There is a saying in the market:
"The saints fear the cause, and the laity fear the effect. ”
Therefore, there is the so-called far-sightedness, but the laity are obsessed with fame and fortune, and there is more than enough to forget to withdraw their hands behind them.
Guan Yu's choice
The life experiences of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei just illustrate this point.
What happened after their death told future generations the truth that it is too rigid and easy to break.
At that time, Zhang Yide was sincere.
I have never forgotten the earnest oath made when Taoyuan was righteous.
But there is always room for things to turn around, and life cannot be a straight line without any twists and turns.
Let's look at the marriage choices of these two people.
Guan Yu's wife is not a big family, and he doesn't bother to marry them.
In order to make friends with him, Sun Quan decided to become a family member of his sons and daughters.
Guan Yu looked down on Sun Quan at all, but for the sake of the stability of the situation between the two sides, he had to go to Soochow.
Sun Quan thought to himself that Guan Yu would not refuse this request.
However, Guan Yu looks at people, family background is one of them, and character and future are the focus.
After comprehensive consideration, he gave the following answer:
"The dog can match the tiger girl!"
Of course, some people say that the original words are like this: "Quan Ziyan can match a tiger girl".
No matter which ending it is, it is enough to prove that Guan Yu is arrogant.
And it proved to be true.
The reason is simple,
Maicheng became his funeral ground.
Mr. Luo Guanzhong was not angry, and deliberately fictionalized a plot of Guan Yu's return to his soul in the novel.
In this episode, he possesses Lü Meng and succeeds in fulfilling his desire for revenge.
It's a pity that his son Guan Ping.
Because of his father, he didn't die well in the end.
and the heirloom red rabbit horse under his crotch, watching his master die of loyalty.
Some people say that Guan Yu is too stupid, he has many choices in his life, and each time it is the best arrangement for him.
But it's because of the bond of loyalty.
He never took the path that was best for him.
When he returned to Cao Cao, if he was not in Cao Ying's heart in Han, and he wholeheartedly recognized Cao Cao as his lord, he would have made greater achievements.
On Huarong Road, as long as Cao Cao's head is cut off with a knife, an immortal achievement will be attributed to himself.
But he chose the most difficult path.
Zhang Fei's choice
Zhang Fei is different from Guan Yu.
He was born in a wealthy family, and his family had a manor.
His wife was Cao Wei Xiahouba's cousin, that is, Xiahouba's uncle's uncle's girl.
Xiahou Ba's father is Xiahou Yuan, who has a very high status in Cao Wei.
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Therefore, Xiahou was originally Cao Cao's family, which means that Zhang Fei and Cao Cao are related.
During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the official system implemented was the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, and Zuo Si, who was born at the bottom, expressed his indignation in his poems, and he wrote angrily:
"The world is in a high position, handsome and down. ”
It means that the children of the big families can steal high positions without relying on hard work.
But the people with lofty ideals below, even if you put in a hundredfold and thousandfold effort, can only struggle in the quagmire.
Wang Xizhi's son, Wang Ningzhi, is a vivid example.
The Wang family was a large family in the two Jin Dynasty, and Liu Yuxi once wrote:
"In the old days, Wang Xie Tang Qianyan flew into the homes of ordinary people."
The influence of the Wang Xie family at that time reached the point where they could directly influence the government.
Wang Ningzhi, a person who was not suitable to be an official at all, was also appointed as a taishou.
When the thieves attacked his city,
As you can imagine, the city was breached.
But when I think about it, things that blind to Mount Tai abound, and people are always willing to believe what they want to believe.
Zhang Fei beat the soldiers.
Their mouths will form public opinion and influence the direction of the situation.
Zhang Fei has never interfered in Liu Bei's family affairs.
Throughout the ages, how many people have intervened in the family affairs of the imperial court, especially the affairs of the crown prince ordained by the imperial court.
They think that they are loyal to the country, but in fact they have touched the scales of the imperial court.
Zhang Fei is smart, which also leaves a way for his descendants to live.
Zhang Fei's daughter is Liu Chan's empress and a relative of the emperor.
Zhang Fei's wife is still related to the Cao family.
From the perspective of the united front, such a family has the most united front value.
can sell a big face to the Xiahou family, and tell them that we will never deal with the Zhang family.
At the same time, it can tell the world clearly and undoubtedly.
As long as you are willing to surrender, the treatment will definitely not be bad.
In this way, Zhang Fei became the final winner, as for the infamy of destroying the country and exterminating the species, or all kinds of other unbearable words.
Therefore, why can Guan Yu become the representative of loyalty and righteousness for thousands of years, but Zhang Fei cannot obtain such an honor.
The answer can be found in the minutiae of history.
But who is right and who is wrong in their choice?
In the end, it depends on what you want?
If you want to have an eternal reputation like Guan Yu, you can do that.
If you just want to enjoy the joy of family life and seek eternity for your family, you can follow Zhang Fei's path.
But in this history has advised us that it is difficult to be Guan Yu.
Because there is no direction,
After all, if there is no home, then there is no country.
Only when every family is good will the country be peaceful.