Because the Three Kingdoms are a famous chaotic world, and the princes are constantly fighting among themselves, so they need talents to help them achieve their careers. Because there was a demand, coupled with the fact that the princes dared to boldly use talents in order to become winners, many talents emerged during this period, such as Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Zhang Liao, Dianwei, Gan Ning, etc. among the military generals, and Zhuge Liang, Zhang Zhao, and Xun Yu among the wenchen.
However, when reading the history of the Three Kingdoms, people can feel that the history of the middle period before the Three Kingdoms is very wonderful and fascinating, while the history of the later period is somewhat boring and boring, which makes people not interested, because there are many famous generals in the Three Kingdoms period, such as Lü Bu, Zhang Fei, Dianwei, etc., who are famous generals in the middle of the Three Kingdoms, and after their deaths, there are talents in various countries, so this history has eclipsed a lot.
This situation also fully shows that the descendants of the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms are inferior to their fathers, so they have not been able to continue the glory created by their fathers.
Among the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, the sons of the two "enemies of ten thousand people", were relatively outstanding, but their achievements did not exceed their fathers.
Guan Yu's sons were Guan Ping, Guan Xing, and Guan Suo, and Guan Ping was a very good general who had been following Guan Yu around in his conquests and made many achievements, but after the defeat of Fancheng's army, he and Guan Yu were captured together and killed by Sun Quan. Guan Xing was a young talent, who had followed Liu Bei on Wu and Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, and was very important to Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, and was an outstanding talent in the second generation of Shu Han generals, but unfortunately he died young. Guan Suo's achievements were inferior to those of his two elder brothers.
Zhang Fei's sons Zhang Bao and Zhang Shao were also relatively excellent, Zhang Bao was a fierce general, wise and courageous, and he made important contributions during Liu Bei's Northern Expedition against Wu and Zhuge Liang, but unfortunately he also died young. Because Zhang Shao was Zhang Fei's son and because his two sisters became Liu Chan's empresses, his career path was very smooth, and he achieved Shangshu servant shooting, but his personal ability was average, and he later followed Liu Chan and surrendered to Cao Wei.
Zhao Yun also had two sons, Zhao Guang and Zhao Tong, but these two sons were of average talent, Zhao Guang followed Zhuge Liang on the Northern Expedition and became a general of the Yamen, and later died in battle while following Jiang Weizhen to guard the Sword Pavilion. Because Zhao Tong was the eldest son of Zhao Yun, he inherited Zhao Yun's title and was given the title of Tiger Ben Zhonglang.
Ma Chao's sons Ma Qiu and Ma Cheng, who were far less capable than their father, Ma Chao, had followed Ma Chao around in battle, but after Ma Chao surrendered to Liu Bei, he was killed by Zhang Lu. Ma Cheng was a son born after Ma Chao surrendered to Liu Bei, so he was younger, and after Ma Chao's death, Ma Cheng inherited Ma Chao's title, but before Liu Chan surrendered to Cao Wei, because of his younger age, he did not have much opportunity to make meritorious achievements.
Cao Weihu took Dianwei's son Dianman, because his father Dianwei died in battle to save Cao Cao, he was treated favorably by Cao Wei, and Cao Cao made him Langzhong, and later because of the remembrance of Dianwei, he posthumously honored Dianman as Sima (司馬). After Cao Pi became emperor, he was given the title of Duke of Guannei and given the title of Marquis of Guannei. The official function of Dianman rose step by step, mainly because of his father Dianwei, and his own talent was average, and he did not establish great merits.
Xu Yi, the son of Xu Chu, another tiger general of Cao Wei, was also relatively average in talent, and because he joined the army very early and established some meritorious achievements, he became a tooth general and also inherited the title of Marquis of Mouxiang from his father Xu Chu. However, due to Xu Yi's weak ability and low prestige, when following Zhong Hui to cut Shu, as a pioneer, he was killed by Zhong Hui because of the small matter that the horse fell into the pit when Zhong Hui crossed a bridge.
Other tiger generals, such as the sons of Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Tai Shi Ci, and others, their abilities and achievements are difficult to match their father's back, but Cao Wei has a tiger general's son, whose achievements exceed his father, and this person is Pang Hui, the son of Cao Wei's famous general Pang De.
Pound was originally a general of Ma Chao's army, but surrendered to Cao Wei after the defeat of Ma Chao's army. As a general, Pound was not heavily used by Cao Wei, but at the Battle of Fancheng, he and Guan Yu fought a draw, and after being defeated and captured, he preferred to die and was killed by Guan Yu, which made Cao Wei Junchen deeply moved, and posthumously made him a Marquis of Zhuang, making him worthy of the Cao Wei Taimiao Temple.
After Pang De's defeat and capture, he was killed by Guan Yu without authorization, which aroused Pang Hui's fighting spirit and hatred, and at a young age, he vowed to avenge his father, so he practiced martial arts hard, read military books diligently, and when he grew up, Pang Hui became a general of Cao Wei and followed Zhong Hui to participate in the battle to destroy Shu. After attacking shu han, Pang would take revenge and lead his troops to kill all of Guan Yu's family.
It is not difficult to see from the above that most of the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms period were inferior to their fathers, mainly because these famous generals had been fighting abroad and had less time with their sons, so there was no opportunity and time to educate and cultivate their sons, resulting in their sons mostly inferior to their fathers.