For hundreds of years, a "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has almost become a household name, and everyone knows it.
Now, I savor the classic Chinese masterpiece "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and I feel that there are many irrational things, many strange things, and many debatable things.
Let me start with the first episode of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
In the first episode of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", we learned that Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei in their twenties are all people who do small business: Liu Bei sells straw shoes, Guan Yu sells grain, and Zhang Fei sells meat.
They met in a small market, then rebelled, and then raised troops to suppress the Yellow Turban Rebellion for the imperial court.
We often say: Those who are strong in martial arts are all children.
Xiang Yu of the Qin Dynasty practiced martial arts when he was young and learned the art of war, Yue Yun in the Song Dynasty practiced martial arts at a young age, and now he is a teenager in Shaolin Temple in Songshan, Henan, etc.
In this way, the problem arises.
During the Three Kingdoms period, the order of martial arts masters was: Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Guan Yu, Ma Chao, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Xiahou Chun, Jiang Wei.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, forced by life in their twenties, are still doing small business, and it is impossible to have time to practice martial arts all day......
But in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", after Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei formed a rebellion, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei immediately appeared like gods, existed like gods, and did martial arts like gods.
Only a few days after the three of them formed a rebellion, Zhang Fei was able to stab Deng Mao, the general of the Yellow Turban Army, under the horse, Guan Yu was able to dance the Glaive Knife to slash Cheng Yuanzhi, the general of the Yellow Turban Army, and Liu Bei was able to dance the double sword to shock the enemy......
Where did this "miraculous skill" come from?
The ranking of the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms, Guan and Zhang are so high, how to explain it?
I'm afraid the answer can only be "God help me!"
The ancients said: "It is better to believe in books than to have no books!"
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a novel, exaggeration is allowed, fiction is allowed, and it seems that reasonable nonsense and even nonsense are also allowed.
This is true of fiction, but also of history!
History has always been the monument of the victors.