Gan Ning and Tai Shi Ci were both fierce generals in Jiangdong. Although Tai Shi Ci died early and did not catch up with the star-studded stage after the "Battle of Chibi", his previous performance was still good, and his status in the Jiangdong Group was also very high.
However, Gan Ning and Tai Shi Ci were not the first to defect to the Jiangdong Group, they had previously attached themselves to other lords, but they were not reused, and they shined in the Jiangdong Group. Why are good generals like Gan Ning and Tai Shi Ci not reused?
Tai Shi Ci: "Xu Zi should not laugh at my evil?" ”
Tai Shi Ci and Yangzhou Assassin Liu Sui were both from Donglai, Qingzhou, and had hometown friendship. Tai Shi Ci defected to Liu Xuan. At that time, Liu Xuan was the Assassin of Yangzhou, but the place he occupied was also in Jiangdong, and he was threatened and attacked by Yuan Shu in Jiangbei. Sun Ce was leading an army to attack Jiangdong. Tai Shi Ci also had a chivalrous name at this time, and some people advised Liu Sui to reuse Tai Shi Ci, and as a result, Liu Sui believed that reusing Tai Shi Ci would be ridiculed by the famous scholar Xu Shao.
Xu Shao was a famous scholar at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, who often commented on Zang No characters, and made a "Yuedan Commentary" from his brother Xu Jing, specifically evaluating characters. Liu Xuan believes that reusing Tai Shi Ci will make Xu Shao laugh at himself, which obviously does not recognize Tai Shi Ci. So only Put Tai Shi Ci in charge of some things to investigate.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Wushu Taishi Ci Biography: "If I use Ziyi, Xu Zi will not laugh at me for my evilness?' ’”
"Later Han Shu Xu Shao Biography": "Shao and Jing have a high reputation, good communist nuclear theory of township party figures, every month to change their titles, so Runan custom has 'Yue Dan Commentary'. ”
Later, Liu Sui was expelled from Wu County by Sun Ce, and Liu Sui went to Yuzhang County, where Tai Shi Ci broke away on the way to follow Liu Sui and stayed in Danyang County, where he became the "King of the Mountains" for a while.
Later, Sun Ce surrendered to Tai Shi Ci, and Tai Shi Ci became attached to Sun Ce. It is precisely because of a very short warlord career that Tai Shi Ci and warlords such as Liu Xuan and Shi Xie are listed in one legend.
Ganning: "And mortals and animals"
Gan Ning himself was a native of Yizhou, and later came to Yangzhou from afar to join Sun Quan. The reason was that the Ganning rebellion was unsuccessful. Before Yizhou and Yangzhou, there was also a rather old Jingzhou. The master of Jingzhou at that time was Liu Biao, and Liu Biao had a single general named Huang Zu under his hands, and the town was guarded in Jiangxia to resist the attack of the Sun clan in Jiangdong.
That is to say, on this road, Gan Ning passed through the boundaries of Liu Biao and Huang Zu, and also worked under these two people, but they were not reused.
"Hero's Record": "Zhang's generals Shen Mi, Lou Fa, and Gan Ning rebelled, defeated Zhang, and walked into Jingzhou." ”
Ganning's ancestral home is Nanyang, and when he entered Jingzhou, he also returned to his hometown of Ganning. Gan Ning's participation in the rebellion may have been induced by Liu Biao, Gan Ning himself also had a heroic name, and Gan Ning even brought eight hundred people, but Liu Biao never appointed him. Gan Ning was very uncomfortable, so he ran to Huang Zu.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Wushu Ganning Biography": "It is to rely on Liu Biao, because he lives in Nanyang, he is not seen." ”
In Huang Zu's case, Gan Ning was not reused, and even though he made military merit and shot Ling Cao, who was pursuing Huang Zu, he still did not receive courtesy. Gan Ning is a very rough person, but also a person with a good reputation, who cannot exert his ambitions here with Liu Biao and Huang Zu, but has been targeted. So Gan Ning came to Jiangdong.
Book of Wu: "Three years, Zu Bu zhi ... Rather shoot with goodness... Shoot lieutenant Ling Cao. Zu was spared, the army went back to the camp, and waited for the peace as before. ”
The reason why Gan Ning and Tai Shi Ci were once not reused
Gan Ning and Tai Shi Ci were very capable of fighting, had generals, and when they defected to Liu Biao, Huang Zu, and Liu Xuan, they also had a certain reputation. Ganning also had his own private army. So why aren't they being reused? Xiaobian personally believes that this has a certain relationship with the atmosphere of the literati at that time who despised the warriors.
The literati despised the warriors
Literati despised warriors, a phenomenon that was common in ancient times. During the Three Kingdoms period, such a custom existed. We can give an example. Zhang Fei was a warrior (although there is a theory that Zhang Fei was a Confucian general and was good at calligraphy and painting beauty, but these claims are concentrated after the Ming Dynasty, and some of Zhang Fei's works are also falsified by later generations, at least in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhang Fei is a pure warrior image.
