Sun Quan married his sister and Liu Bei married his wife, which became a good story of the alliance between Sun and Liu's two families in the Three Kingdoms. Sun Quan married his sister to Emperor Liu, which was a typical "political and pro-family" in order to consolidate the alliance between Sun and Liu and jointly reject Cao Cao. In particular, Luo Guanzhong wrote about this marriage in his "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is very enviable, Liu Bei was already very old at this time, married Sun Quan's young and beautiful sister, and the two became a loving couple, and everyone who reads the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" will envy this marriage. But how is it recorded in the historical records?
There is indeed a matter of peace and affection
When we read Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, sun Quan's marriage of his sister to Liu Bei was Zhou Yu's plan. Zhou Yu suggested that Sun Quan marry his sister to Liu Bei, and called Liu Bei to Eastern Wu to become a relative, charm liu Bei with beauty, make him happy, and then Eastern Wu directly took Jingzhou. Sun Quan thought that Zhou Yu's plan was very good, so he asked Liu Bei to come to Eastern Wu to become a relative.
Zhuge Liang already knew of Zhou Yu's plan, and asked Liu Bei to make a plan, not only to go to Eastern Wu to become a relative, but also to design to bring Sun Quan's sister back. Later, Liu Bei married Sun Shangxiang, but he did not expect that both of them had a love for each other, and later Lady Sun actually helped Liu Bei escape from Eastern Wu and return to Jingzhou, completely betraying her brother. This is why it is said in history that Zhou Yu "lost his wife and folded his soldiers". In particular, modern film and television dramas highlight Sun Shangxiang, such as Wu Yusen's "Chibi", which makes a deep impression on the beautiful Mrs. Sun.
The earliest appearance of the name "Sun Shangxiang" is said in the ancient drama "Ganlu Temple". In the historical records, Liu Bei did marry Sun Quan's sister, but this Lady Sun did not have a specific name in history. However, Luo Guanzhong's name of Lady Sun in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is not known whether it is a mistake or another source, but Zhou Yu's "Zhou Lang's brilliant plan to secure the world, losing his wife and folding soldiers" is not a perfect beauty plan, and it is far from Wang Yun's beauty plan with mink cicadas.
According to the "Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Shu Shu, Biography of the Ancestors", in the second year of the Battle of Chibi, in order to consolidate Sun Liu's alliance, Sun Quan took the initiative to marry his sister to Liu Bei, and sent his sister to the public security to complete the marriage, Liu Bei was on the riverside to meet relatives, so their marriage place was not in Jingkou in Eastern Wu. It can be seen that the historical records of the affair with the relatives are recorded, but the place of the peace and the place of the relatives, and Lady Sun's help to Liu Bei escape, is a kind of literary description given by Luo Guanzhong. Moreover, Sun Quan's mother died as early as 202, how could she be resurrected in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?
Not a loving couple
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Luo Guanzhong described Lady Sun and Liu Bei as a happy and loving couple, a perfect couple made in heaven. It was originally a political marriage, but it achieved a beautiful marriage. And Liu Bei is good to Lady Sun, Lady Sun is better to Liu Bei, designed to help Liu Bei escape, follow her husband to fight the world, so where to find the perfect lady!
In the new "Three Kingdoms", it continues Luo Guanzhong's record and magnifies the feelings between Liu Bei and Lady Sun. Even on the way to Jingzhou, Lady Sun said to Liu Bei, "My brother doesn't miss family affection, so why should I think about him?!" Husband, don't be afraid, you and I are husband and wife, living and dying together! "Such a loving and righteous wife is an example in the Three Kingdoms. A political marriage, in the interpretation of later generations, became a happy marriage, but in the historical data, was Lady Sun happy to marry Liu Bei?
Let's take a look at how the canonical history records the married life of the two. According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, because her brother was Sun Quan, Lady Sun was petulant and arrogant, and she "did not love red clothes and loved arms", and even "was extremely brave, hundreds of servants, often carrying knives, and the room was full of military weapons, although men were not as good as men", to use the popular words to say "wild love wife". There were hundreds of armed slaves under his command, although they were women, but they had weapons in their hands, which was also a force that could not be underestimated. Moreover, Mrs. Sun also placed weapons in her bedroom.
According to the official history, Lady Sun flew high and flew and commanded Liu Beiyi. Liu Bei is a typical "wife guanyan", and what makes Liu Bei even more afraid is that the slaves who have weapons under Lady Sun, as well as the weapons placed in the bedroom, will kill Liu Bei at any time. Therefore, Liu Bei let Zhao Yun stay away from his side and act as his bodyguard.
According to historical records, in Madame Sun's bedroom, "more than a hundred servants and servants, all of whom stood with swords and prepared for every entry, were often cold-hearted." It can be seen that Mrs. Sun's marriage is not satisfied, and the servant who holds the knife resists the dissatisfaction with the marriage.
According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms and the Biography of Fazheng, Zhuge Liang lamented Lady Sun's arrogance: "The disaster of the Lord Gong is also the police, the north is afraid of the strength of Cao Gong, the east is afraid of Sun Quan's persecution, and recently he is afraid of Lady Sun's life and elbows. Zhuge Liang compared Lady Sun's threat to Liu Bei to Cao Cao and Sun Quan not being alarmist, but could see the tense relationship between their husband and wife at that time. Judging from the fact that Lady Sun married Liu Bei and did not have children, the feelings between the two were also average. The reason why Luo Guanzhong portrays the marriage between Lady Sun and Liu Bei as happy is mainly to reflect a tradition of ancient Chinese husbands singing women and following them. This is not to blame Luo Guanzhong, if Luo Guanzhong is written completely according to historical materials, not only will no one read it, but it will also be criticized by people.
The ending is unknown
So what happened to Sun Quan's sister in the end?
According to the description of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", after Lady Sun married Liu Bei, her feelings were very good, but she later returned to Eastern Wu because of the incident and did not return. After the defeat of Liu Beiting, Lady Sun obeyed the moral standards of women and sacrificed her husband to death. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, when Lady Sun returned to Eastern Wu at that time, she wanted to take Ah Dou back with her, which aroused Zhuge Liang's vigilance, and finally Zhao Yun took Ah Dou back.
There is also the same record in the historical records, the "Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms Zhao Yun" records that in December of the sixteenth year of Jian'an, "Sun Quan heard that he was going west and sent a boat to welcome his sister", Lady Sun wanted to take Ah Dou back to her mother's house, but was stopped by Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei on the way, and took Ah Dou back. Judging from this record, Sun Fu and Liu Bei have no feelings at all, and if they have feelings, how can they say that they will leave? In fact, Luo Guanzhong's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" also revealed that Lady Sun left Liu Bei, but did not explicitly say that the relationship with Liu Bei was not good, but taking Ah Dou back was Lady Sun's fault. Is it Sun Quan's conspiracy?
In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Lady Sun returned to Eastern Wu, and there is no relevant record, as for the death of the priest, this is all invented by the beautiful imagination of posterity.