The marriage between Liu Bei and Sun Quan's sister is indeed a historical event, but there is no detailed record of what the name of Sun Quan's sister is, but it is called Lady Sun, and Sun Shangxiang's name actually comes from Luo Guanzhong's pen, in other words, this name does not exist in history.
The marriage between Liu Bei and Lady Sun, on the surface, is also a talented woman, but in fact it is full of problems, so that in the end, Liu Bei went to Yizhou to marry Lady Wu, who was considered to be his "sister-in-law" according to his generation, when liu bei and Lady Sun still existed as husband and wife. We continue to analyze.
Liu Bei's marriage to Lady Sun
In the records of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is said that after Lady Sun married Liu Bei, the relationship between the two was relatively harmonious, and it seemed to be a good life, and some people even said that Sun Quan "lost his wife and folded the army", if according to this reality, it is obvious that liu Bei eventually married Lady Wu, it is somewhat inappropriate.
Unfortunately, this is only a family theory in the interpretation, according to the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and other historical records, in fact, the relationship between Liu Bei and Lady Sun, from beginning to end, there is no good this theory, can only say that the relationship between the two in the first stage is not so bad, and then in the later stage it became so bad that it cannot be recovered, why is there such a development change?
We all know that in any case, the marriage between Liu Bei and Lady Sun was actually a standard political marriage, when Liu Bei Group united with Sun Quan Group to resist Cao, and won the Victory in the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei gradually took root in Jingzhou from the original wandering state, at this time Sun Quan had a lot of opinions about Liu Bei, on the one hand, he felt that The Jingzhou owned by Liu Bei should have belonged to himself, and now Liu Bei is sitting in town, only Sun Quan lent liu bei. In other words, Sun Quan felt that Liu Bei had stolen the fruits of his labor, after all, in the Chibi War, Liu Bei's participation was not high, mainly because Sun Quan's group was selling his life.
Sun Quan's second dissatisfaction was that Liu Bei gradually became bigger and stronger in Jingzhou, gaining more and more support, which made Sun Quan not only unhappy in his heart, but also had some fear of Liu Bei, that is, in this situation, Sun Quan sacrificed his sister and married liu Bei, hoping to use Lady Sun to monitor Liu Bei's every move by Liu Bei's side.
Liu Bei was surrounded by talents, Zhuge Liang and others saw Lady Sun with a group of family members, they probably understood what medicine Sun Quan sold in the gourd, besides, at that time Liu Bei was more than forty years old, Lady Sun was only in her early twenties, as an older brother, Sun Quan, if it were not for political interests, how could he marry Lady Sun to Liu Bei, there was no emotion between the two of them.
Zhuge Liang advised Liu Bei to be careful of Lady Sun, Liu Bei is not a person who covets beauty, so he is very rational, specially rebuilt a house for Lady Sun, so that Lady Sun and his gang live here alone, although Liu Bei and Lady Sun have the name of husband and wife, I am afraid that there is no husband and wife, because Liu Bei is afraid of Lady Sun.
The development of the relationship between the two people completely changed with the change of the relationship between Sun Quan and Liu Bei, at first, the political alliance between Sun Quan and Liu Bei was not bad, so the husband and wife relationship between Lady Sun and Liu Bei looked good, and later the relationship between Sun Quan and Liu Bei deteriorated more and more, and the relationship between Lady Sun and Liu Bei also deteriorated more and more, and even Liu Bei was worried that Lady Sun would rebel, indicating that the relationship between the two had deteriorated to the extreme.
When Sun Quan planned to formally turn his face with Liu Bei, he took Lady Sun back to Eastern Wu, and when Lady Sun was leaving, Sun Quan also arranged for her to take Liu Bei's son Liu Chan back to Eastern Wu, which had the intention of taking Liu Chan as a hostage, fortunately, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei and others quickly chased after liu Chan to take Liu Chan back, and Lady Sun did not quit and returned to Eastern Wu.
The marriage between Liu Bei and Lady Sun developed to the point where Lady Sun returned to Eastern Wu, basically it had already existed in name only, and judging by the relationship between Liu Bei and Sun Quan at that time, Lady Sun would never come back, and Liu Bei and the people of Liu Bei's group knew very well in their hearts that it was good that Liu Bei was not a person who coveted beauty, and he was still rational, did not make any excessive moves, and smoothly transitioned to the Yizhou period.
