Chinese culture has a long history, and later people can only understand the heroic deeds of their ancestors through some literary works. However, not every character in a literary work is real, because sometimes it is necessary to make a virtual character to render the literary work more vivid and graphic. It is precisely because of this that these virtual characters are deeply rooted in people's hearts. Now let's look at the "illusory" characters who shine in literature, one of them is a beautiful woman, one is a famous "scumbag", and the other is a hero.
1. Sable cicadas
Sable Cicada, along with Yang Yuhuan, Wang Zhaojun and Xi Shi, was listed as the four beauties of ancient China. In the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the mink cicada occupies a very important role. It is precisely because of the appearance of the cicada that Dong Yun can perfectly use the counter-plot to make the relationship between Dong Zhuo and Lü Bu crack, so that Lü Bu can kill Dong Zhuo. It can be said that the existence of the mink cicada has greatly promoted the development of the storyline. However, it is worth mentioning that the mink cicada is not a real character in history, but a fictional character that exists in Luo Guanzhong's pen.
So, why did Luo Guanzhong, the author of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", invent such a unique beauty in the book? Perhaps his idea is that the existence of such a beautiful woman is actually a symbol, she represents a desire, is the pursuit of higher power by men in that era, and is also the motivation for men in that era to continue to move forward. Therefore, after completing its task, the mink cicada gradually faded out of people's vision, and finally disappeared, and the ending of the mink cicada was not described in the novel.
2. Chen Shimei
If you give the scumbags in ancient history a "celebrity list", Chen Shimei can definitely enter the top three. Because in novels and traditional opera records, Chen Shimei is a handsome young man born in a scholar, but after he obtained a meritorious name, in order to gain more power, he concealed his married identity and became the emperor's horse. The most excessive thing is that Chen Shimei actually sent someone to murder his own wife. At his behest, Qin Xianglian almost died at the hands of an official on the way to the frontier.
Fortunately, the sky has eyes, and Qin Xianglian was saved by Nanxia Zhan Zhao. Later, under the efforts of Bao Zheng, Chen Shimei's true face was exposed to the world, and finally Chen Shimei was executed by Bao Zheng for murdering his ex-wife, which ended in a very happy ending. However, the character of Chen Shimei is fictional, and there is no such person in history. Novels and plays set this person up primarily to highlight Bao Zheng's justice and to show the world the need to be loyal to feelings. Therefore, even in modern times, Chen Shimei is still synonymous with negative people and scumbags.
3. Chen Zhen
In recent history, Chinese people have been oppressed. In such a social context, people are eager to have some heroes around them. These heroes are often highly skilled in martial arts, and they can eliminate harm and justice for the people, and can speak to the world on behalf of the people at the bottom of the oppressed society: we Chinese, even in the face of adversity, we still have a straight backbone. Chen Zhen is the best of these heroes, he not only has blood and dares to speak for people, but also has the ability and ability to speak for the people!
He did his best to do what he could for the people living at the bottom of society. However, such a hero is also fictional! So why does he exist? That's because Chen Zhen is a symbol: he is the spiritual pillar of an ordinary person who strives for success through self-struggle. The ups and downs of his home country awakened his fearless spirit as a Chinese. In that era of calling for heroes, Chen Zhen appeared to satisfy people's fantasies and needs for heroes.
In fact, through the existence of these characters, it can also be found that the reason why these historical celebrities will be fictionalized is because they all shoulder a responsibility: their appearance satisfies people's fantasies about certain social situations at that time, and they more or less represent some social phenomena at that time. It is precisely because of their appearance that people's emotions can be expressed or alleviated. It can be seen that when necessary, it is also very necessary to invent some characters to complete things that people in real life cannot accomplish.