Readers familiar with the Romance of the Three Kingdoms basically evaluate Liu Bei as benevolent and virtuous, and this is indeed the case from the perspective of the romance. But yanyi is only yanyi, and after analysis, Liu Bei is just a person full of benevolence and morality, but what he does is not so benevolent. Because as the founding emperor of the Shu Han Dynasty, Liu Bei, if he was benevolent and righteous, he would not have become one of the overlords of the Three Kingdoms. So today we will briefly analyze Liu Bei through an example and Lu Xun's evaluation of this.
Liu Bei was defeated, and the hunters killed their wives to entertain Liu Bei
After Liu Bei was defeated by Lü Bu at the Battle of Xiaopei, Liu Bei fled into the wilderness and fled in a panic, and Liu Bei ran to the deep mountains and old forests. Liu Bei, who had been exhausted all the way, was hungry and thirsty at this time, and Liu Bei was ready to find a peasant family to rest. At this time, Liu Bei saw that there was a thatched hut in the mountains, Liu Bei hurriedly urged the horse to move forward, and he saw the owner of the house, Liu An, who was a hunter in this area and usually lived by hunting. Liu An asked Liu Bei, "Who are you?" Liu Bei said: "He is Liu Yuzhou", Liu An heard that this person was Liu Yuzhou, and very warmly entertained Liu Bei, because Liu Beixiande's name has long been circulated.
The hunter Liu An prepared to go deep into the mountains to find prey to entertain Liu Bei. However, Liu An, who had been searching in the mountains for a long time, did not find his prey, and he was afraid that Liu Bei would be in a hurry, so he could only hurry home. So what to use to entertain Liu Bei? Liu An killed his wife to entertain Liu Bei, and Liu Bei was very surprised to drink a mouthful of broth, because he had never eaten this meat himself, so he asked Liu An busily: "What kind of meat is this?" Liu An: "Busy said, this is wolf meat." As soon as Liu Bei heard that this was wolf meat, he ate a full meal. Liu Bei, who later learned the truth, could only describe it this way: "I was overwhelmed with sadness and spilled tears on the horse", and Cao Cao, who later learned of this incident, instead ordered someone to send Liu An a golden hundred and two.
Regarding this matter, Lu Xun, a great literary hero in china, once made an evaluation that "Liu Beiren is thick and close to false." So why did Lu Xun say this? Liu Bei ate someone else's wife, but he only felt sad and did not make a substantive statement, but Cao Cao gave the hunter a hundred and two gold comforts. Therefore, Lu Xun said that although Liu Bei showed great benevolence, he was also very hypocritical. So is there anything else that can prove Liu Bei's hypocrisy?
Abandoning his wife and son, wrestling the child
Liu Bei basically lost more and won less in battle, and once he lost, he abandoned his wife and children. At the Battle of Changshanpo, Liu Bei was beaten by Cao Cao and abandoned his armor, leaving his wife and son behind in order to escape. Zhao Yun, who was Liu Bei's personal bodyguard, saw that his wife and the young lord were gone, so after pulling the horse, he went through hardships to save the young lord, which is what we know as Zhao Yun's "seven in and seven out" to save Ah Dou.
After Zhao Yun rescued the young lord, Liu Bei wanted to throw his son to death. Because his son put Zhao Yun in danger, he almost died. When they saw that Liu Bei was going to drop his son, the generals were certainly unwilling, because the young lord was the hope for the future of Shu Han. Zhao Yun also hurried to intercede, and Liu Bei did not drop his son. Liu Bei's move won the title of benevolence and righteousness, and all his armies looked up to Liu Bei. However, Zhao Yun, who was the most credited to this incident, did not receive a substantial reward. High-ranking official Houlu? During Liu Bei's lifetime, Zhao Yun never became a marquis, and he was only a miscellaneous general all his life. Then Liu Bei only did a face job, just to buy people's hearts.
Ming Xiu Zhan Dao, Darkness Chen Cang
After gaining a safe place in Jingzhou, Liu zhang invited him to Yizhou. Why? Help Liu Zhang suppress Zhang Lu, because Liu Zhang and Liu Bei are the same sect, followed by Liu Bei's name of Xiande. Pang Tong, who followed Liu Bei to Yizhou, knew the purpose of Liu Bei's trip: to help Liu Zhang was false, and to take Xichuan was true. For this reason, Pang Tong proposed three strategies to Liu Bei, and Liu Bei ostensibly rejected Pang Tong, but eventually adopted Pang Tong's strategy.
Liu Bei's work in Xichuan was not contributing, and Liu Zhang saw it in his eyes. Liu Bei, who knew that he was wrong, still went his own way, and with Pang Tong being shot, Liu Bei officially fought liu Zhang. The head is that Pang Tong was killed by Liu Zhang, so if Pang Tong was not killed, would Liu Bei take Yizhou? Obviously, as long as there is an excuse to become famous, Liu Bei will take the opportunity to destroy Liu Zhang. Even if there is no name, Liu Bei himself will still create a name, because Liu Bei is bound to take the land of Xichuan. From here, we can see that Liu Bei is indeed very hypocritical and a master of buying people's hearts.
To sum up, although Liu Bei is superficially "benevolent and moral", he is actually a hypocritical person. It's a bit like "I want to be a bitch and I want to build a torii". In fact, from the names Feng, Zen, Yong, and Li that Liu Bei gave to his son, we can see that Liu Bei's heart of calling the king emperor has always been under the banner of "Xingfu Han Room", which shows his true character. So what kind of person do you think Liu Bei is?
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