Marriage between Liu Bei and Lady Wu
Since Lady Sun has returned to Eastern Wu, Liu Bei and Lady Sun are still husband and wife on the surface, but in fact, the relationship between the husband and wife of the two has long been destroyed by external forces, existing in name only, there is not much practical significance, Liu Bei remarried his wife at this time, there is nothing wrong with reason, so why does Liu Bei want to marry a widow, but also his "sister-in-law" Lady Wu?
Lady Wu was Wu Yi's sister, who had married Liu Yan's son Liu Mao, and from the perspective of clan relations, Liu Mao and Liu Bei also had a relationship, Liu Mao was still Liu Bei's brother, so Liu Mao's wife Lady Wu was naturally Liu Bei's sister-in-law, and after Liu Mao's death, Lady Wu had been widowed and became a widow.
Although Lady Wu was a widow, she was not only beautiful, intelligent and sensible, but also had a very good influence and reputation in the local area, and even some people who looked at her said that Lady Wu was the destiny of great wealth and nobility, so in the Yizhou area at that time, Lady Wu could be regarded as the number one person.
Liu Bei first arrived in Yizhou, originally had the suspicion of encroaching on the foundation of the sect, coupled with Sun Quan chewing his tongue behind his back, Liu Bei's stability in Yizhou was very problematic, and he urgently needed a force within Yizhou to support himself and help himself stand firm, just at this time, everyone gave Liu Bei a strong recommendation to Lady Wu, Liu Bei saw that everyone was warm and difficult, and could only marry Lady Wu, Lady Wu had heard of Liu Bei's reputation long ago, and was willing to marry Liu Bei, and a marriage was promoted.
As for the combination between the two, in fact, there are more deep-seated reasons, and I analyze them as follows:
First of all, for Liu Bei himself, Liu Bei at that time was close to fifty years old, in the Three Kingdoms period when the average life expectancy was very short, such an age was not small, but Liu Bei's wife Lady Sun had already returned to Eastern Wu, at this time Liu Bei had no wife, for a big man with status status, if there was no wife, it seemed that it was still undignified, so Liu Bei's men would strongly recommend Lady Wu to Liu Bei.
Of course, everyone is still worried that if Liu Bei and Lady Sun want to get back together, Liu Bei agreed to the harsh requirements put forward by Sun Quan, which is quite unfavorable to the development of Liu Bei's group, in order to directly cut off the possibility of Liu Bei and Lady Sun reuniting from the root, the best way is to promote the combination between Liu Bei and Lady Wu.
But why do you recommend Mrs. Wu? There are two main reasons for this, on the one hand, Mrs. Wu's own reputation and influence in the local area is good, everyone feels that Mrs. Wu is a rare good daughter-in-law, matching Liu Bei, not only solved Liu Bei's marriage problems, everyone also has a good sister-in-law, which is beneficial and harmless to the progress of many things in the future.
On the other hand, Lady Wu in the Yizhou area, relying on the previous combination with Liu Yan's son Liu Mao, has long become a veritable famous and prestigious family here, holding a large number of resources in Yizhou, whether it is wealth, politics or others, in their hands, Liu Bei through the combination of Lady Wu, can get these resources support in silence, which plays an important role in Liu Bei's development in Yizhou.
Moreover, once Liu Bei and Lady Wu are combined, it seems that Yizhou will just change a boss, and the rest of the things and configuration arrangements are still the original formula, which is the most in line with their interests for the local gentry and famous families in Yizhou, which will be more supportive of Liu Bei.
Overall, the main reason for the combination between Liu Bei and Lady Wu is a political marriage, Liu Bei Group hopes to rely on Lady Wu and the forces behind Lady Wu to help Liu Bei quickly gain a foothold in Yizhou, which is a win-win happy event, after the two combined, Liu Bei was able to stand firm, and Lady Wu and the forces behind it could continue to maintain their original appearance.
epilogue
Whether it is the marriage between Liu Bei and Lady Sun, or the combination between Liu Bei and his sister-in-law Lady Wu later, it is actually out of some political interests, the difference is that the combination of Lady Sun and Liu Bei, behind the ambition of Sun Quan, so the relationship between the two with the relationship between Liu Bei and Sun Quan changes and constantly changes, and eventually parted ways, the combination between Liu Bei and Lady Wu, the force behind and Sun Quan is not a nature, Liu Bei can use this move to win everyone over and achieve the goal of buying people's hearts, For their own purposes, when everyone becomes a whole, they also have common interests, and naturally this marriage will not break down, which is the essential reason why Lady Wu later became the empress and empress dowager!
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