In The Water Margin, for example, the 108 heroes are personifications of the 36 Tienkang and the 72 Tisha stars, dispatched to earth to do righteous deeds in a time of troubles and chaos.
「水滸傳」的一百零八條好漢，就是天上的卅六顆天罡星和七十二顆地煞星，因為亂世混濁而下凡替天行道。