With regard to the evaluation of historical figures, how can we ensure their fairness and impartiality? It is certainly not possible to copy the historical materials and records of predecessors, for the simple reason that historians of any era need to take into account the era and political environment in which they live when recording and judging past history, so if they want to evaluate a historical figure objectively and fairly, they must be based on the historical facts left by the relevant historical figures.
Taking Liu Chan as an example, whether in the history of the wild or in the history of the canon, the reputation is not very good, throughout the ages, people like to quote his name "Adou" to educate his children.
So, is Liu Chan really as unenterprising as everyone says? Obviously, there is no reason to say this, and the reason for saying this is that it is difficult to see convincing records and historical evidence that can prove that Liu Chan is a faint person, and the only evidence is only the four words that Liu Chan said, "Le Bu Si Shu", so it must be difficult to convince people, for the simple reason, because Le Bu Si Shu is likely to be forced by Liu Chan to protect his own life and his family's life.
The reason why I say this is that there is another very important historical historical material that can be proved, that is, the nickname that Liu Chan gave to the Five Tiger Generals of the Shu Kingdom, and if you can conduct an in-depth analysis of these five titles, you will definitely approve it, and this one historical material is enough to overturn the case for Liu Chan.
Why? The reason is that a person's literary style is enough to explain a person's pattern and ambition. So what did Liu Chan give to the five tiger generals of the Shu Kingdom?
Guan Yu, the "Duke of Beautiful Hair", followed Liu Bei and successively made battle achievements in cutting Yan Liang, guarding Jingzhou, and so on, and made great contributions to the establishment of the Shu state. Not only that, Guan Yu was very righteous throughout his life, and Cao Cao also always regarded Guan Yu as a righteous soldier in the world, and Zhuge Liang also appreciated him very much, and had such an evaluation of him: Meng Qi was both a scholar and a martial artist, a heroic and outstanding person, a master of the world, a disciple of Tuo and Peng, when he competed with Yide and drove the first, he still did not reach the extraordinary yiqun of hair. So what nickname did Liu Chan give?
The answer is "Zhuang Miao", Zhuang means brave and invincible, Miao means loyalty and purity, so it is enough to show that Liu Chan is very eager to be able to be like his father, to have a good brother like Guan Yu, indicating that Liu Chan does not want to make meritorious achievements, but he knows his situation well, and he also knows that God did not give him a chance.
Zhao Yun for Liu Chan, has the grace of reconstruction, the Battle of Changshanpo Zhao Yun single riding savior let him gain Liu Bei's approval, Fang Xiaoru once commented on Zhao Yun: "Fu Zhao Lie is benevolent, Kong Ming's loyalty is loyal, and he can be a master of the monarch; and Jiang Huan, Fei Yi, Dong Yunzhi's rule, Guan, Zhang, Zhao, and Ma's use of soldiers, and Fu Zhuge's Youzhan and Shang, Guan's Yi, Zhang's, Zhao's obedience and Guang, push their origins, Zhao Lie, Kong Ming's affairs, cover the table beyond the merits of the region, success or failure. "Then what title did Liu Chan give Zhao Yun?"
The answer is "Shunping", what does it mean? When Zhao Yun died, the Shu kingdom was already very weak, and Liu Chan naturally knew that he would have to rely on his own strength to protect the safety of the Shu kingdom, but this was a very difficult thing. Therefore, for Liu Chan, he must hope that heaven can once again send General Zilong to help him.
This is enough to show that Liu Chan knew that the reason for the weakening of the Shu state was that the Shu state had always been very short of outstanding military talents. In other words, if the State of Shu is still strong and strong after Liu Chan succeeds to the throne, Liu Chan will certainly hope to be able to cross the world like his father.
Finally, Zhang Fei's courtesy name "Heng"; Huang Zhong's courtesy name "Gang"; and Ma Chao's nickname "Wei" are all enough to show Liu Chan's comprehensive and in-depth understanding of these five generals of the Shu state.
Liu Chan actually knew very well that if the army of the Shu State wanted to be strong, it needed to have a strong team of military talents, which was enough to show that Liu Chan had also fantasized about "Li Ke Wu and Wei, unifying the world". Imagine if Liu Bei hadn't met Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, and then without the help of General Zilong, Ma Chao, and Huang Zhong, what would Liu Bei's life have been like?
Did he choose to set up a mixed-up army? Or will you choose to buy straw shoes at home for a lifetime and make Liu Bei's "grass shoes" brand bigger and stronger? Obviously, according to Liu Bei's character of loving the people like a son, he will inevitably choose to make straw shoes. So since this is the case, what is the difference between Liu Bei's attitude of compromising with reality and Liu Chan? Therefore, there are practical reasons why Liu Chan is "Liu Chan".