Today's Three Kingdoms idiom story is found in the fifty-second episode of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which takes place during a banquet between Zhao Yun and Zhao Fan, and the relevant characters are Zhao Yun, Zhao Fan, and Zhao Fan's sister-in-law Fan. The original text is as follows:
(Zhao) Yun Anmin had finished, and Zhao Fan invited him to a banquet. Half drunk, Fan Fu invited Yun into the depths of the back hall and washed the cups to drink more. Cloud drinking slightly drunk. Fan Kuo invited a woman to drink wine with Yun. When Zilong saw that the woman was wearing a silk and had the color of a country and a city, he asked Fan Yue, "Who is this person?" Fan Yue: "Sister-in-law Fan Shiye." Zilong changed his face and respected him. Fan Shi finished the cup, and Fan Ling sat down. Thanks. Fan resigned and returned to the back hall. Yun Yue: "Why should The wise brother bother to make his sister-in-law raise a cup?" Fan Xiao said: "There is a reason in the middle, beg brothers not to hinder: the first brother has abandoned the world for three years, the family sister-in-law is widowed, and finally it is not a situation, and the brother often advises him to remarry."
Sister-in-law: "If we have all three things, we will marry him: first, he must be both literate and martial, and famous in the world; second, he must be good-looking and have outstanding prestige; and third, he must have the same surname as his brother." 'You say that there must be such a coincidence in the world?' Now the brother is dignified, his name is all over the world, and he has the same surname as his brother, which is exactly what his sister-in-law said. If you don't think that your sister-in-law is ugly, how about you are willing to accompany the dowry, take the general as your wife, and marry the family for generations? Yun Yun was furious and shouted, "Since I am married to Ru as a brother, and Ru's sister-in-law is also my sister-in-law, how can I do such an inhumane thing!" Zhao Fan was ashamed and replied, "I treat each other with kindness, how can I be so rude!" "So I looked left and right, and there was a sense of harm. Yun had already felt it, knocked down Zhao Fan with one punch, went straight out of the palace, and got on his horse and went out of the city.
According to the plot of the novel, Zhao Yun was ordered to capture Guiyang County. Zhao Fanbu sent Chen Ying and Bao Long out of the city to meet the battle, but was defeated by Zhao Yun, and Zhao Fan Kaesong surrendered. Zhao Fan invited Zhao Yun to his mansion for a banquet, during which he offered to marry his widowed sister-in-law to Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun was furious, knocked down Zhao Fan with one punch, and got on his horse and left the city. Subsequently, Chen Ying and Bao Long wanted to murder Zhao Yun, but they were discovered by Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun made a plan to lure Zhao Fan out of the city and capture him.
The idiom to be introduced in this article is the "wen and wu shuang quan" in the mouth of Zhao Fan's widowed sister-in-law Fan Shi, which means that both literary talent and martial arts are outstanding. The earliest source of this idiom is the Old Book of Tang? In the biography of Li Guangbi, "Yunsun, Wu Zhiluo, and the talent of literature and martial arts." ”
The plot of Zhao Fansheng marrying his widow to Zhao Yun described in the novel is a real historical event, but the process is not as complicated as in the novel. According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms? Zhao Yun's biography quotes the "Biography of Yun Bei" as saying: "(Zhao Yun) from pingjiang south, thought that he was a partial general, led Guiyang Taishou, and represented Zhao Fan. Fan widow's sister-in-law Fan Shi, has a national color, fan wants to match the clouds. Yun Ci said: "With the same surname, Brother Qing is my brother." 'Excuse me. When someone advised Yun Nazhi, Yun Said: "Fan forced his ears to fall, and his heart was unpredictable; there are many women in the world." 'So don't take it.' Compared with the novel, in history, Zhao Yun took Guiyang relatively simply, there was no war, Fan Shi did not propose three conditions for choosing a husband as described in the novel, and Zhao Fan's ending was not to be appointed as Guiyang Taishou again as stated in the novel, but to secretly escape without a trace. As for Fan's ending, this has become a mystery for eternity.
This historical story that occurred between Zhao Fan, Zhao Yun and Fan Shi was noticed by later folk artists, and was processed and adapted on the basis of this historical record. In the Yuan Dynasty dialect book "Three Kingdoms Zhiping Dialect", there is a new version of the story between these three people. The book describes the story like this:
The military division called zhao yun and sent three thousand troops to Changsha County to collect Zhao Fan. At dawn, Zhao Yun went on the road. Zhao Fan led the sheep with his arms and welcomed Zhao Yun into the palace, saying that the four counties were all said by Pang Tong. At the end of the feast, Zhao Fan took wine and left dozens of women, and one of the women was dressed in a dress and had a delicate appearance, so that he held the wine and said to Zhao Yun: "This is the sister-in-law of the family, and she should be married to Zilong." Zhao Yun shouted, "Ernipiv's generation!" The military division strictly ordered, do you think of wine! "Words come out of the way. Zhao Fan said with wine: "Zhao Yun, the unkind one!" "Lead three thousand troops to surround Guan Yi, deliberately kill Zhao Yun, and was killed by an arrow from Zilong." At dawn, he told the officials and the people that he had killed Zhao Fan and his family and appeased the people, but he also met with the emperor in Jingzhou and said that he had joined the military division, saying that Zhao Yun had taken Changsha County.
Compared with historical records, Zhao Fan in the Three Kingdoms Zhiping Dialect is more sinister. He used women and widows to curry favor with Zhao Yun, and when he was reprimanded by Zhao Yun, Zhao Fan immediately revealed his true face and besieged Zhao Yun with three thousand soldiers and horses. These two actions show that Zhao Fan's purpose is entirely for his own sake. Of course, Zhao Yun would not be polite to such a villain, and in the end not only Zhao Fan was killed, but even his widow died at the hands of Zhao Yun.
Judging from the story in "Three Kingdoms ZhiPing Dialect", the whole plot is relatively rough and lacks rationality, which also brings certain harm to the positive character image of Zhao Yun. And this story immediately changed into the hands of Luo Guanzhong, the author of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Although the author follows the story of Zhao Fan's widow and sister-in-law in the historical data and plain language, the whole plot becomes very reasonable. Not only was the life of this innocent woman of the Fan clan saved, but even the wavering Zhao Fan had the opportunity to reform himself. From the handling of this plot, it is evident that the author's superb control of the plot.
Reference books: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Romance of the Three Kingdoms