The editor's point of view is based on the most original material "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"), and its status in Liu Bei's group is very high. But just because of his identity as a warrior, he was looked down upon by Liu Ba, a famous scholar in Jingzhou. Zhang Fei spent the night at Liu Ba, Liu Ba did not say a word to him, and the relationship between the two people was very cold. Zhuge Liang mediated for the two, and Liu Ba said something that discriminated against the warriors.
"Biography of the Lingling Ancestors": "Zhang Fei tasted Ba Su, Ba did not speak with the language, and Fei Sui was angry." Zhuge Liang said ba yue... Ba Yue: 'When the eldest husband is in the world, when he is a hero of the four seas, how can he talk with the soldiers?' ’”
Although Gan Ning also once changed from evil to righteousness and began to read; Tai Shi Ci also had an evaluation of "less studious" in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". However, judging from their style (Gan Ning formed the "Jinfan Thief"; Tai Shi Ci had the act of destroying the state chapter and breaking through the Yellow Turban Army to ask Liu Bei for help), they all carried the chivalrous spirit of the warriors. Therefore, Xiaobian believes that Gan Ning and Tai Shi Ci can be regarded as warriors, which is also in line with their historical image.
Liu Biao and Liu Xuan's celebrity status
After talking about Tai Shi Ci and Gan Ning, let's talk about Liu Biao and Liu Xuan. Liu Biao was a famous scholar at the end of the Han Dynasty, who had been implicated in the "disaster of the party". Although this political turmoil delayed Liu Biao for a long time, it also brought him great fame.
When Liu Biao ruled Jingzhou, he also attached great importance to the development of culture, and also absorbed many scholars with his own celebrities. It can be said that Liu Biao is a typical "three talents of the Pingshi Dynasty", which is not suitable for the world of warriors in the late Han Dynasty.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Shu, Biography of Liu Biao": "Liu Biaozi Jingsheng ... Less well-known, number eight jun. ”
The Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Liu Biao's Biography: "There are thousands of returnees from Kansai, Yan, and Yu, and the table comforts and provides support, and all of them are fully funded." So he set up a school and sought Confucianism. ”
Liu Xuan was not only a relative of the Han Dynasty, but also came from a cultural family. Liu Xuan's grandfather, Liu Ben, and uncle Liu Pet, both studied Confucian classics. Liu Ben was known as "TongRu", and Liu Favored Official held the position of The Third Duke. In such a family with superior conditions and a strong cultural atmosphere, Liu Xuan was inevitably affected, and had the tendency and foundation to become a celebrity (although the reason why Liu Xuan became famous was not in culture, but because of the recovery of his father Liu Yun, who was kidnapped by thieves).
When Liu Xuan was assassinating History in Yangzhou, Xu Shao ran to him. The two celebrities are together, and the celebrities are good at flaunting each other, then Liu Xuan and Xu Shao have more characteristics of celebrities, and they are more immersed in the superiority of celebrities.
The Book of Continuation of the Han Dynasty: "Grandfather Ben, Shi Shu Jing Chuan, Erudite Qun Shu, known as Tong Confucian... The word "ancestor" is honored, and he is inherited by his father. ”
In addition, there is Huang Zu. There is now a saying that Huang Zu also came from the famous family of Jingzhou. The editor of this matter did not find an exact record, nor did he conduct detailed research, so he was not sure.
However, there is one point, Huang Zu and his son Huang She also respect the literati and celebrities. This can also be seen in the attitude towards You. Of course, in the end, Huang Zu did kill You Heng, but this is because You Heng is really too stubborn, and if you don't die, you won't die.
The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: "(You Heng) Hou Fu insulted slower than the table... Jiang Xia was too defensive of Huang Zu's impatience, so he sent Heng heng with him, and Zu was also kind to Yan... Ancestral eldest son shoots... Especially good at balance. ”
Liu Biao, Liu Xuan, and Huang Zu are all people who respect the literati, and they are also celebrities themselves, and they are keen to travel with celebrities. It is also very normal for such people to despise Gan Ning and Tai Shi Ci, who are "heroic and forbidden by force" martial artists. Sun Ce and Sun Quan were not, both Sun Ce and Sun Quan were martial, and the Sun brothers understood the importance of the warriors in the process of fighting the world.
Therefore, it is normal for the two to reuse Tai Shi Ci and Gan Ning. Of course, the fact that Tai Shi Ci and Gan Ning were not reused by Liu Biao and Liu Xuan as the customs of the literati discriminating against the warriors was only the personal idea of the editor. As for whether there is such a factor, if there is, how much of this factor accounts for it, it still needs the reader to judge for himself.
References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Book of the Later Han Dynasty