Three Kingdoms: Killing Guan Yu from the Start

Discuss the martial arts saints in Chinese history There are many saints in Chinese history, including Confucius, the literary saint, Mencius, the sub-sage, Du Fu, the poet saint, Du Kang, the wine saint, Zhang Zhongjing, the medical saint, Li Shizhen and Sun Simiao, the medicine saint, Sima Qian, the historical saint, and Sima Qian, the calligraphy saint. Wang Xizhi, Tea Saint Lu Yu... But when it comes to the Martial Saint, the controversy is huge. Most places in the north worship Guan Yu as the Martial Saint, some areas worship Yue Fei, and a small number worship Jiang Ziya, and even Wu Zixu. So who is the Martial Saint?                                                            We have to mention the literary sage Confucius first, because it was the literary sage of Confucius first, and then the corresponding martial sage. The first time Confucius was called a literary sage was in the 16th year of Taihe (492 AD) of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty. In order to promote Han culture, Emperor Xiaowen promoted Confucius to the position of a saint. Later, the literary sage that became popular throughout the country was called the first sage in the second year of Zhenguan (628 AD) of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. The Martial Saint was a little later. Before the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, people were people, and they would become ghosts when they died. Gods were gods, and ghosts and gods were not connected. However, during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, due to wars, many people went to the mountains to avoid disasters. Coupled with alchemy and other activities, the trend of seeking immortality and asking for immortality was very strong. Coupled with the rise and popularization of Taoism, people gradually became able to become immortals. Some virtuous people in the past would also become gods such as immortals and saints to protect the people. Therefore, it has been said that people can become immortals and saints since the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Wen Sheng came into being because Emperor Xiaowen promoted Han culture, but what about Wu Sheng? The origin of Wu Sheng was mainly due to the Wu Zhou Dynasty. During the Wu Zetian period, the martial arts examination subjects were introduced, and martial arts examinations began to be used to select generals. People at that time were still very superstitious. If I was taking the civil service examination, I would have to go to the Confucius Temple to pray for blessings from Confucius. But who should I ask for blessings if I was taking the martial arts examination? As a result, various historical figures related to martial arts appeared, and they all became idols in the hearts of martial arts practitioners. These are all kinds of folk worship, and they are not considered true martial saints. It was not until after the Anshi Rebellion that Tang Suzong, who was cleaning up the mess, discovered the importance of military commanders. So the Martial Arts Temple was established corresponding to the Confucian Temple. As for who to worship? After referring to various historical figures in folk and historical books, it was decided to give the highest position of King Wu Cheng to Jiang Shang, the Duke of Jiang who assisted King Wu in defeating Zhou.                                                                                                               , also must give a place to others, so ten more people from later generations were added to the list to accompany the sacrifice in two rows on the left and right. Left column: Qin Wu'an Jun Bai Qi, Western Han Dynasty Huaiyin Marquis Han Xin, Shu Han Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, Tang Shangshu Pushe Wei Duke Li Jing, Tang Sikong British Duke Li Ji. Right column: Prince Shaofu Zhang Liang of the Western Han Dynasty, Grand Sima Tian Rangju of Jiang Qi, Wu General Sun Wu, Wei Xihe County Sheriff, Chu Ling Yin Wu Qi, and Yanchang King Le Yi. When the generals showed their power during the Anshi Rebellion, Guan Yunchang made the list for the first time. At this time, the familiar General Guan Yu has no shadow yet. This period is mainly to assess the military strategy, strategy and tactics of the sages, taking into account both fame and contribution. The Yue Wumu we are familiar with has not been born yet, so he is not among them. During the period of Tang Dezong, the grandson of Suzong of the Tang Dynasty, he was also very idle. On the basis of his grandfather, sixty-four more generals were added to the martial temple: Fan Li, Sun Bin, Lian Po, Wang Jian, Cao Shen, Zhou Bo, Li Guang, Huo Qubing, Deng Yu, Jia Fu, Kou Xun, Ma Yuan, Huangfu Song, Zhang Liao, Guan Yu, Zhou Yu, Lu Xun, Yang Hu, Wang Jun, Xie Xuan, Murong Ke, Daoji, Seng Bian, Murong Shaozong, Yu Wenxian, Han Qinhuzhu Long live the history of the country, Tang Yuchi Jingde, Su Lie, Zhang Rendan, Wang Jun, Wang Xiaojie, Guan Zhong, Tian Dan, Zhao She, Li Mu, Peng Yue, Zhou Yafu, Wei Qing, Zhao Chongguo, Wu Han, Feng Yi, Geng Yan, Duan Jue, Wei Dengai, Zhang Fei, Lu Meng, Lu Kang, Du Yu, Tao Kan, Wang Meng, Sun Song, Wang Zhene, Wu Mingche, Hu Luguang, Boyu Jin, Wei Xiaokuan, Yang Su, He Ruobi, Li Xiaogong, Pei Xingjian, Guo Yuanzhen, Zhang Qiqiu, Guo Ziyi.                                                                                                                                           except some Tang Dynasty generals and military envoys who made great contributions at that time, are basically familiar figures to everyone, especially those from the Spring and Autumn Period, Warring States Period and the Three Kingdoms Period. This time, our Second Master Guan is finally on the list, but he is still behind the orthodox dynasty Cao Wei and Zhang Liao, and is still quite far away from Zhuge Liang, the tenth companion, let alone the Wucheng King Jiang Ziya. During the Zhao and Song Dynasties, Song Taizu purged the tainted generals, and Guan Yunchang was eliminated After the division of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin once again unified almost the entire farming area of China (Yan (Except Yun Liuzhou), although Zhao Kuangyin was a military general, he was quite benevolent and righteous. He did not like some "stained martial arts artists" in the previous martial arts temple, such