In China's traditional culture, there has always been a tradition of advocating "righteousness", talking about "chivalry" and "sacrificing oneself for righteousness" is our traditional virtue, those who help the poor and the needy, and insert knives for friends in the ribs are always praised and appreciated by people, and "righteousness" has also become one of the cultural genes of our nation. When it comes to "righteousness", it is inevitable to avoid guan yu guan, the embodiment of "loyalty and righteousness" in our country, but in fact, there is another figure in the Three Kingdoms period, although he is not well-known in later generations, he is the first person in the history of righteousness, and his righteous spirit can be said that even Guan Erye is difficult to look back on.
This person who can be called the first "righteous spirit" of the Three Kingdoms is Zang Hong. Zang Hong, Ziyuan, was a man of great stature, famous for presiding over the Sour Jujube Alliance, and was deeply appreciated by Yuan Shao, the leader of the Dongguandong Alliance. Although Zang Hong and Zhang Chao belonged to different camps, they were close friends and were good friends (Zhang Chao was Yongqiu Taishou under Cao Cao, and Zang Hong was Dongjun Taishou under Yuan Shao). In 194, in order to save Xuzhou, zhang chao and Zhang Mi brothers betrayed Cao Cao and joined Forces with Chen Gong to support Lü Bu and enter Yanzhou. As a result, after a year of fighting, Lü Bu was slowly in the ascendant, Zhang Chao was besieged at Yongqiu by a large army led by Cao Cao, and Zhang Chao had to ask Zang Hong for help when he was in danger.
When Zang Hong learned that Zhang Chao was in danger, he was anxious and immediately planned to lead his men and horses to rescue his besieged brother Zhang Chao, but he had too few men and horses, so he asked his boss Yuan Shao to send troops, and as a result, Yuan Shao not only did not send troops but also asked Zang Hong not to go to the rescue. After a few months, the city of Yongqiu was destroyed and Zhang Chao was killed by Cao Cao. When the news came, Zang Hong was very angry, so he declared the independence of Dong Commandery and severed relations with Yuan Shao.
When Yuan Shao saw that his little brother, who had always been important, had actually rebelled, he was furious and led a large army to attack Zang Hong without saying a word. Zang Hong faced Yuan Shao's army, which was several times larger than his own, and without fear, he held the city. After Zang Hong held out for a year, running out of food, and after eating all the rats in the city and the leather on the weapons, Zang Hong killed all his wives and concubines as military food and continued to negotiate with Yuan Shao. A year later, Yuan Shao finally broke through the city, Zang Hong resolutely did not surrender, and also scolded Yuan Shao, and finally was killed by Yuan Shao.
From Zang Hong's main deeds, we can see that Zang Hong is indeed very interested in his friends, and really did "brothers are brothers and sisters, women are like clothes", for the sake of good brother Zhang Chao, he did not hesitate to resist the power, resisted the boss, and did not hesitate to kill his wife and concubine as military food. If only from the perspective of "righteous qi", Zang Hong is indeed worthy of the title of the first person in the Three Kingdoms, Chen Shou also praised him in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms": "Hong is weak and the enemy is strong, and the spirit is not standing. "Praise and regret were expressed for it. But why did Guan Yu become a god in the hereafter, while the more righteous Zang Hong could only be buried in the fog of history?
The ancients said that "loyalty and righteousness are difficult to complete", in fact, Zang Hong's problem is also here, although he did do the righteousness in his treatment of friends, but he violated loyalty for righteousness, so although Zang Hong's love for Zhang Chao is indeed touching and dead, he is also very dignified, but he is not loyal to his boss Yuan Shao, nor can he talk about his wife and concubine, so Zang Hong is doomed not to be compared with Guan Yu, who is "loyal and righteous", of course, Zang Hong's military feats are also difficult to compare with Guan Yu.
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