Friday, September 19, 2008

Luan Tingyu

Luan Tingyu is a fictional character in the epic Chinese novel, the ''Water Margin''. In the novel '','' he is portrayed as being a of , the military arts tutor of Song Dynasty General Yue Fei. They learn martial arts from a Shaolin master named Tan Zhengfan.

Luan was the chief military instructor of the Zhu Family village - who was trying to capture Chao Gai and his Liangshan bandits for the government bounty - and was nicknamed 'The Invincible'. Luan was once fellow students with Sun Li, so Sun Li had no problem entering the Zhu Family Village to act as a spy for the Liangshan heroes. The Zhu Family village was eventually defeated by the Liangshan heroes, who co-ordinated well from inside and outside.

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