Nicknames, also known as nicknames, nicknames, are synonymous with flower names in some Chinese dialects. Chinese like to give people nicknames, sometimes to show respect and intimacy, and sometimes to express hatred and insult. The Three Kingdoms era was a chaotic era of heroes, what are the nicknames of the heroes of the Three Kingdoms? Today we take stock of the nicknames and provenances of Cao Wei celebrities:
Cao Cao - Han thief, chaotic adulterer
Cao Cao has many nicknames, such as "Adulterous Males in the Chaotic World", which is derived from the comments of the famous scholar Xu Shao of Runan to the young Cao Cao, "The Capable Minister of Ruling the World, the Adulterous Male of the Chaotic World" (Romance of the Three Kingdoms). In addition, when Zhou Yu analyzed the situation between the enemy and us before the Battle of Chibi, he once said that "if he entrusts the name of Han Xiang, he is actually a Han thief" ("Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhou Yu Biography"), so if Wu and Shu want to slander Cao Cao, they will call him a "Han thief" and "Cao Thief".
Before the Battle of Guandu, Chen Lin wrote a crusade against Cao Cao for Yuan Shao, in which he scolded Cao Cao's ancestors for three generations, and finally said that Cao Cao was "castrated and ugly" (Cao Cao's grandfather Cao Teng was a eunuch). In later generations, in various literary and artistic works, Cao Cao became the image of a "white-faced traitor".
Dianwei - The evil of the ancients comes
Dianwei was burly in appearance and had great strength, and because he could lift the flagpole with one hand, he was called "the evil of the ancients" by Cao Cao (Romance of the Three Kingdoms). Dianwei was good at using weapons such as large double halberds and long knives, and the military made him a military proverb saying: "There are pawns under the tent, and a pair of halberds is eighty pounds." Unfortunately, in 197 AD, Cao Cao enlisted Zhang Xiu, and had to sleep with someone's aunt at night, and Dianwei died in a battle to cover Cao Cao's escape.
Xu Chu - Tiger Fool, Tiger Waiting
After Dianwei's death, Cao Cao had another bodyguard by his side, that is, Xu Chu. According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Xu Chu was "more than eight feet long, with a waist of ten circumferences, a majestic appearance, and great courage." The source of Xu Chu's nickname is related to Ma Chao, in 211 AD Cao Cao sent troops to Guanzhong to recruit Han Sui and Ma Chao, Ma Chao was conceited and courageous, and once wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the conversation before the battle to capture Cao Cao alive.
So he asked Cao Cao, "Where is Cao Gong's Tiger Hou?" Cao Cao pointed his finger at Xu Chu, and Xu Chu looked at him angrily, so Ma Chao did not dare to move. And because Ma Chao asked about Hu Hou, the name of the tiger idiot has been praised by the world since then, and even some people think that this is Xu Chu's name.
Xiahou Huan (夏侯惇) - Blind Xiahou (盲夏侯) and general of the Complete Body
If you want to say that the most trusted general in the Cao Wei camp, then Xiahou Huan deserves it. Xiahou Huan is most famous for the bridge section of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, "Pulling out the Eyes of the Ya", although this record has a fictitious component, but in history, Xiahou Huan was indeed called "Blind Xiahou" (惇從征吕布, who was hit by the Flow Arrow, hurting the left eye), as for the so-called "General of the Complete Body" is also playing with the stem of Xiahou Huan's one-eyed dragon.
Xiahou Yuan – General of the White Land
Xiahou Yuan fought bravely and fiercely, and like his brother Xiahou Huan, he had a fierce personality, but lacked strategy. At the beginning, Cao Cao often warned him: "When there is weakness, you must not be brave." He will be based on courage and act with wisdom; but he knows Ren Yong, a horse and an enemy ear", Xiahou Yuan was eventually killed because of the repair of antlers.
