# Quote — Shī Nàiān, The Water Margin

> [Song Jiang] helped anyone, high or low, who sought his aid. [...] He was always making things easy for people, solving their difficulties, settling differences, saving lives. He provided the indigent with funds for coffins and medicines, gave charity to the poor, assisted in emergencies, helped in cases of hardship. And so he was famed throughout the provinces of Shandong and Hebei, and was known to all as the Timely Rain, for like the rain from the heavens he brought succor to every living thing.

- Author: [Shī Nàiān](https://www.leafyquotes.com/shi-naian.md)
- Book: [The Water Margin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/shi-naian/the-water-margin.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/shi-naian/the-water-margin/song-jiang-helped

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