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Guan Yu sacrificed his life for the country, and Zhang Fei's descendants were saved, in a word: loyalty and righteousness and courage must pay a heavy price, and if you seek perfection, you can save your life in a chaotic world. Specifically, there are three reasons.
First, Guan Yu made enemies on three sides, and Zhang Fei's network of relations was too dense. Guan Yu rejected the olive branch extended by Sun Quan, who wanted to engage in a political marriage with Guan Yu and let his son marry Guan Yu's daughter, but Guan Yu said, "Can a tiger girl marry a dog?" "If it hurts people, even ordinary people can't bear it, let alone a generation of tyrants?" Therefore, Guan Yu offended Eastern Wu. Guan Yu's town of Jingzhou was a place of contention, and the State of Wei looked at the tiger, Guan Yu beheaded Pound, and flooded the Seventh Army, which naturally offended the State of Wei. Within the Shu state, Guan Yu still did not earn a good fortune, because Guan Yu recommended Liu Chan as the crown prince and offended Liu Feng. When Guan Yu was attacked on his stomach and back, Liu Feng did not move, Guan Yu and Guan Ping's father and son were martyred because of this, and the other descendants naturally had no one to take special care of them in times of danger, coupled with the character of Ning Who did not bend, all of them were killed.
On the other hand, Zhang Fei's network is very extensive, Zhang Fei's wife is actually the sister of the Wei general Xiahou Ba (that is, the sister of the uncle's family), and Xiahou Ba is also the son of the famous general Xiahou Yuan! The Cao family and the Xiahou family are actually one family. Zhang Fei's two daughters married Liu Bei's son Liu Chan and became emperors, and after the fall of the Shu kingdom, in order to establish a reputation for treating the lord well, in order to recruit the state of Wu, Zhang Fei's descendants were saved.
Second, Guan Yu is proud of the magnates, and Zhang Fei is close to the top. The two brothers have the opposite attitude when it comes to how they face the magnate. Guan Yu is close to ordinary people, and the more powerful he is, the more disdainful I am to be close to you. Zhang Fei respected the high-level, especially the readers, and looked down on the grass-roots soldiers. When life was prosperous, Guan Yu's personality was particularly dashing, and Zhang Fei's personality seemed to be a bit of a city servant. However, in the chaotic world, the upper-class people must protect a few people when they are critical, it is very easy, say a few words, or think of a way, Guan Yu's arrogant personality is destined to have no such accumulation in normal times, and at the critical moment, there will be no help from the upper-level people.
Third, Guan Yu's descendants are loyal and courageous, and Zhang Fei's descendants are aware of current affairs. Guan Yu's loyalty was naturally passed on to future generations, and he achieved a loyal martyr. Guan Yu's descendants disdained how to save themselves, and only wanted to calmly and righteously martyr the country. Zhang Fei is rough on the surface, but in his heart he is aware of current affairs, Zhang Fei's descendants inherited Zhang Fei's character, in times of crisis, the Guan family swore to die and fight to the end, naturally the whole family would be killed, and Zhang Fei's descendants and Liu Chan surrendered with Yuxi, naturally becoming "meritorious" people, and the descendants were saved.
It is precisely because Guan Yu's descendants fought loyally and bravely, and the ending was tragic, Zhang Fei's descendants fell in a battle, seeking perfection, and later generations worshiped Guan Yu madly. Raising Guan Yu to the status of a god is in line with people's special worship of tragic heroes, such as Yue Fei and Wen Tianxiang. Zhang Fei has been preserved because of his descendants, but no one respects Zhang Fei.
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