First, the things that "pass on to the people of Guan Sheng"
A "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" successfully shaped Guan Yu! As a result, Guan Yu has gradually become a cultural "symbol", symbolizing: loyalty and righteousness are unmatched. Although the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms contains, after the fall of the Shu Han Dynasty, Guan Yu was slaughtered by Pang Hui, the son of Pang De.
It can be considered that a record in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms was later annotated and supplemented by Pei Songzhi, so its authority was questioned. Second, in a program about "Hundred Family Names", Guan Yu's descendants, once appeared on the screen with the descendants of Liu Bei and Zhang Fei. Therefore, this makes the situation of Guan Yu's direct descendants like seeing flowers in the fog.
However, although Guan Yu's descendants are not clear, the "Guan Yu descendants" appear one after another. What is Guan Yu's descendants?
That is to say, in various literary books, they either have Guan Yu's facial features, or hold Guan Yu's Green Dragon Crescent Knife, and also inherit Guan Yu's loyalty and righteousness. For example, in "Water Margin", there are two, one is Guan Sheng, and the other is Zhu Tong.
Both are fictional characters. Guan Sheng claimed to be Guan Yu's descendant in the Water Margin, with a red rabbit horse in his crotch and a green dragon and a crescent knife in his hand, but his loyalty was very unreliable in quality, and after fighting with Liangshan and being captured alive, Song Jiang surrendered as soon as he persuaded him.
After Guan Yu is "about three oaths", this is "lowering han and not descending Cao", regardless of whether it is a word game, "loyalty and righteousness" is full. That's why it is said that Guan Sheng, a descendant of Guan Yu, is really unreliable.
As for Zhu Tong, he inherited More of Guan Yu's loyal quality. Therefore, anyone who has seen the original work of "Water Margin" knows that Guan Yu is equivalent to being divided into two, Guan Sheng took away his form, and Zhu Tong had his soul. This is actually why, the unreliable Guan Sheng, eventually died of drunk driving - falling off a horse after drinking, which can also be understood as a confused death. However, Zhu Tong was so highly valued that he eventually became a feudal official.
So, in addition to the "Guan Yu Descendants" in "Water Margin", has it appeared in other literary works? Of course it has happened. The so-called chaotic world out of heroes, based on the background of The Sui and Tang Dynasties, created the "Sui and Tang Dynasty Yanyi", of course, including "Speaking of Tang", etc., and there is another one.
Only this time, he no longer appeared as a "descendant of Guan Yu" like Guan Sheng, but relied on the appearance and the Green Dragon Crescent Knife in his hand as a form of expression. This person was the ninth good man of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Wei Wentong, nicknamed SaiGuan Gong!
2. Sai Guan Gong: Wei Wentong
As soon as the Sui and Tang Dynasties are mentioned, the ranking of the so-called Eighteen (or Thirteen) Good Men of the Sui and Tang Dynasties will emerge.
At the top of the list is Li Yuanba. This "non-human" only fought in Sipingshan, and in half a day, he killed 1.2 million horses by his elder brother alone... Anyway, believe it or not, Li Yuanba is so fierce!
Wei Wentong, on the other hand, ranked ninth, holding the Green Dragon Sword and guarding Tongguan. The book introduces him as follows: This Wei Wentong, the ninth good man of the Sui Dynasty, was called Sai Guanye, because his face resembled Guan Ye,so he called him by this name.
At that time, Yang Lin had recognized Qin Qiong as a righteous son, but then Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, and so on turned against Shandong, so angry that Yang Lin was going crazy, I was so optimistic about you Qin Shubao, but you played me like this. Therefore, Yang Lin issued a general to the guards of each checkpoint, and must arrest Qin Qiong, who fled.
But Yang Lin's token had not yet arrived, but Qin Qiong had come to Tongguan first. Wei Wentong has always respected Yang Lin, and naturally he is also very kind to Qin Qiong, a mouthful of a "Lord Lord", good food and drink, good hospitality, and the last wave of the hand - Lord Lord, go to you! Just like that, the front foot just sent Qin Qiong away, and the token of Yang Lin on the back foot arrived, and Wei Wentong was anxious, and immediately took people to chase.
After a hurried march, Wei Wentong caught up with Qin Qiong and shouted, "Hey, Qin bandit, don't go!" "Then there was the Great War of Qin Qiong.
Qin Qiong ranked thirteenth, and he couldn't beat Wei Wentong at all, so he had to run away. Wei Wentong, on the other hand, chased after him and bumped into Shan Xiongxin.
