斧是人类生活中兼具兵与器两种功能的重要器具,在《水浒传》中的斧作为兵主要的作战兵器,泛称兵器、仪仗法器、施刑兵器、守城兵器等,作为器主要用作农具与日常工具。这些用途各异的斧从不同侧面生动描绘了北宋末年武器武备、格斗战争、风土人情等社会生活图景,并对形象刻画人物的性格特征起到了重要的作用。 The ax is an important instrument that combines both the functions of a soldier and a weapon in human life. The ax in the Water Margin serves as the main combat weapon of a soldier, generally speaking as a weapon of war, a weapon of honor, a weapon of execution, a weapon of a defensive guard, Mainly used as farm tools and daily tools. These axes of different uses vividly depict the images of social life such as weaponry and wars, fighting wars, local customs and practices at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty from different perspectives, and play an important role in portraying the character traits of the characters.