"Deer Ding Ji" is Jin Yong's last martial arts novel, and it is also the pinnacle of Jin Yong's novel.
The novel tells the story of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, creating and portraying many characters, some are original by the author, and some are historical and his own, such as the famous Three Masters of the Ming and Zheng Dynasties in Taiwan, Chen Jinnan, Feng Xifan, and Liu Guoxuan, who are called "Taiwan's Three Tigers" in the book.
"If you don't know Chen Jinnan in your life, you will be called a hero in vain", which is the unique label attached to Chen Jinnan by the people in the rivers and lakes, and from the perspective of behavior, the extremely prestigious Chen Jinnan is also worthy of this name. Chen Jinnan, who is just caught in the cracks of historical destiny, is precisely because of the "sense of mission" under this fame that he finally lived a tragic figure and "must not die well".
Feng Xifan is a "sinister and vicious" villain, nicknamed "a sword without blood" Kunlun Sect master, "with the tip of the sword to point people to death, the person who is pointed will never bleed", in order to support Zheng Ketuan and Chen Jinnan as enemies, and finally indirectly killed Chen Jinnan. After Taiwan was conquered by the Qing court, the Ming and Zheng xiao court was annexed, and Feng Xifan followed Zheng Ketuan to settle in Beijing, and later designed wei Xiaobao to kill.
Liu Guoxuan, a lay disciple of the Shaolin Temple in Putian, Fujian Province, did not appear many times, but because he was one of Zheng Ketuan's masters, on the side of Zheng Ketuan on a political standpoint, he joined forces with Feng Xifan to exclude Chen Jinnan.
The characters in the novel, compared with the real image, will naturally be deviated, and although the novelist cannot blindly and overly believe in it, it also has a true reflection of history.
Let's take a look at the real experience of these three major generals of Taiwan's Ming and Zheng dynasties, who are called "the three masters of Taiwan in the Ming and Zheng dynasties".
Chen Yonghua (1634–1680)
Chen Jinnan's historical archetype is Chen Yonghua, who was born during the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, a native of Longxi County, Zhangzhou Province (present-day Shimei Village, Zhangzhou Taiwan Investment Zone), and his father Chen Ding was a man during the Ming Dynasty's apocalypse, who committed suicide after the Qing army invaded Fujian.
During Zheng Chenggong's occupation of Xiamen, Chen Yonghua, who was only twenty-three years old, was able to discuss political affairs with Zheng Chenggong on the recommendation of Wang Zhongxiao, a military attendant, and thus was appreciated by Zheng Chenggong. Known by Zheng Chenggong as "today's Wolong", he was not only awarded the position of "Consulting and Joining the Army", but also became the teacher of Shizi Zhengjing.
According to some historical sources, Chen Yonghua was not good at talking in his daily life, but he had a unique view on political affairs, talked about it, and gradually became Zheng Chenggong's main strategist.
After Zheng Chenggong's death, Zheng Jing succeeded to the throne, and Chen Yonghua continued to assist Zheng Jing, which was highly valued, and also had his eldest son Zheng Kezang marry Chen Yonghua's daughter as his wife.
During the period when Chen Yonghua assisted Zheng Jing, he did a lot of practical things in Taiwan and developed Taiwan's economic education, and Zheng Jing relied heavily on him and entrusted important administrative affairs to him.
During the San Francisco Rebellion, Zheng Jing led an army to join forces with Geng Jing to fight the Qing Dynasty, and ordered Zheng Kezang to supervise the state, and Chen Yonghua was awarded the post of general envoy of Dongning to stay in Taiwan. After that, the rebellion was quelled by the Qing court, and Zheng Jing was powerless to follow, withdrawing from the mainland and returning to Taiwan.
In the nineteenth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1680), Chen Yonghua was jointly ostracized by Feng Xifan and Liu Guoxuan, and later deceived by Feng Xifan, resigned from the military post, and retired to Longhuyan (longhuyan, Chishan, Liujia District, Tainan City), and became a disease from then on. Soon after, Chen Yonghua died of illness in Taiwan and was honored as Wenzheng.