as Bai Qi, who was bloodthirsty and killed 400,000 Zhao soldiers. Guan Yu, the arrogant military general who "deathed in battle and could not die well", and Zhang Fei, who loved drinking, were all kicked out of the martial arts temple. The list of expulsions is: Bai Qi, Wu Qi, Sun Bin, Lian Po, Han Xin, Peng Yue, Zhou Ya Husband, Duan Jiming, Deng Ai, Tao Kan, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Du Yuankai, Murong Shaozong, Wang Sengbian, Wu Mingche, Yang Su, He Ruobi, Shi Wansui, Li Guangbi, Wang Xiaojie, Zhang Qiqiu, and Guo Yuanzhen, a total of twenty-three people. But if the twenty-three people were vacant, they would not be able to complete King Wen's sixty-four hexagrams. He had to add some people he liked, so he added Guan Ying, Geng Chun, Wang Ba, Ji Zun, Ban Chao, Wang Hun, Twenty-three persons including Zhou Fang, Shen Qingzhi, Li Chong, Fu Yong, Duan Shao, Li Bi, Qin Shubao, Zhang Gongjin, Tang Xiujing, Hun Yao, Pei Du, Li Guangyan, Li Su, Zheng Tian, Ge Congzhou, Zhou Dewei, and Fu Cunshen entered the martial temple.         ，， During this period of the Song Dynasty, the economy was highly developed, and there was no curfew. The folk entertainment industry also developed rapidly. Folk art forms such as Song lyrics (which were sung at the time), Huaben (the prototype of the novel), and dramas all appeared. Therefore, many illiterate people have been exposed to many processed stories of historical figures, gods and monsters. Coupled with the invention and popularization of movable type printing, the number of books held by the people has increased significantly. Therefore, some characters who were not very famous in the first place, those whose names are easy to remember and difficult to pronounce, and short heroic stories quickly spread among the people. Among them, the one whose status has risen the fastest is Guan Yu. And our Song Huizong Zhao Ji was not trained as a crown prince when he was young, so he was exposed to a lot of folk arts, including Zaju, Cuju, scripts, etc. Therefore, he was also fascinated by Guan Yu's deeds due to the public propaganda about Guan Yu. Not only did he invite back Guan Yu, the "bad martial arts artist" who kicked out Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, he also conferred titles on him four times. From the first "Loyal and Hui Gong" to the last "Yiyong Wu'an King". From then on, Guan Yu's title became "King". After the sealing was completed, the Northern Song Dynasty was also over. Emperor Huiqin was captured and sent to Heilongjiang to give birth to a child. Zhao Gou, the ninth son of Emperor Huizong of the Southern Song Dynasty, knew that his father liked Guan Yu, so he also conferred a title on Guan Yu. After that, both the Southern Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty consecrated Guan Yu several times, but he still held the status of king and did not reach the point of becoming a saint. By the time of Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty, Guan Yu's name turned out to be 88 characters long: "Qitian Protector General inspects the Shangshu, supervises Zhunnan Jiedushi, recruits envoys of Simenguan Town in Shandong and Hebei, and promotes all the palaces and temples in the world. Kaifu Yi and the third minister Jin Ziguanglu led the army before they arrived, without the Japanese marquis Zhuang Miao Yiyong Wu An Yingji Wang Chongning protecting the country's true king. '' Good guy, he became the true king all of a sudden. The fallen king of the Yuan Dynasty loved Guan Yu. Song Huizong, the king of the previous dynasty, was able to fight, but even worse. After the Yuan Dynasty was destroyed, it was the Ming Dynasty of the old Zhu family. Perhaps because he was not familiar with the history of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Zhu Yuanzhang not only wanted to abandon the Wucheng King Jiang Ziya. Even the Martial Arts Temple was cancelled. However, these sages still had to be worshiped, but they were worshiped in a different location. The emperor should be placed in the emperor's temple. Putting them together with the gods was not in line with the mainstream values ​​of that era. Therefore, Lao Zhu will fight against the famous general Yue Fei. He was named "Martial Saint" and built an imperial temple. Thirty-seven ministers from past dynasties were selected to accompany him to worship the emperor in the temple. Yue Fei was placed in the temple of Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty. Only Zhuge Liang was selected from the Three Kingdoms period to accompany the founding emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, Han Gaozu Liu Bang and Dong Dong. The founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, was once again kicked out of the temple. However, the power of the people was huge. Similar to the first time he was elected by the script, Guan Yu was once again lifted out of the cold palace by folk literature. Came out - the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" made its debut! This novel suddenly raised Guan Yu's status among the people by several levels. People have to lament the power of fans, and traffic is king. Influenced by the voice of the people. In the 24th year of Wanli, Ming Shenzong consecrated Guan Yu as the "Great Emperor of Demons of the Three Realms, Shenwei Yuanzhen, Guan Sheng Emperor". This was the first time Guan Yu became a saint. At the same time, Yue Fei was also canonized. Yue Fei was conferred by Ming Shenzong as "The Great Emperor of Demons of the Three Realms, Loyal, Filial and Wonderful, Yue Sheng Emperor." " Soon afterwards, the Ming Dynasty was destroyed by the Dashun and the Manchus. After the Manchus ruled China, they carried out a series of enslavement policies such as shaving their hair and changing clothes. When they entered the Wu Temple, they saw that Yue Fei was actually a martial saint. This man was fighting against the great wealth established by the Jurchens, ancestors of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. How could the Han people continue to worship this anti-Qing man? So Yue Wumu was asked out of the Wu Emperor Temple and only worshiped Guan Guan. Yu one. Furthermore, the Manchus have always worshiped Nurhachi, the founding hero of the Qing Dynasty, as the incarnation of Guan Yu, and compared him to the white-faced Guan Gong. Therefore, the Manchus have always been very fond of Guan Gong.

