When it comes to Chinese history, the two most glorious dynasties must be the Sui and Tang dynasties. The Sui and Tang dynasties were the most brilliant period of Culture, Economy and Politics in China. There are also many novels and film and television dramas based on the Sui and Tang dynasties. These adaptations of novels and films not only have a correct history, but also some are mixed with a lot of wild history and content with mysterious colors.
Among the Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there is a heroic figure who has always occupied the throne of the first hero of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. This person is not very old, smaller than ordinary people, but he has the strength to easily defeat Yuwen Chengdu, who ranks second, and even kill Yuwen Chengdu despite the dissuasion of his master, and finally suffers heavenly punishment and dies, this person is - Li Yuanba.
Whether it is a novel or a film or television drama, everyone who tells the theme of Sui and Tang Dynasties likes to shape Li Yuanba into a very important character. However, there is no li yuanba in history, and his prototype is Li Yuan, the fourth son of Tang Gaozu, and also the brother of Li Shimin of Tang Taizong, Li Xuanba, who died of illness at the age of sixteen in history.
The Ming and Qing dynasties were the pinnacle of the development of the Chinese novel, and there were many excellent works of fiction. For example, the four famous works "Journey to the West", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", "Dream of the Red Chamber" and many other excellent novels such as the ghost god novel "Liaozhai Zhiyi" and the satirical novel "Ru Lin WaiShi" were all created during this period, and "The Complete Biography of Tang Dynasty" was also created during this period.
Li Yuanba is a character portrayed in "The Complete Biography of Tang Dynasty", and with the continuous circulation and popularization of the novel, more and more people know About Li Yuanba, thinking that he is real, and he is impatient and powerful. But the historical Li Xuanba is not such a person, on the contrary, he is completely opposite to Li Yuanba's personality.
According to the historical records, Li Xuanba was talented and intelligent from an early age, with a low-key and introverted personality, and was deeply favored by Li Yuan. However, he was helpless to be frail and sickly from an early age, and although he invited the best doctor and used the best medicines, he only lived to the age of sixteen and died. Due to his premature death, he did not appear in the wars at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and he did not have so many historical contributions.
Why did only Li Yuanba change his name in "The Complete Biography of Tang Dynasty", and the others did not change their names? Ancient feudal dynasties were most taboo against royal offenses, and during the Tang Dynasty, because the "carp" and "Li" homophony of carp could not be called, so the "Xuan" in Li Xuanba and the "Xuan" homophone of the Kangxi Emperor Xuan Ye of the Qing Dynasty must not be written, and had to be changed.
Of course, there is still a saying that there is such a difference between Li Yuanba and Li Xuanba. According to this theory, Li Yuanba has two historical archetypes, one is Li Xuanba and the other is Li Shimin. Li Yuanba inherited the identity of Li Xuanba and inherited the explosive force value from Li Shimin, which is also another way for the author to express his appreciation for Li Shimin.
Li Yuanba is the first fierce general of Sui and Tang Dynasties, is the head of the Sui and Tang good men, the book in order to show the identity of his first bully is a thin body but holding a double hammer, a hammer of more than 400 pounds, a double hammer a total of more than 800 pounds, the strength is infinite, with the current weight of Li Yuanba's two iron hammers weigh about 1000 pounds, such an exaggerated description also shows the non-authenticity of this person.
Li Yuanba's mount is "WanliYun", which is rumored to be able to travel 10,000 a day and 8,000 at night. Although it is not as good as the fantasy novel Journey to the West, it is also a magical existence far beyond the average good colt. When the Sui Emperor was still on the throne, Li Yuanba had a fight with Yuwen Chengdu, and this second-ranked good man was teased by a child like Li Yuanba.
Li Yuanba participated in two battles, one was the Battle of Siming Mountain. In this battle, he single-handedly defeated and defeated the Eighteen-Way Anti-King Army with millions of male soldiers. It further highlights his bravery and strength in ranking first.
Another battle was the Battle of Purple Mountain. In this battle, although Li Yuanba killed only one-third of the 1.85 million troops on the opposite side in just one afternoon, the average number of soldiers killed per second was a staggering 55. It is rumored that in war, he used a swinging double hammer to hit the opposite side, and the soldiers were like a piece of window paper in front of his double hammer, and there was no response after a hammer.
After the Battle of Purple Mountain, the battlefield was the corpses of enemy soldiers stacked into hills, and the blood flowed into a river, which was really a sea of corpses and blood. It was also in this battle that Li Mi handed over the jade seal, and other anti-kings were forced to submit to the surrender table. It was also in this battle that Li Yuanba did not heed his master's advice, killed Yuwen Chengdu, and committed a heavenly punishment.
Li Yuanba's master Ziyang Zhenren had more than once told Li Yuanba not to injure Yuwen Chengdu's life, and the first time Li Yuanba obeyed the instructions to spare Yuwen Chengdu, but in the Battle of Purple Mountain, Li Yuanba, who killed the red-eyed, smashed his double hammer into Yuwen Chengdu, ending Yuwen Chengdu's life.
In "Speaking of Tang", Li Yuanba is the reincarnation of the golden-winged Dapeng eagle, and Yuwen Cheng is the reincarnation of the Nine Heavenly Thunder God Puhua Tianzun and the reincarnation of Wen Taishi of the Shang Dynasty. The two were both celestial stars and should have helped each other, but Li Yuanba killed Yuwen Chengdu for a while, and Yuwen Chengdu was also of a higher rank than Li Yuanba, who belonged to the following crimes and violated the Heavenly Rules.
After Li Yuanba violated the heavenly punishment, although his death was smashed by a sledgehammer, different versions of the novel have different accounts. In "Wagang Hero Turn", On the way back from victory, Li Yuanba encountered heavy rain, and after Li Yuanba won the battle, he actually went crazy to the sky, holding a double hammer to scold the sky, trying to compete with the sky, and finally was killed by thunder.
In "Speaking of Tang", after Li Yuanba defeated Yuwen Chengdu, in order to celebrate the victory, he threw the sledgehammer into the sky, but due to overconfidence and failure to pay attention to the environment at that time, the prediction was wrong, and instead of catching the sledgehammer, he was hit in the head by the sledgehammer and killed on the spot.
In the Biography of Xing Tang, Li Yuanba kills Yuwen Chengdu and questions Yuwen Chengdu's reputation as the second largest. Yuwen Chengdu's master Yu Juluo was distressed by the death and reputation of his beloved disciple, so he designed the brave and unscrupulous Li Yuanba to enter his trap and kill Li Yuanba to avenge his disciple. Later, Li Yuanba's father, Li Yuan, avenged his son and shot Yu Juluo with an arrow.
Either way, Li Yuanba's death has more or less something to do with Yuwen Chengdu's death. It also corresponds to Li Yuanba's following crimes of killing Yuwen Chengdu and being punished by heaven. However, on the occasion of Li Yuanba's return from school, Ziyang Zhenren had repeatedly mentioned that Li Yuanba wanted him not to hurt Jin Rui, but he did not listen, which led to the disaster of killing himself.
Whether Li Yuanba is real or not, his impression is that of a heroic positive image. Although in the end, he did not heed Master's advice to kill Yuwen Chengdu and let himself commit a heavenly punishment and not be able to die well, such a heroic and upright hero is a hero who can penetrate the hearts of the people. Although it is a fiction, it has always been the first place in the hearts of the public.