Feng Xifan (?) －？ ）
Feng Xifan ,Pin Xifan, a native of Longxi, Fujian (present-day Qiling Village, Longwen District, Zhangzhou, Fujian), his father Feng Chengshi had been Zheng Chenggong's worker, and Feng's father and son followed Zheng Chenggong in his early years to rebel against the Qing Dynasty army and fought in various parts of southern Fujian, which was quite meritorious.
After Zheng Chenggong's death, Zheng Chenggong's eldest son Zheng Jing and fifth brother Zheng Xun had a dispute for the throne, when Zheng Jing, who was stationed on the island and Zheng Jing stationed in Xiamen, fought for the succession with the support of various forces, and Feng Xifan had been appointed by Zheng Jing as his bodyguard at this time to follow Zheng Jing into Taiwan.
Zheng Jing, with the help of Chen Yonghua and others, was able to defeat Zheng Xun and succeed to the throne, and Feng Xifan was later reused. During the San Francisco Rebellion, Feng Xifan followed Zheng Jing in fighting against the Qing army and gradually became a close confidant of Zheng Jing.
Zheng Jingwai, Zheng Kezang supervised the country, and Chen Yonghua taught, which naturally caused many dissatisfactions among Feng Xifan and others who supported Zheng Ketuan. After Zheng Jing's defeat and return to Taiwan, Chen Yonghua was ostracized, lost power, and ended up depressed.
Soon after, Zheng Jing died, and Feng Xifan joined forces with the important ministers of the DPRK and China to launch a coup d'état, deposing Zheng Kezang and hanging Zheng Kezang, and establishing Zheng Kezun to succeed to the throne, and from then on Feng Xifan monopolized the military and political power in Taiwan.
After the Qing court attacked Taiwan, Feng Xifan followed Zheng Ketuan to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and was made a loyal earl of the Qing court, subordinate to the Han Army's Zhengbai Banner.
Liu Guoxuan (1629–1693)
Liu Guoxuan( Chinese: 刘国轩; pinyin: Îạng Đồng Đại Đạng Đại Đạng Đ
During the Shunzhi period, Zheng successfully attacked Zhangzhou, and Liu Guoxuan "corrected the chaos" and threw himself into Zheng Chenggong's army. Although Liu Guoxuan later followed Zheng Chenggong around, he failed to be reused due to his poor performance. Later, he did have an outstanding performance in the campaign to retake Taiwan.
Zheng Chenggong died, Zheng jing won the victory over the throne, and although Liu Guoxuan served on the island of Taiwan, he was not affected or trusted. After that, Liu Guoxuan once played a good role in the internal pacification war in Taiwan, and gradually became a military leader in the Ming and Zheng court.
During the San Francisco Rebellion, Liu Guoxuan was ordered to go out to fight against the Qing army, and turned to Fujian, Guangdong and other places, where he defeated the Qing army many times. The Ming and Zheng armies were eventually defeated by the Qing army, and Liu Guoxuan withdrew to Taiwan with his army, when Feng Xifan secretly contacted Liu Guoxuan to exclude Chen Yonghua, and soon Chen Yonghua resigned from his post, and the military power was controlled by Liu Guoxuan.
After Zheng Jing's death, Liu Guoxuan again joined forces with Feng Xifan to succeed Zheng Ketuan and was given the title of Marquis of Wuping. In the 22nd year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1683), the Qing army attacked Taiwan, and Liu Guoxuan was stationed at Penghu, where he was defeated by the Qing army. Later, in the process of persuading Zheng Ketuan to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, he spared no effort and worked very hard.
After following Zheng Ketuan to the Qing Dynasty, Liu Guoxuan was appointed by the Qing government as the commander-in-chief of Tianjin and awarded the title of Marquis of Shunqing. During his tenure in Tianjin, he made considerable political achievements, did a lot of practical things, and had a good reputation.
In the thirty-second year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1693), Liu Guoxuan died of illness in Tianjin and was posthumously awarded the title of Grand Master of Guanglu and Prince Shaobao by the Qing court.
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