Luan Tingyu

Luan Tingyu (栾廷玉) is a fictional character in the epic Chinese novel, the "Water Margin". In the novel "Iron Arm, Golden Sabre," he is portrayed as being a younger martial arts brother of Zhou Tong, the military arts tutor of Song Dynasty General Yue Fei. They (and Sun Li) learn martial arts from a Shaolin master named Tan Zhengfan. [Wang, Yun Heng (汪运衡) and Xiao Yun Long (筱云龙). "Tie Bei Jin Dao Zhou Tong Zhuan" (铁臂金刀周侗传 - "Iron Arm, Golden Sabre: The Biography of Zhou Tong"). Hangzhou: Zhejiang People's Publishing House, 1986 (UBSN --- Union Books and Serials Number) CN (10103.414) and 464574]

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(led by Sun Li) and outside(led by Song Jiang).

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