I thought that only a few people from the Three Kingdoms could enter the Martial Arts Temple. It is even more recognized that Guan and Zhang are enemies, and Yue Fei will borrow their titles when he debuts. Why do some people in the comment area think that Guan Yu depends entirely on Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the Qing Dynasty?

According to official historical records, Guan Yu's record against Cao Wei's famous generals Le Jin and Xu Huang was a total defeat. The so-called "Juebei Road" actually had no results, and his record was brushed by various Cao Wei generals. At most, it had the effect of guerrilla containment. His "powerful China" actually means that he instigated thieves in the Huaxia region, all under the banner of Guan Yu's army, "surrounded" Xuchang, and only then scared the Cao Wei camp. This is actually the same as Dong Zhuo's back-and-forth transfer of troops to "powerful the world".

The Martial Saint should be Yue Fei, Guan Yu fought a civil war, there is no comparison.

Question: In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there are three people who can make seven in and seven out of ten thousand armies. Zhao Yun is known, who are the other two people? ? ?

Guys, what I write is a historical novel, not a mythical story. Guan Yu is just a normal character in normal history, and he will grow old, sick and die. It is written about Guan Yu, not the worshiped God of Wealth, or any other gods. He is not the big brother on the road as recognized by some people. These need to be looked at separately and cannot be lumped together. Also, you should be able to tell by looking at my pen name that my faith is a great man, a teacher, let me walk around the Guandi Temple, etc., No need to say more.

It is written in my introduction that Hua Xiong has gained the courage of the Overlord. Don't let the big guys say that Hua Xiong cannot defeat Guan Yu. How many people don't know that Guan Yu warmed wine and killed Hua Xiong? Since I chose such a book title, how could I not give Hua Xiong some force?

There are so many beauties in the Three Kingdoms... I hope that a hero who strives for hegemony will not talk about love and love... He will plunder all the famous women and wives.

Pan Feng, Hua Xiong, and Xing Daorong, these three people are so famous that they have now become the male protagonists of novels. It is really wonderful.

Good guy, a great start! If you say you want to kill Guan Yu, then kill Guan Yu, that's not a headline-grabber!