Nicknamed the 'Cloud-leaping Tiger', Chen Da was one of the three bandit leaders of Mount Shaohua (together with Zhu Wu and Yang Chun) in the early chapters of the Water Margin. The trio had a brief encounter with the precocious Shi Jin, with the impetuous Chen being captured by Shi, but all of them would eventually join Chao Gai and the Liangshan bandits to deliver justice on Heaven's behalf. Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh (Traditional Chinese: 水滸傳; Simplified Chinese: æ°´æµ’ä¼ ; pinyin: ShuÇhÇ” Zhuà n), sometimes also translated as All Men Are Brothers, is one of the four most famous classical works of Chinese literature. ... Chao Gai is widely considered as the founding father of the Liangshan cause in the epic Chinese tale, the Water Margin - yet, he was never one of the official 108 heroes, for the pure and simple reason that he was killed in battle in a most untimely fashion (by Shi... Liangshan is a county-level city in Shandong province, China. ...
ChenDa, along with Zhu Wu and Yang Chun became bandit leaders on Shaohua Mountain, and gathered an army under their command.
Chen had a fight with Shi Jin, who refused to let him pass and was captured by Shi in the end.
Chen was shocked to see Shi Jin being shot down by Pang Wanchun and tried to avenge Shi but he died under dozens of enemy arrows in the attempt along with another four heroes.
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