In "Deer Ding", Na Wei Xiaobao has seven ladies around him, but his final ending is only to live in anonymity, and several of the ladies around him can only be rich and noble, even if he is in a low valley, it is not surprising to leave him, so Wei Xiaobao's life may not be better.
The most enviable of all the protagonists in Jin Yong's pen should actually be Duan Yu in "Tianlong Babu", compared to Wei Xiaobao, he also has a group of beautiful people around him, the difference is that Duan Yu also has a divine skill, plus he later became the Emperor of Dali, this experience is really unparalleled.
However, Duan Yu's later decision inevitably made people feel that he was in the blessing and did not know the blessing, in the new revision, he chose to become a monk after forty years as emperor, was it not a blow?
First, the inexplicable reputation of Duan Yu
In the old version of the "Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon", the story developed to the song and Liao Wars, Duan Yu and Xuan Zhu were separated, Duan Yu took Wang Yuyan and others back to Dali and ended, but this was not the case in the new version, Wang Yuyan did not marry Duan Yu later, but returned to Murong Fu's side, and Duan Yu clearly became the emperor of Dali and married countless concubines.
The original text says: "Dali (historically known as 'Hou Li') Emperor Xuanren duan yu, when he ascended the throne, the era name was 'Rixin', later changed to Wenzhi, Yongjia, Baotian, guangyun, a total of five era names, after which he avoided the throne as a monk, a total of forty years as emperor, passed on to his son Duan Zhengxing. Duan Zhengxingshi called him 'Emperor Jingzong Zhengkang', and changed his name to 'Yongzhen' the following year. After he had been emperor for twenty-five years, he also abdicated himself as a monk and passed it on to his son. The name of Duan Zhengxing's mother, which is not recorded in history, is mu wanqing, Zhong Ling, Xiaolei, or whether she was born to another concubine, it is not known. ”
Duan Yu became emperor, it was normal to marry Zhong Ling, Mu Wanqing, and XiaoLei, as an emperor, it was not unusual for him to marry more "other concubines", but it was precisely because Duan Yu's life was so enviable that he actually chose to become a monk, which was really puzzling.
What may have happened to Duan Yu?
(Duan Yu stills)
In the author's opinion, there may be three situations, one is that as stated in the book, he abstained from the throne as a monk due to Dali customs, but even in the real history of the Dali Duan Emperor, not every one of them later chose to avoid the throne, so Duan Yu's monk still lacked a statement from the perspective of martial arts.
The second situation is that Tianshan Tong Yao once said that for people with extremely deep internal strength, if they do not disperse their work, it is not so easy to die, but normal people will naturally experience life, old age, illness and death, so it is also possible that those concubines of Duan Yu died, and he did not want to live, so he escaped into the empty door, which is somewhat possible.
The third kind is more "martial arts", Duan Yu was once a person who did not love to learn martial arts, but after being the emperor of Dali, he must shoulder the entire Dali kingdom, at this time he will naturally arm himself through the practice of martial arts, and over time he will also be conceited, is it not that he lost to a certain high-ranking person, so he was ashamed and angry? It seems to make some sense, and it is really possible that he will meet a master who can defeat him in his later years.
Second, hunt the sword demons of martial arts masters
The "sword demon" alone and seeks defeat is a martial fool, and he has only one purpose in crossing the martial forest, that is, to "defeat all the masters in the world", and later it became "but seek defeat", so the lonely and defeated is a hunter-like existence, and other masters in the martial forest naturally become his prey.
Duan Yu fought side by side with Xiao Feng and Xuan Zhu at the time of the Song and Liao Wars, and his deeds were naturally well known, and as the Emperor of Dali, he naturally could not retire to the jianghu like an ordinary martial arts master, he was always in the Dali Palace, and there was every reason to know his existence and challenge him.
Judging from the results, the self-statement of the life carved in the sword tomb can explain everything.
(One Light Stills)
"For more than thirty years, he has killed all the enemies and defeated the heroes, and the world has no resistance, helpless, but lives in the deep valley and takes the eagle as a friend." Whoops, life seeks an enemy and cannot get it, and it is embarrassing to be lonely. ”
If the lonely seek defeat and Duan Yu have fought, then the winner is naturally lonely and defeated, as mentioned above, is it possible that Duan Yu chose to become a monk because he lost to Du Lonely?
Third, the sayings of the masters of later generations
When introducing the ending of Duan Yu in the new revision, it is mentioned that his son is named Duan Zhengxing, and then Duan Zhengxing's son is Duan Zhixing, that is, the master of one lamp who appeared in "Double Eagle", as Duan Yu's grandson, One Lamp naturally has some understanding of his grandfather's experience, but from his point of view, he has never challenged Duan Yu at all.
(Yang Guo stills)
First of all, Yang Guo said: "The predecessors of Wulin have never mentioned being alone and seeking defeat, so he is also a figure at least sixty or seventy years ago." ”
However, it is normal for those martial arts predecessors not to mention to a descendant the characters of a longer period, they do not have the obligation to popularize the predecessors to the younger generations, but the one-lamp master's own statement can still explain the problem.
When Yang Guo fought against Ci'en in those years, what he made was the Xuantie Sword Technique of seeking defeat alone, and what was the attitude of the Sword Technique when you saw the light?
The original said: "The more I look at the lamp, the more strange it is, I think that this young man is only more than twenty years old, and he can actually fight with the contemporary first-class master Qiu Tiepao, and he has seen a lot of knowledge, but he can't recognize his martial arts as He Jiashu, this sword is so heavy, it is also wonderful." ”
(Mercy Stills)
He had never seen this sword technique at all, of course, even if there had been a battle between Lonely And Lonely and Duan Yu in that year, then a lamp might not have been born, but he should always listen to his father mention that the lonely and defeated person was a talent, and then take a step back, he should have heard of the Xuan Iron Heavy Sword, but from the performance of a lamp here, Duan Yu should have never seen a lonely defeat.
Therefore, Duan Yu's act of renunciation should have nothing to do with seeking defeat alone, so in the author's opinion, Duan Yu chose to become a monk, most likely as speculated above, because his concubine died before him, and he chose to become a monk in discouragement.