Background
The Water Margin describes Yang Xiong as a good looking man with flowery tattoos all over his body. He has thick eyebrows, eyes like those of a phoenix and a few strands of beard on his chin. He bears a resemblance to Guan Suo, the third son of Guan Yu. However, he has a paler complexion and is thus nicknamed "Sick Guan Suo" as people then believe that those with pale complexions are ill. He is a native of Henan and works as a prison warden and executioner in Jizhou (present-day Ji County, Tianjin).
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