Text: Quiet Wind (Reading History Columnist)
Does it matter if face has a life?
Yes.
At least that's what Pang Tong thinks.
There is a reason why Pang Tong thinks so.
Because he looks ugly.
Ugly people value face more.
Pang Tong did not appear many times in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and he was busy with Liu Bei for only six years, and then hung up, so why is he so famous in history? Because there are many legends in his short life.
Pang Tong is not only ugly, but also short, slow to react when he was a teenager, people think that this child has nothing to do, and it is thankful to be able to please his wife.
When Pang Tong was eighteen years old, he heard that the famous scholar Sima Hui was in Yingchuan, so he went thousands of miles to visit, and when he rushed to Sima Hui's house, he saw Sima Hui picking mulberries on the tree, and Pang Tong sat under the tree, looked up at Sima Hui on the tree, and said with a very contemptuous look.
"I have heard that when the abbot is in the world, when he carries gold and purple, he has the weight of the torrent, and he holds the matter of the silk woman." The implication is that you are still a famous magi, how can you do some work done by women.
For Pang Tong's statement, Sima Hui did not think so, the two people asked and answered, you and I chatted back and forth from day to night, this conversation made Sima Hui greatly surprised, calling Pang Tong "the crown of the people of Nanzhou" and the title of "Phoenix Chick".
With Sima Hui's affirmation, Pang Tong's reputation soared.
Later, Pang Tong defected to Sun Quan, and when Sun Quan saw his appearance, his heart was not happy, how could a person be ugly like this, but he could not not, for fear that others would say that he would judge people by their appearance, so he arranged for him to do some small things that asked about illness and mourning.
Pang Tong was very depressed, and people were ugly and really wrong, fortunately, Zhou Yu was wise and discerning, and he put Pang Tong under the net and relied on him as a confidant, but the good times were not long, and after Zhou Yu's death, Pang Tong had nowhere to go.
Lu Su recommended Pang Tong to Sun Quan, and Sun Quan insisted on his first impression and still did not reuse Pang Tong.
In Eastern Wu, Pang Tong quarreled to return to his hometown in Nanyang, and at this time, Zhuge Liang was mourning Zhou Yu in Eastern Wu and introduced him to Liu Bei. Pang Tong originally wanted to go, but because he could not erase his face, with Zhuge Liang's letter of recommendation, he gladly went.
However, soon the face began to be evil again, he thought, taking out Zhuge Liang's letter of recommendation, he lost his own face, so he met Liu Bei and shut up about Zhuge Liang.
Liu Bei had heard the name of "Feng Chick", but when he saw Pang Tong, he still couldn't help but want to laugh in his heart, he had seen ugly, he had never seen such an ugly one, which was also too unpretentious. However, Liu Bei is an old fritter in the jianghu, moody and angry, he pretended to be very embarrassed and said to Pang Tong, I have a full position here, there is no vacancy, so that Leiyang County lacks a county order, Mr. First go there to grievance for a while.
Sun Quan and Liu Bei are both a generation of tyrants, and they know people who have superiority, but they do not want to see Pang Tong, which shows that this person is very ugly.
After Zhuge Liang returned, he heard that Pang Tong had been given a county order, and he was anxious to stomp his feet, and he told Liu Bei about the original commission, and Liu Bei suddenly realized that he had hurriedly recalled Pang Tong and was named a military general, second only to Zhuge Liang in status.
Once, Liu Bei attacked Fucheng, and his heart was happy, so he feasted on the soldiers, and said to Pang Tong very proudly during the banquet, today's meeting can be said to be very happy.
Pang Tong looked at Liu Bei, who was full of joy, and suddenly said that it was a pleasure to attack other people's territory, this was not a benevolent soldier.
Liu Bei was on his head, Pang Tong's words made him furious, he pointed at Pang Tong and said, King Wu of Zhou crusaded against the King of Shang, singing and dancing, is it not true that King Wu of Zhou is not benevolent? I've never seen anyone as incommunicado as you, and you'd better get out as soon as possible.
Liu Bei's attitude surprised Pang Tong deeply, he did not expect Liu Bei to be so angry, he hesitated for a moment, left the table with a red face.
Pang Tong left, Liu Bei's anger also dissipated, he had some regrets, and invited Pang Tong back, back to the banquet, Pang Tong this wine is tasteless, this dish is not salty.
Looking at Pang Tong ignoring himself, Liu Bei was a little embarrassed, he took the initiative to say to Pang Tong, just now who of us is right?
Pang Tong said,
None of them are right.
The monarch is lost.
Liu Bei laughed heartily, and an unpleasantness between the monarch and the courtiers vanished in this laughter.
In this matter,
Pang Tong Wise,
Liu Bei was generous.
From this incident, we can see that Pang Tong cannot speak, Liu Bei cannot tolerate people, although the two are reconciled, they only take what they need.
When attacking Luocheng, Pang Tong was particularly positive, and the reason was that Zhuge Liang sent a double from the rear.
Zhuge Liang's letter was written as follows: Bright night counts as Taiyi number, this year's age is decyled, and the stars are in the west; and look at the qianxiang, Too white is in the division of Luocheng, the lord is the general, and the fierce and the less auspicious.
Seeing Zhuge Liang's letter, according to Liu Bei's idea, this battle would not be fought, but Pang Tong insisted on fighting, not only to fight, but also to personally lead the troops to fight.
In fact, Pang Tong did not have the certainty of victory, and he did so because he was afraid that Liu Bei would value Zhuge Liang and look down on himself.
In Pang Tong's heart, this face is more important than life, and besides, fighting is not necessarily defeated.
Sometimes, face is also gambled.
For the sake of face,
Pang Tong decided to take a gamble.
In the end, Pang Tong died in Luofengpo.
He was six years old at the Chinese New Year's Eve time.
Life is in the world, the coming to Japan is long, and it is really unnecessary to compete for the length of the moment.