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Today's Three Kingdoms idiom story is found in the forty-first episode of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, after Liu Chun surrendered to Cao Cao, and the relevant characters are Cai Mao, Liu Chun, Lady Cai, Cao Cao, and Yu Ban. The original text is as follows:
However, it is said that Cai Mao and Zhang Yun returned to see Liu Zhen and said: "Cao Cao Xu Bao played the general Yongzhen Jingxiang. "Great joy! The next day, with his mother Lady Cai, he held up the Seal of The Slow Soldier and personally crossed the river to greet Cao Cao. After fu fu and comforting Bi, he led the general of the conscription army into the outside of Tun Xiangyang City. Cai Mao and Zhang Yun ordered the people of Xiangyang to burn incense and pray. Cao Caoju used good words to soothe him. Entering the city and sitting in the middle of the palace, that is, summoning Ku Yue to get closer, he comforted him: "I do not like Jingzhou, but I am happy to be different." "So he made Pu Yue the Marquis of Fancheng of Jiangling Taishou; Fu Xun and Wang Yue were all marquises of Guannei; and Liu Chun was made the Marquis of Qingzhou, so he taught the journey."
Qun wen was shocked and resigned: "Zhen does not want to be an official, and is willing to guard the homeland of his parents." Cao Yue: "Qingzhou is close to the imperial capital, teach you to follow the dynasty as an official, so as not to be harmed in Jingxiang." Qun repeatedly pushed back, and Cao Cao was not allowed. Chun had to go to Qingzhou with his mother Lady Cai. Only Wang Wei was accompanied by Wang Wei, and the rest of the officials were sent to Jiangkou to return. Fu Summoning Yu Forbidden Commandment: "You can lead a light horse to chase After Liu Chun's mother and son to kill their children, so as to avoid the consequences." Yu forbidden the order, led the crowd to catch up, and shouted: "I have been ordered by the Minister to teach to kill Ru mother and son!" You can take the first level early! Madame Cai hugged Liu Chun and cried. Yu banned the drinking order the sergeant to attack. Wang Wei was furious and fought hard, but was killed by the army. The sergeant killed Liu Chun and Lady Cai, and rewarded Cao Cao with a heavy reward for the ban.
According to the plot of the novel, Cao Cao attacked Jingzhou, and Liu Biao died of illness. At the instigation of Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, and other Wen Wu, Liu Chun decided to surrender to Cao Cao. Who knew that after Cao Cao entered Xiangyang, he broke his original promise and not only did not allow Liu Chun to stay in Jingzhou, but also let him go to Qingzhou to serve as an assassin. Liu Chun pleaded in every way, but Cao Cao refused. On the way to Qingzhou, Cao Cao sent Yu Ban to kill Liu Chun's mother and son.
The idiom to be introduced in this article is Cao Cao's phrase "to eliminate the consequences", which means to eliminate the root causes of evil and put an end to the disasters that may occur in the future. The earliest source of this idiom is the third compromise in the Yuan Dynasty's anonymous Yuan miscellaneous drama "Xie Jinwu": "Now the obscure played the sage, and sent two of him to the city to kill Cao, so as to avoid the trouble." ”
The depiction of Liu Chun's surrender to Cao and his dispatch to Qingzhou as an assassin in the novel is in line with the original historical appearance. According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Biao's biography: "Taizu's army went to Xiangyang, and Chunju Prefecture surrendered. Be prepared to go to Benxiakou. Taizu made Chun the Marquis of Qingzhou. However, the novel's mention of Liu Chun's mother and son being killed by Yu Ban on the way is the author's fiction. There are two main reasons for this judgment. First, the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms • Liu Biao Biography" quoted in the "Story of Wei Wu" mentions that a few years after Liu Chun took office as the Assassin of Qingzhou, he was transferred to the counselor and joined the military. Second, there is such a record in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms • Biography of King Chen Si": "Liu Jixu, Mingxiu, Liu Cousin, official to Dong'an Taishou." He is the author of six poems, endowments, and hymns. If Liu Chun's entire family had been eliminated by Cao Cao, as stated in the novel, it would have been impossible for Liu Xiu, the third son of the official to Dong'an Taishou.
As for why the novel fictionalizes the murder of Liu Zhen's mother and son, the purpose is simple, in order to highlight Cao Cao's insidiousness and cunning, and also to provide justification for the false surrender of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun in the Battle of Chibi.
Reference Books: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Romance of the Three Kingdoms