During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei failed in his crusade against Sun Quan, and entrusted his son Liu Chan to Zhuge Liang on his deathbed, which is the famous Yong'an Tuogu (the White Emperor's city Tuoguo is inaccurate). Later generations often regarded this as Liu Bei's loyalty and trust in Zhuge Liang, but some people thought that this was Liu Bei's cunning, afraid of Zhuge Liang's dictatorship, and put a spiritual shackle on Zhuge Liang. In the end, Liu Bei's trust is to reflect his own cunning? Or is it to show your own benevolence? Let's discuss this in this article according to the main history.
After Liu Bei's failure, he retired to Yong'an, where he could not afford to be ill, and at the moment when his life was about to end, he summoned Zhuge Liang from Chengdu to Yong'an and arranged for the next life, which is recorded in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms. The original text records that "the first lord was ill, and the orphan was Yu Chengxiangliang, and the Shang Shu made Li Yan the deputy", that is, Liu Beituo was two people, Zhuge Liang was the right, and Li Yan was the deputy.
But What Liu Bei said is recorded in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Zhuge Liang's biography", the original text: "The juncai is ten times cao pi, and he will be able to determine the country and eventually become a great thing." If the heir can be supplemented, it is supplemented. If he is not talented, he can take it upon himself. "There's no need to translate.
It is this sentence that makes future generations have great doubts, what does Liu Bei mean? Do you want Zhuge Liang to replace him, or do you deliberately tempt Zhuge Liang? Does it show Liu Bei's cunning?
Not really!
The main ambiguity in what Liu Bei said was that "if he is not talented, the king can take his own", many people think that Liu Bei tempted Zhuge Liang, and if Liu Chan did not use it, let Zhuge Liang himself act as the emperor.
But later historians generally agreed that this was not the case. Because in ancient times, he never took the initiative to give up his inheritance to others, and Liu Bei himself had successors.
In fact, what Liu Bei said was also very easy to understand, meaning that if Liu Chan did not have the talent to become an emperor, Zhuge Liang could choose one of the remaining sons and assist him.
Nowadays, people's evaluation of history is becoming more and more objective, and the evaluation of Liu Bei is sometimes overcorrected, Liu Bei is actually more loyal, and the ideal of the Kuang Fu Han Room in the early period has always accompanied him throughout his life, so that the later Zhuge Liang has brought heavy political shackles. Liu Beiyong's isolation is also enough to show his benevolence. (A little historical opinion to share with you)
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INTERVIEWER References "Sangokushi" and Rinmatsu Noshi