are located. Among the first cousins, the three Ruan clans ranked second, fifth and seventh respectively, hence the name.
Of course there is another possibility, that is, the three men of the Ruan family may have many brothers, but other than these three others are no longer alive. This is also very possible, because the survival rate of infants in ancient times was It was already very low, and it was entirely possible that only three of the seven brothers would survive in the end.
Of the three heroes of the Ruan family, only Ruan Xiaoqi died a good death in the book "Water Margin". After conquering Fangla, he returned to Shijie Village to take care of his old mother, and died at the age of 60.