36 Heavenly Spirits

The 36 Heavenly Spirits or 36 Heavenly Chieftains (天罡星三十六星) refer to the two divisions amongst the 108 Liangshan bandits in the epic Chinese tale, the Water Margin; the other division being the 72 Earthly Fiends or 72 Earthly Warriors. This segregation essentially determined where the heroes were seated when they gathered for feasts and meetings in the grand hall of their lair.

The first 36 were the more senior members, such as the leader Song Jiang, the deputy Lu Junyi and the founding members such as Hua Rong and the Ruan brothers.

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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