Shan Xiongxin and Qin Qiong were iron brothers, and they stopped Wei Wentong without saying a word, but he ranked eighteenth more white. But Shan Xiongxin is the identity of the "green forest scoop in the five northern provinces", can't beat you, I scare you! So Shan Xiongxin ran back to the valley, but suddenly shouted, "Children, take this red-faced thief with me!" ”
This sentence frightened Wei Wentong, who was pursuing and killing, and thought that there were ambush soldiers in the valley. In this way, Shan Xiongxin and Qin Qiong escaped this disaster, and eventually both went up to Wagang Mountain, while Cheng Yaojin became the "Chaos Demon King Dade Tianzi", and Wagang Mountain became a thorn in Yang Guang's eyes.
Therefore, Yang Guang issued a decree and ordered Wei Wentong to take command and lead an army of 100,000 to sweep away Wagang. Qin Qiong was the Grand Marshal of The Terracotta Army of Wagang, who came to meet the enemy, and naturally fought with Wei Wentong again, and was once again chased and escaped. Just at this moment, the sharpshooter Wang Bodang returned to the cottage, and without saying a word, an arrow shot Wei Wentong, while Qin Qiong jumped off his horse and drew his sword to take the first rank...
The "Guan Yu Descendants" in the Sui and Tang Dynasties are gone! Obviously, Wei Wentong was even more unreliable than Guan Sheng. So what's going on? Why did Guan Yu's descendants end up with such a tragic ending?
The reason is very simple, because Qin Qiong in the "Sui and Tang Dynasties" is also one of the "Guan Yu descendants". It's just that Qin Qiong has the quality of "loyalty and righteousness are unmatched", the so-called golden jade inside. And Wei Wentong can only be said to be "empty and has its form", although he looks like Second Brother Guan, his martial arts are also very high, and he can hunt down and kill Qin Qiong, but in the end he was "drawn by Qin Qiong and taken to the first rank".
The last question is, does this "Sai Guan Gong" have any historical archetypal figures? There really is, and it is really a good man who stands tall in the sky!
3. Wei Wentong's historical archetypal figures
It is known that qin qiong in history, the most brilliant battle, was in the Battle of Meiliangchuan, hard to defeat Wei Chigong. At that time, Wei Chigong was a general under Song Jingang. And Song Jingang once had a big brother named "Wei Dao'er", who was the historical archetypal figure of Wei Wentong.
Wei Dao'er, a native of present-day Baoding (Yi County), Hebei, rebelled against Yang Guang in 615 AD, and soon the ranks grew to nearly 100,000, becoming a force to be reckoned with in Hebei.
In 616, Wei Dao'er sent troops to attack Taiyuan, and although it did not succeed, he beheaded the Sui Dynasty general Pan Changwen and defeated Murong Luohu. It was also at this time that Wei Dao'er and Song Jingang became brothers, with Wei Dao'er as the honorable chief, that is, the eldest brother.
The rapid expansion of Wei Dao'er's power made Dou Jiande, the "scoop handle" in Hebei, feel like a man on his back. But if he touched Wei Dao'er hard, Dou Jiande also played drums in his heart. So Dou Jiande used Wei Dao'er, and his righteous and heroic personality allied with him. As a result, Wei Dao'er was deceived, and he recognized Dou Jiande very much, and felt that he was also a hero and a good man.
At this moment, Dou Jiande suddenly attacked, and Wei Dao'er was not prepared at all. After Song Jingang heard the news, he frantically came to the rescue, but he was one step too late, and Wei Dao'er had already been killed. As a result, Song Jingang hated Dou Jiande and eventually surrendered to Liu Wuzhou. This was only because Song Jingang led Wei Chigong to attack Jinyang, which triggered the "Battle of Meiliangchuan" between Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong.
4. Wei Wentong and Wei Dao'er
Comparing Wei Dao'er with Wei Wentong, it is clear that the two have three things in common.
One: Wei Dao'er was loyal and heroic. And Wei Wentong, if you look at it from the perspective of the Sui Dynasty, it is obvious that he is also a representative of "loyalty and righteousness". It is a pity that the "Sui and Tang Dynasties" is based on Qin Qiong as a book bold, and strives to shape Qin Qiong's loyalty. Therefore, Wei Wentong's loyalty has become a foil and is worthless!
This is actually the reason why Wei Wentong is more unreliable than Guan Sheng- he has a sense of loyalty and righteousness, but he stands in the wrong team.
Second: they all died of dark arrows! Wei Dao'er died in Dou Jiande's sneak attack, and Wei Wentong died in Wang Bodang's sneak attack, which can be said to have died from a dark arrow!
Third: both are surnamed Wei, one is called "Dao'er", and the other uses "Green Dragon Sword" as a weapon.
Therefore, the historical archetypal figure of Wei Wentong should be this Wei Dao'er. Although in the "Sui and Tang Dynasty", he appeared as a "Guan Yu descendant", which was very unreliable. But who can deny that he is not a loyal and incomparable hero Haojie...