"Unsupportable Adou" is what we now use to describe those who are not contentious, incompetent, and even a little stupid, among which "Adou" is the nickname of Liu Chan, the lord of Shu, because Liu Chan was assisted by wizards like Zhuge Liang and finally the Shu kingdom was destroyed, so posterity called it "Unsupportable Adou". Undoubtedly, Ah Dou certainly couldn't compare with Sima Zhao's tyrants at that time, so was he as stupid as posterity said?
In fact, we can see from the "nickname" that Liu Chan gave to the Five Tiger Generals after his death, liu Chan is not "unaffordable", and his evaluation of the merits and demerits of each person is very pertinent, and he very accurately evaluates the body of the Five Tiger Generals with the title.
The Five Tigers general refers to: Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, and Huang Zhong.
As the head of the Five Tiger Generals, Guan Yu's life can be described as brilliant, he was excellent in martial arts, and he took the first rank of general among thousands of armies and horses; he was loyal and righteous for thousands of years, although he was surrounded by Cao Cao in various ways, he did not forget his brother Liu Bei, who was in Cao Ying's heart in Han, walked alone for thousands of miles, and cut off six generals after five levels, becoming synonymous with "loyalty and righteousness" in the eyes of posterity; he was both literate and martial, not only had superior force, but also had the art of war, flooded the Seventh Army, threatened Huaxia, and Cao Cao was frightened by him and prepared to move the capital.
Judging from these Guan Yu's deeds alone, his nickname should be very good. However, Liu Chan's nickname to Guan Yu was average, and it could even be said that he had a little criticism, which was the worst among the Five Tiger Generals. Liu Chan gave him the nickname "Zhuang Miao".
What is "Zhuang Miao"? Miao's explanation goes like this: "Name and truth are known as Miao; wounded people are hidden from the wise; and benevolence is hurt by the good miao." Why does Liu Chan think that Guan Yu is "famous and real"? After Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army, Wei Zhen Huaxia was also proud of himself, but "victory and defeat are common affairs of soldiers", what can his victory explain? So his fame is greater than his actual talent. And because of his excessive reputation, he was also particularly proud, Sun Quan wanted to marry him, he looked down on Sun Quan (which was also an important reason why Sun Wu had to defeat him later), which was "hurting people to hide the sage Miao; hiding benevolence and hurting the good Miao." ”
The explanation of "Zhuang" is "repeated conquests and strong, dying in the wilderness and being strong, and being strong without being strong." ", many times sent troops to fight, and finally died on the battlefield, strong force but ultimately unsuccessful, these are the best descriptions of Guan Yu. It can be seen that Liu Chan has a very thorough view of Guan Yu's life, and the nickname is also very pertinent, indicating that Liu Chan has the wisdom of knowing people and is not a "unaffordable" Ah Dou.
Then there was the nickname that Liu Chan gave zhao Yun.
In contrast, Zhao Yun's popularity in the army was not as big as Guan Yu's, and even Zhao Yun had not experienced independently leading troops to fight, for a while he also followed Liu Bei alone and became Liu Bei's personal bodyguard, compared with Guan Yu, who led the army to defend the side alone and even sent troops to expand the territory, Zhao Yun's aura was much less.
But Liu Chan's nickname to Zhao Yun was very good, and it could be said that it was the best among the Five Tiger Generals. Zhao Yun was given the nickname "Shunping" by Liu Chan.
"Shunping" may not sound very imposing, but if we look at the explanation of "Shunping", we know that this nickname only has praise content, not criticism content. "Good and evil are just and shun, ke will be gentle, mercy and obedience will be shunned; deacons have control and peace; ke ding disasters and chaos will be peaceful; push the heart to forgive and forgive the peace."
What is "likes and dislikes justice"? When Zhao Yun was a vassal of Gongsun Zhan, he was good friends with Liu Bei at that time, and when he left Gongsun Zhan, Liu Bei took his hand and clinged to it, and Zhao Yun offered Liu Bei a plan, saying: "After all, you can't do anything that violates morality." Therefore, Zhao Yun has been doing good things all his life, and Zhao Yun has made great contributions to Liu Bei, but the official position that Liu Bei gave him has not been particularly high, no matter what tasks Liu Bei gave him, they can be completed cautiously and perfectly, so Liu Chan praised Zhao Yun for "having a system of deacons" and "pushing the heart to forgive", which is completely a high affirmation of Zhao Yun's life, indicating that Liu Chan remembers everyone's merits very clearly in his heart, and is not "unable to support".
After Zhao Yun, it was Liu Chan's "third uncle" Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei's image is very clear to everyone, we all say "fierce Zhang Fei", because Zhang Fei's life is called a "fierce", he with more than twenty people dared to block Cao Cao's tens of thousands of troops; when he heard that Guan Yu defected to Cao Cao, he couldn't help but say that when he saw Guan Yu, he drew his sword at each other; Liu Beisan took Care of Zhuge Liang, he endured the fire in his heart, and he was going to tie Zhuge Liang up. In Zhang Fei's world, there is no only promise, there is no twisting and pinching, it is a "fierce" word to the end. So what nickname did Liu Chan give him to his third uncle? His evaluation of Zhang Fei was "Huan".
"The soil is served far away; the Wuding Sifang is known as the Huan; the mighty is known as the Huan." In short, the meaning of this "Huan" character is to praise Zhang Fei's "martial arts" combined with the historical "Qi Huan Gong", "Han Huan Emperor" and other similar "Huan" nicknames, "Huan" is mostly somewhat stained, Zhang Fei's meaning of the "Huan" word is expressed in the "force" aspect, and zhang Fei's "Wenzhi" is not proposed, in fact, there is a little pejorative meaning in it. Zhang Fei liked to whip soldiers, was resented by the soldiers, and finally died because of it. This nickname is also Liu Chan's envelopment of the Zhang Fei family, and does not reflect the content that he also died in the title.
Then there is the veteran Huang Zhong. Liu Chan gave Huang Zhong the nickname "Gang", "Qiang Yi Guo Dare Gang; Zhi Guo kills the enemy Yue Gang." This nickname is similar to Zhang Fei's, Huang Zhong killed Cao Cao's famous general Xiahou Yuan, so he praised him for "killing the enemy with fruit", but Huang Zhong did not appear much after defeating Xiahou Yuan, and here is only a simple exaggeration of Huang Zhong's "martial arts".
The last five tigers will be Ma Chao. Ma Chao is actually a more awkward position, he himself is also a big warlord who divides one side, and then he has had many experiences of "betraying the master", which is a grade behind the five tiger generals. However, Ma Chao was highly skilled in martial arts, and was also a model for Shu Han to introduce "foreign talents", considering various factors, Liu Chan felt that Ma Chao was still worthy of encouragement, so he gave him the nickname of "Wei", "Fierce with Congo Yue Wei; Barbarians lead to serve Wei Wei; Dewei can be feared; Sound spirit shock stacked Yue Wei." This is also similar to Ma Chao's life experience, Ma Chao has a special prestige among the Yu clan in the Xiliang area, and has made great contributions to the conquest of the Shu Han Dynasty, so Liu Chan commented on him as a "Wei", which can also be regarded as taking care of the face of the Ma Chao family.
After reading Liu Chan's evaluation of the five tiger generals, do you still think that Liu Chan is really "unable to support"? In fact, Liu Chan was not "unable to support", but Cao Wei's strength exceeded that of the Shu Kingdom too much, and the Mandate of Heaven was difficult to violate. In order to save his life, he said a sentence "Happy here, don't think about Shu", but it is just to imitate his father Taoguang and pretend to be stupid!