Leader of the 108 outlaws of Liangshan in the novel 水浒传, a county clerk whose generosity earns him the name 及时雨 (Timely Rain). He leads the band to accept an imperial pardon, which ends in their ruin.
Song Jiang eventually accepted the imperial pardon.
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In 1975 毛泽东 branded Song Jiang a capitulator who renamed the outlaws' 聚义厅, 'Hall of Gathered Righteousness', the 忠义堂, 'Hall of Loyalty and Righteousness', and sold out. A nationwide campaign against him as a 投降派, 'capitulationist', followed.