After learning of Xiahou Yuan's death, Cao Cao sighed: "The enemy burned antlers in order to lure Xiahou Yuan to attack, and who commander personally led his troops to repair the antlers?" Xiahou Yuan was not a man who could use soldiers. Many people in the army called Xiahou Yuan 'General of the White Land'. As a commander-in-chief, you shouldn't fight yourself, let alone repair the antlers? ”
Cao Ren – General Tianren
In 208 AD, Cao Cao was defeated at the Battle of Chibi, leaving Cao Ren to defend Jiangling, and Zhou Yu led an army to besiege the generals, and the two sides staged a wonderful offensive and defensive battle. At that time, thousands of Wu army forwards had reached the city, and Cao Ren climbed the city to look far away, recruited three hundred people, and ordered the general Niu Jin to challenge the army. However, there were many Wu troops and few cattle and gold, so they were surrounded.
Cao Ren and Chang Shi Chen jiaoju were in the city, and when they saw Niu Jin and three hundred other people dying, the people on the left and right were all frightened. However, Cao Ren was furious and called for horses to come from left and right, and Chen Jiao, knowing that Cao Ren wanted to go down to the city to save Niu Jin, pulled Cao Ren together and said, "The thieves are strong and powerful, and they are invincible." Why not give up on these hundreds of people, but the general will go with his own body! Cao Ren should not, put on his armor and mounted his horse, and led dozens of his brave men to ride out of the city.
More than a hundred steps away from the Wu army, approaching the city ditch, Chen Jiao and others thought that Cao Ren was just blocking on the ditch and posing for Niu Jin's support, who knew that Cao Ren actually crossed the ditch and rushed into the enemy siege, niu Jin and so on were rescued. However, the remnants of the enemy siege had not yet been exhausted, and Cao Renfu broke in again, pulled the remaining soldiers out of the siege, and killed several Wu troops to repel the Wu army. When Cao Ren returned to the city, everyone sighed, "General True Heavenly Man also!" "All three armies admired his bravery.
Zhang Liao - Zhang Eight Hundred, Zhao Hu
Zhang 800 big broke the sun 100,000, this stem believes that netizens are not strangers. Zhang Liao's bravery and martial arts can almost be compared with the second master who took the first rank of general in the Ten Thousand Armies. In 207, the northern expedition to Wuhuan, Zhang Liao town beheaded Dun; in 215, Sun Quan's 100,000-strong army besieged Hefei, Zhang Liao led 800 people to make Sun Quan embarrassed, the allusion of "Zhang Liao stopped crying" was passed down through the ages, and Zhang Liao also became the nightmare of Sun Quan's life.
Cao Pi loved and admired Zhang Liao immensely, and in the second year of the Huang Dynasty (221), Zhang Liao went to the Luoyang Imperial Palace to pay homage, and Cao Pi led Zhang Liao to meet at the Jianshi Hall and personally asked him about his former situation when he broke Wu. After Zhang Liaoshu said this, Cao Pi sighed to the left and right, "It is simply an ancient summoning tiger." (Zhao Hu, also known as Zhao Mugong, was a Western Zhou general with the same name as Fang Shu, Yin Jifu, and Nan Zhong.
Pound – General White Horse
Pang De was originally a general of Ma Chao's army, but later surrendered to Cao Cao, and in 219 Cao Cao sent Yu Ban and Pound To rescue Xiangfan, and the Generals of Fancheng thought that Pang De's brother Pang Rou was in Hanzhong and was quite suspicious of Pound. Pound used to say, "I have received the grace of the nation, and righteousness is in the service of death." I want to fight Guan Yu myself. If I don't kill him this year, he will kill me. Later, Pound engaged Guan Yu and shot an arrow in Guan Yu's forehead. At that time, Pound often rode on a white horse, and Guan Yujun was called a white horse general, and he was very jealous of him (Shi De often rode on a white horse, and Yu Jun called him a white horse general, all of whom were afraid).
In addition to a large number of military generals, Cao Wei's advisers were also the top talents of the Three Kingdoms, and Xun Yu was known as "Wang Zuo's Talent" when he was young. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guo Jia is called "Ghost Cai", Sima Yi is called "Tsuka Tiger", Jia Xu is called "Poison Soldier", and Wang Lang is scolded by Zhuge Chengxiang to death, and he becomes "Hao Shou PiFu, a bearded old thief" (in history, Wang Lang was a famous scholar, and Zhuge Liang also respected him more).
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References: Notes on Pei Song in romance of the Three Kingdoms, Romance of the Three Kingdoms