Zou Run

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Zou Run (邹润) is a character in the epic Chinese tale, the Water Margin.

Zou Run was the nephew of Zou Yuan, and his age was quite close to his uncle's. He was born tall and big-sized, had a weird appearance, and a large growth at the back of his head, thus earning him the nickname 'One-horned dragon' (独角龙). Once, he got into a quarrel and knocked his head against a tree in anger, bending the tree trunk, which stunned everyone.

Zou Run also led a wandering life like his uncle and he joined his uncle on Dengyun Mountain, where they gathered a bandit army to rob the rich to feed the poor, and they became famous throughout Shandong. Later, the Xie brothers(Xie Zhen and Xie Bao) were framed and thrown into prison. Sun Xin sought help from them to rescue the Xie brothers. In the end, with their combined efforts, they raided the prison and rescued the Xie brothers, then fled to Liangshan for refuge. At the same time, the Liangshan heroes were locked in a stalemate with the Zhu Family Village in a war. Sun Li volunteered to act as a conspirator from within to aid the Liangshan heroes in conquering the Zhu Family Village and Zou Run and Zou Yuan went with him. In the end, they made a great contribution in helping the Liangshan heroes conquer the Zhu Family Village.

Zou Run became one of the leaders of the Liangshan infantry and 72 Earthly Fiends, and he followed the heroes on their campaigns against the Liao Tartars and southern rebels after they had obtained amnesty from the emperor. He was one of the few lucky survivors after the campaigns, but his uncle (Zou Yuan) perished in the Fang La campaign. He refused an official post despite his contributions and went back to Dengyun Mountain.

Water Margin characters
Founding Father
Chao Gai
108 Stars of Destiny
36 Heavenly Spirits
Song Jiang | Lu Junyi | Wu Yong | Gongsun Sheng | Guan Sheng | Lin Chong | Qin Ming | Huyuan Zhuo | Hua Rong | Chai Jin | Li Ying | Zhu Tong | Lu Zhishen | Wu Song | Dong Ping | Zhang Qing | Yang Zhi | Xu Ning | Suo Chao | Dai Zhong | Liu Tang | Li Kui | Shi Jin | Mu Hong | Lei Heng | Li Jun | Ruan Xiaoer | Zhang Heng | Ruan Xiaowu | Zhang Shun | Ruan Xiaoqi | Yang Xiong | Shi Xiu | Xie Zhen | Xie Bao | Yan Qing
72 Earthly Fiends

Zhu Wu | Huang Xin | Sun Li | Xuan Zan | Hao Siwen | Han Tao | Peng Qi | Shan Tinggui | Wei Dingguo | Xiao Rang | Pei Xuan | Ou Peng | Deng Fei | Yan Shun | Yang Lin | Ling Zhen | Jiang Jing | Lu Fang | Guo Sheng | An Daoquan | Huangfu Duan | Wang Ying | Hu San Niang | Bao Xu | Pan Rui | Kong Ming | Kong Liang | Xiang Chong | Li Gun | Jin Dajian | Ma Lin | Tong Wei | Tong Meng | Meng Kang | Hou Jian | Chen Da | Yang Chun | Zheng Tianshou | Tao Zongwang | Song Qing | Yue He | Gong Wang | Ding Desun | Mu Chun | Cao Zheng | Song Wan | Du Qian | Xue Yong | Shi En | Li Zhong | Zhou Tong | Tang Long | Du Xing | Zou Yuan | Zou Run | Zhu Gui | Zhu Fu | Cai Fu | Cai Qing | Li Li | Li Yun | Jiao Ting | Shi Yong | Sun Xin | Gu Dasao | Zhang Qing | Sun Er Niang | Wang Dingliu | Yu Baosi | Bai Sheng | Shi Qian | Duan Jingzhu


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