When it comes to Liu Bei's son during the Three Kingdoms, everyone's first impression is naturally "Adou who can't be supported" Liu Chan. He was the second emperor of the Shu Kingdom and the Emperor of the Fallen Kingdom, and the famous idiom "Le Bu Si Shu" described fainting was related to him.
Except for Liu Chan, it seems that Liu Bei has never heard of any other sons. Unlike Cao Cao, the story of the eldest son Cao Zhi and the second son Cao Pi alone can be performed in several episodes in a TV series, and they are only the two most famous of Cao Cao's 25 children.
To explore how many children Liu Bei had, let's first look at how many wives he married. Historically, Liu Bei married a total of 4 wives, the first of whom was Lady Gan, who gave birth to Liu Chan, that is, the one who was rescued by Zhao Yun's seven in and seven outs.
The second was Lady Mi, the younger sister of Liu Bei's general Mi Zhu. When Tao Qian handed over Xuzhou to Liu Bei, Mi Zhu, who had been working as an errand under Tao Qian, refused Cao Cao's inducement and instead followed Liu Bei. It is no exaggeration to say that Liu Bei's early career was thanks to the financial support of the Mi Zhu family, and after the establishment of the Shu Han, Liu Bei was very grateful to him and married Mi Zhu's sister as his wife.
The third was the political marriage with Eastern Wu, namely Sun Shangxiang, who was the one with the most shallow feelings for Liu Bei. Later, when Shu Wu broke up, Sun Shangxiang also returned to Eastern Wu, and the two never intersected again. As for the fourth, it was Lady Wu, the empress dowager of the Shu Han Dynasty, and after Liu Bei entered Sichuan, in order to win the hearts and minds of the people, he married Wu Amaranth, the sister of the general Wu Yi stationed in Sichuan.
Logically, since there were 4 wives, Liu Bei had at least 4 sons. Liu Bei was indeed born of 4 sons, but not 4 wives, one of whom was an adopted son, named Liu Feng, who was the son of Luo Hou Kou of Jingzhou. In the early years, when Liu Bei was stationed in Jingzhou, he adopted him as an adopted son because he had no heirs.
Due to his upbringing in a chaotic world, Liu Feng was also the most effective of Liu Bei's 4 sons, and in his early years, he followed Liu Bei's southern conquest of the northern war and made great military achievements. However, due to Guan Yu's death, Liu Feng refused to send troops to help, and was finally killed by Liu Bei.
Needless to say, Lady Gan's eldest son, Liu Chan, the remaining two sons were named Liu Yong and Liu Li, both of whom were born to Empress Wu. These two children are also not remarkable, when Liu Bei was orphaned by the White Emperor, Liu Yong and Liu Li were not yet adults, so the throne naturally fell into the hands of Liu Chan.
Therefore, the two naturally left no trace in history, and later when the Shu Han fell, they were knighted by Sima Zhao along with Liu Chan. In addition, there is no elaboration in the history books.
The reason why the author introduced Liu Bei's 4 children is not to say how powerful they are, but to illustrate Liu Bei's ambitions. It is not difficult to find that the names of these 4 children are connected to "Feng Zen Yongli". What does that mean? "Sealing Zen" is the meaning of worshiping heaven and earth, think about it, who was the general person who could worship heaven and earth in ancient times? He is the Son of Heaven above all men. And "eternal reason" is not difficult to understand, that is, to govern forever, to put it bluntly, it is to hope that the territory will always be stable and stable.
From the names of the 4 children, it is not difficult to see that Liu Liu has ambitions to become emperor. All along, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms says that Liu Bei was an emperor who did not have much regard for power. Even when he was talking about heroes with Cao Cao, he was frightened by a thunderclap and was ridiculed by Cao Cao for not having the courage of an emperor.
And actually? Through the four words of "Sealing Zen Yongli", we can still see Liu Bei's desire to be called emperor. Perhaps he just seemed to have no desire or desire on the surface, and behind his back, his desire for the unification of the Central Plains was definitely stronger than sun quan's.
However, after the deaths of both him and Zhuge Liang, no one in the Shu kingdom could pick up the girder. The Shu Han, who was once extremely powerful, actually became the first one in the Three Kingdoms to fall, which cannot be said to be lamentable.