Platform of Generosity

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　　stone benches encircle it. Legend has it that this was the Platform of Generosity where the heroes of Liangshan "divided gold and silver fairly with a large scale and dressed in silk and cotton of all kinds."

　　The Ming Dynasty poet Liu Ji wrote in his poem “Liangshan Marsh · Plunder Division Platform”: “A towering platform piled up from earth, they say robbers once divided their loot here. Now rare are those with clear virtue like spring water—why should Liangshan alone be famed for it?”

　　“Generosity Platform”

　　are the words handwritten by contemporary calligrapher Chen Tianran.