Yayu Book House Gossip Water Margin 38: What kind of official is Dai Zong’s "level"?

Yayu Book House Gossip 38: What is Dai Zong's "level"?

Ning Jiayu

Dai Zong is one of the first batch of people and horses in Liangshan. In Gong Shenghe's "Thirty -Six of Song Jiang" and "Song Xuanhe Restaurant", Dai Zongdu was on the list. His nickname has always been "Shenxing Tai Bao". But what is his official "level"?

In the thirty -seventh and thirty -eighth time of "Water Margin", the author wrote this way:

Song Jiang dialed in the copied house a day to eat wine, and the difference said with Song Jiang Road: "I have a few days of popular sentiment with you a few days ago, how can I not send people to him for many days?" Zhengzheng I said it was over. I just looked at the card head and reported: "New to matching the army, how can I not send the common example money with me!" Song Jiang tipped on the hall and saw this level ... Who is that person? It is Wu Xuexuan's recommended Jiangzhou two houses to clarify Dai Zong, Dai Zong. At that time, Jinling was called "parents" all the way.

The author explained why Dai Zong was called "System" and "Dean" here, but what kind of official is the "level"? How big is the official?

The "level" of the Song Dynasty was originally the name of the military officer in the army. "Song History · Bingzhi" said: "Five hundred people are commanded by the command, hundreds of people are the capitals, and they are the two people in front of them." The level of the guardian in the Song Dynasty is close to the level, so people call the prison guarding Changzun as "savings." Both "level" and "dean" are not formal official names. In the 44th time of "Water Margin", when I wrote about the disease of Yang Xiong Chang Street, I introduced Yang Xiong as "the two hospitals were escorted by prison, and the Cao Xing Xing Xingzi was charged." Yang Xiong returned to his sentence, and encountered a splashing skin kick and killing sheep Zhang Bao. It can be seen that the "level" in "Water Margin" is to use the official name of the Song Dynasty to call the prison chief. However, some people say that the prison head of the Song Dynasty was called "prison head", the official official name was "savings", and the "level" is different from the "prison". Unfortunately, there is no quoting scriptures, we don't know what his basis is, so we have to further verify the excavation materials to persuade everyone.

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