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As we all know, in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" created by the Ming Dynasty Luo Guanzhong, Liu Bei, the Emperor of the Shu Han Dynasty, can be called a model of benevolence and a embodiment of "benevolence" in the spirit of Chinese culture. Although Liu Bei's ancestors were Nobles of the Miao ethnic Han Dynasty, when they passed on to his generation, their family had already fallen, which also led to his lack of strength to compete with the sons of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and other clans when he raised an army to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty. Liu Bei's early years went through several ups and downs, until tunju Xinye, the three Gu Maolu invited the "Wolong" Zhuge Liang out of the mountain, only to gradually get rid of the decline, and finally achieve a hegemony.
▲ Stills of Wu lord Sun Quan and Shu lord Liu Bei
When Cao Cao's army defeated Chibi, Liu Bei listened to the advice of his military master Zhuge Liang and seized the opportunity to send Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and other generals to attack everywhere and take Jingzhou. Later, taking Jingzhou as the basis, he led an army into Sichuan, captured Yizhou from his relative Liu Zhang, and fought a decisive battle in Hanzhong at Cao Cao, thus establishing ding as king and dividing the world with Cao Wei and Sun Wu. At first, under the mediation of Zhuge Liang and others, Liu Bei and Sun Wu actively developed relations, and the two sides formed an alliance to resist Cao, but later due to the problem of The ownership of Jingzhou, Sun Liu's alliance deteriorated. Lü Meng took advantage of Guan Yu's attack on Xiangfan and Jingzhou's emptiness, "Baiyi Crossed the River" to sneak into Jingzhou, and joined forces with Cao Wei to attack Guan Yu, and finally captured Guan Yu, who was attacked by the enemy on his belly, and killed him, and Sun Liu's alliance was officially broken.
▲Stills of Guan Yu and Guan Ping being captured
Because Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had "Three Knots of Taoyuan" with Liu Bei, the three of them regarded them as brothers and sisters and were intimate. The killing of Guan Yu made Liu Bei extremely angry, and he vowed to use the power of Shu Han to attack Eastern Wu and avenge Guan Yu's hatred. Zhuge Liang could have persuaded Liu Bei to attack Cao Cao first and then to woo Eastern Wu, but after Zhang Fei, who was eager to take revenge, was killed by his generals, Liu Bei was completely overwhelmed by hatred. The Shu Han army went out of the river under the leadership of Liu Bei and went straight to Eastern Wu, and at the beginning of the war, the Shu army won consecutive battles and once forced the Eastern Wu army to a desperate situation, but Lu Xun burned Liu Bei's plan to avenge Guan Zhang and his ambition to dominate the world, and he almost lost his life in The Pavilion, relying on his subordinates to fight to the death to save him, before he was able to escape back to the White Emperor City.
▲The former site of Yong'an White Emperor City
The defeat of Yiling, both physically and psychologically, dealt a huge blow to Liu Bei, who was over sixty years old. After Liu Bei retreated to the White Emperor's City, he soon fell ill, and Liu Bei, who knew that his life expectancy was about to end, did not want to return to Chengdu to face the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu, so he ordered the chancellor Zhuge Liang to rush to the White Emperor's City with a group of princes and some of the Wenwu heavy subjects. Liu Bei rongma's whole life, has long been not afraid of death, but at this time he is sick in bed and has nothing to do. Liu Bei's heart was very unwilling, and at the same time, Ta was not at ease with the Shu Han regime after his death. To this end, Liu Bei made three arrangements after the arrival of Zhuge Liang and others.
▲Sculpture of the lonely scene of the White Emperor City
First of all, Liu Bei entrusted Zhuge Liang, the lone minister, in front of everyone, and asked him to do his best to assist the crown prince Liu Chan after his death, and if Liu Chan was really incompetent, he could be deposed directly. After that, Liu Bei also instructed Liu Chan to obey the words of Zhuge Liang, the chancellor, and to consult with the chancellor on major state affairs, and strive to become a qualified king. Finally, Liu Bei said two meaningful words to Zhao Yun in front of everyone- you know, at this time, Liu Bei was almost dying, and he didn't have much energy to speak, and every word he could say was of great significance. Liu Bei said to Zhao Yun: "In the midst of suffering, Qing and Qing have not wanted to be separated from here; Qing qing wants to make friends with each other, and sooner or later he will look at my son, and do not live up to his words." ”
▲Stills of Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang
As one of the most favored generals of the Shu Han regime, Zhao Yun had nothing more than an extremely important position, and Liu Bei naturally had a deep meaning for his words. The first half of this passage is to say that Zhao Yun has followed him for many years, sharing happiness and suffering, and the two are both monarchs and close friends, although they have not worshipped like Guan Zhang, they have long been in love with brothers. From this point of view, the meaning of the second half of the sentence "sooner or later to see my son" is obvious, Liu Bei is based on the close relationship between the two to "entrust his wife and send children". As his brother in life and death, Zhao Yun, who was loyal and courageous, was of course the best candidate to entrust his family, but some people in later generations also argued that Liu Bei's words implied that he granted Zhao Yun the power to decide on the opportunity, asking him to prevent Zhuge Liang from deposing Liu Chan and establishing himself. But no matter what, when Liu Bei was dying, he entrusted the country to Zhuge Liang, but entrusted his home to Zhao Yun, and his intentions were self-evident.
Resources:
Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Volume 27, Shu Shu, Guan Zhang Ma Huang Zhao Biography NO VI