"Sinking fish and falling geese, closing the moon and shy flowers" This is the description of the four beautiful women in ancient times, and today our protagonist is the "mink cicada" who sees her and even the moon shyly closes her face.
This woman comes from Luo Guanzhong's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", in which Wang Yun uses the beauty of the righteous female cicada to alienate the feelings of Dong Zhuo and his righteous son Lü Bu, and borrows Lü Bu's hand to get rid of Dong Zhuo, who has brought calamity to the country and the people, which is the famous "serial plan". Although it is said that the "serial plan" is Wang Yun's plan, it is absolutely impossible to succeed without the beauty of the mink cicada.
However, in the 19th time of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", after Lü Bu lost his life in the White Gate Tower, Luo Guanzhong abandoned the mink cicada and did not explain her ending, so the life direction of a generation of beauties has become a mystery pursued by posterity. So, let's take a look at it today.
Is there really a sable cicada in history?
The mink cicada is not actually the real name, "mink" refers to the mink tail, "cicada" refers to the cicada, and these two materials can be made into hats worn by ancient nobles. These hats are maintained and managed by some maids in the palace, and the titles of these maids are called "mink cicadas".
Some people say that the prototype of the mink cicada is called "Ren Hongchang", because Ren Hongchang's position in the palace at that time was the mink cicada, and she was the most famous, so some people speculated that the mink cicada was this Ren Hongchang. But many historians are skeptical. In addition, the existence of mink cicadas can hardly be found in all the canonical histories, and only in the Book of Later Han, it is described that Lü Bu had an affair with Dong Zhuo's maid when he was looking after dong zhuo's family home. If only from the perspective of canonical history, this maid should be the prototype of the mink cicada, and this prototype has become the "mink cicada" in the eyes of later generations through the literary processing of Luo Guanzhong.
The relationship between Sable Cicada and Guan Yu
After exploring the origins, the next is the more curious ending for everyone. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, after Cao Cao killed Lü Bu, what did he do to the mink cicada? There are several versions of the folklore of the Sable Cicada Ending, but each version is related to Guan Yu. First, Cao Cao wanted to use the mink cicada again to implement the beauty plan to separate Guan Yu and Liu Bei, but Guan Yu killed the mink cicada so as not to follow in the footsteps of Dong Zhuo and Lü Bu. Second, Guan Yu was kind in heart, so he wanted to quietly escort mink cicada out of Cao Ying, so he asked her to cut her hair as a cover for a nun, but was caught up by the people sent by Cao Cao, and in order not to cause trouble to Guan Yu, the mink cicada drew his sword and killed himself.
Both of the above endings end the life of the mink cicada with death, but there are also versions of the legend that the mink cicada survived. First, after experiencing the cruel fires of war, he finally cut his hair and became a nun, and lived a peaceful life in the nunnery. Second, Cao Cao offered the mink cicada to Guan Yu, but Guan Yu was not a covetous woman, so he sent the mink cicada back to his hometown, where the mink cicada lived a simple life as a village woman. After his death, his descendants built a temple for him to worship. Third, Guan Yu adopted the cicada as a concubine, but after Guan Yu died, she stayed in Shuzhong and spent her life alone.
Combined with history, analyze the ending trend of the mink cicada
After reading these versions, let's boldly imagine which is the most likely. After Dong Zhuo's death, the mink cicada went to Lü Bu, and after Lü Bu's death, the mink cicada fell into cao Cao's hands. You know, Cao Cao is a complete "human wife control", how can such a beautiful human wife as a mink cicada not let him move?
If the mink cicada was taken by Cao Cao and did not use it, then the "Copper Bird Spring Deep Lock ErQiao" lock may not only be big and small Qiao, but also a member of the mink cicada. But Cao Cao is a person who does great things, and what he wants more than the mink cicada is Guan Yu, so he is likely to use the sable cicada as a chess piece to win Guan Yu. However, from the analysis of Guan Yu's characters, it is unlikely that he will be confused by beauty, but he is also a benevolent warrior, so it is very likely that the mink cicada will be sent back to his hometown. But if Guan Yu realizes that Cao Cao not only wants to envelop himself, but actually intends to separate himself from Liu Bei, then it is also possible for Guan Yu to kill the mink cicada, after all, the personality of "straight male cancer" is likely to think that the mink cicada is a "red face disaster".
If the cicada really exists in history, the editor hopes that she can have a good ending, can no longer be used by men, and does not have to be displaced in the chaotic world, but just quietly lives the life she wants.
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