 With the publishing of Yue Fei 's 17th folklore biography , The Story of Yue Fei ( 1684 ) , a new distinct fictional Zhou Tong emerged , which differed greatly from his historical persona . Not only was he now from Shaanxi ; but he was Yue 's adopted father , a learned scholar with knowledge of the eighteen weapons of war , and his personal name was spelled with a different , yet related , Chinese character . The novel 's author portrayed him as an elderly widower and military arts tutor who counted Lin Chong and Lu Junyi , two of the fictional 108 outlaws on which the Water Margin is based , among his former pupils . A later republican era folktale by noted Yangzhou storyteller Wang Shaotang not only adds Wu Song to this list , but represents Zhou as a knight @-@ errant with supreme swordsmanship . The tale also gives him the nickname " Iron Arm " , which he shares with the executioner @-@ turned @-@ outlaw Cai Fu , and makes the outlaw Lu Zhishen his sworn brother . Because of his association with the outlaws , he is often confused with the similarly named outlaw Zhou Tong . 
 With the publishing of Yue Fei <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>17th folklore biography , The Story of Yue Fei ( 1684 ) , a new distinct fictional Zhou Tong emerged , which differed greatly from his historical persona . Not only was he now from Shaanxi ; but he was Yue <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>adopted father , a learned scholar with knowledge of the eighteen weapons of war , and his personal name was spelled with a different , yet related , Chinese character . The novel <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>author portrayed him as an elderly widower and military arts tutor <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>who</mark></a>counted Lin Chong and Lu Junyi , two of the fictional 108 outlaws on which the Water Margin is based , among his former pupils . A later republican era folktale by noted Yangzhou storyteller Wang Shaotang not only <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>adds</mark></a> Wu Song to this list , but <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>represents</mark></a> Zhou as a knight @-@ errant with supreme swordsmanship . The tale also <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>gives</mark></a> him the nickname " Iron Arm " , which he <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>shares</mark></a> with the executioner @-@ turned @-@ outlaw Cai Fu , and <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>makes</mark></a> the outlaw Lu Zhishen his sworn brother . Because of his association with the outlaws , he is often confused with the similarly named outlaw Zhou Tong . 
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