Li Cunxiao, the Thirteenth Taibao, can be said to be the most well-known historical figure in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms are recognized as unpopular, but why can Li Cunxiao successfully go out of the circle?
This is thanks to a novel written in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties.
The name of this novel is called "The History of the Five Dynasties of the Tang Dynasty".
Among them, a comment by the author of the book, "Since the ancient king is not hegemonic, will not be Li", directly elevating the literary image of the thirteenth Taibao Li Cunxiao to a level that can be compared with Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu, since then Li Cunxiao has spent 6 centuries since then.
When it comes to the author of this novel, everyone must be familiar with it, he is Luo Guanzhong.
You heard it right, it was Luo Guanzhong, the novelist who wrote "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
In Luo Guanzhong's pen, Li Cunxiao, the thirteenth Taibao who has the aura of the protagonist of the rendition, is invincible and invincible all over the world, and is the first general of the five generations.
Then, in addition to the aura of interpretation, in the main history, can the thirteenth Taibao Li Cunxiao still sit firmly in the first place of the five generations?
The antelope said, no.
Antelope also said that Li Cunxiao could not sit firmly in the first place of the five generations, and even he could not sit in the position of the first general of the Later Tang Dynasty.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > First of all, to become the first player, it takes the achievements of many excellent opponents. </h1>
Let's take Guan Yu, the first general of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period, as an example, and aside from the scenes arranged for Guan Yu by Luo Guanzhong in his rendition, such as "WenJiu Beheading Huaxiong", "Killing Wen Ugly", "Cutting Six Generals Through Five Passes", and "Going to the Meeting with a Single Knife", Guan Yu still has such down-to-earth deeds as "cutting Yan Liang", "hanging seals and sealing gold", "guarding Jingzhou", "flooding the Seven Armies", and so on.
Moreover, the famers of the two major groups of Cao Wei and Sun Wu praised Guan Yu far more than other Shu Han generals, which also proved from the side that Guan Yu was indeed the first general of Shu Han.
Li Cunxiao, on the other hand, is not the case.
In the rendition, Li Cunxiao was modified by Luo Guanzhong to allow Li Cunxiao to live longer in the rendition and to fight against the second ranked Later Liang general Wang Yanzhang in the rendition.
But in fact, Li Cunxiao is not the youngest of the Thirteen Taibao, on the contrary, he is older, and he is a veteran in the Later Tang Group.
List of birth years of the 13th Taipo:
Grand Taibao Li Siyuan: 867 AD
Second Taibao Li Sizhao: Unknown
Li Cunxun, Third Taibao: 885 AD
Li Cunxin, Fourth Taibao: 862 AD
Li Cunjin, Fifth Taibao: 856 AD
Liu Taibao Li Siben: 872 AD
Seven Taibao Li Si'en: Unknown
Li Cunzhang: Unknown
Nine Taibao Li Cun trial: 862 AD
Li Cunxian, Tenth Taibao: 860 AD
Eleven Taibao Shi Jingsi: Unknown
12 Taibao Kang Junli: 847 AD
Li Cunxiao, Thirteenth Taibao: 858 AD
In the main history, Shi Jingsi and Kang Junli are not Li Keyong's righteous sons, and Li Cunxun is Li Keyong's parent, so among the real ten sons, Li Cunxiao's most conservative estimate is also the fourth eldest brother.
Moreover, Li Keyong, the King of Jin, was born in 856 AD, which is 2 years older than Li Cunxiao, and from this age difference, Li Cunxiao is likely to be either the second brother or the eldest brother.
Because of Li Cunxiao's age and early death (died in 894 AD), Li Cunxiao did not fight with the Iron Gun King Yanzhang at all in the history.
Wang Yanzhang was a late military general who had been in the Forbidden Army of Bian Prefecture in his youth, serving as a guard base.
It was not until ten years after the founding of later Liang (917 AD), when the Later Tang army, under the leadership of Li Cunxun, was almost at the doorstep of the family, and Wang Yanzhang, who was more than half a hundred years old, became a General of Later Liang and was ordered to march out to command the army against the enemy, at that time Li Cunxiao had been dead for more than twenty years.
And precisely because Li Cunxiao made his debut early and ended quickly, the only generals who really fought with Li Cunxiao in the Later Liang Army were Deng Jijun and Li Chen.
But these two people could not rank in the top ten in the fierce rear Liang army, that is, the top fifteen, and the antelope felt a little choked.
Therefore, Li Cunxiao has no excellent opponent to achieve the prestige of his first general.
What's more, the comments praising Li Cunxiao's bravery and martial prowess all came from the mouth of the Hou Tang Group itself, which inevitably had the suspicion of boasting and boasting, and the gold content was not high.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Second, if you want to become the first general, you need the approval of Qingshi. </h1>
We still take Guan Yu as an example, in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms • Book of Shu", the first place in the ranking of the martial generals is the "Guan Zhang Ma Huang Zhao Biography", in this biography, Guan Yu ranks first.
Coincidentally, in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms • Book of Wu", the first place in the ranking of the martial generals is the "Biography of Zhou Lulu", in which Zhou Yu ranks first.
However, in the "History of the Old Five Dynasties", the first place in the list of martial generals is the "Later Tang Liechuan IV", which includes Li Sizhao, Pei Yue, Li Siben, and Li Si'en, of which Li Sizhao ranks first.
Li Cunxiao, Together with Li Cunxin, Li Cunjin, Li Cunzhang, and Li Cunxian, a total of 5 people were merged into the "Later Tang Liechuan V", but the first person in this biography was not Li Cunxiao, but Li Cunxin.
It can be seen that according to the ranking of the "History of the Old Five Dynasties", Li Cunxiao ranked at least below Li Sizhao and Li Cunxin, and only ranked third.
In the "New History of the Five Dynasties" compiled by Ouyang Xiu, it is even more obvious how high Li Cunxiao's qingshi status is.
In the New History of the Five Dynasties, only Li Cunzhen (Fu Cunzhen) of the Thirteen Taibao entered the Biography of Tang Chen, second only to Guo Chongtao, An Chongjie, and Zhou Dewei, ranking fourth among the Later Tang Qunchen.
Li Cunxiao and Li Ke were compiled into the "Biography of Yi'er" together with other well-known 7 righteous sons.
The characters in the "Biography of Yi'er" are Li Sizhao, Li Siben, Li Sien, Li Cunxin, Li Cunxiao, Li Cunjin, Li Cunzhang, and Li Cunxian.
Obviously, Li Cunxiao can only rank sixth among the righteous sons.
This shows that after removing the aura of yanyi, Li Cunxiao did not achieve the first general even in the Later Tang Dynasty, let alone the first general of the five generations.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > in summary, Li Cunxiao is a typical literary figure who is higher than his own historical image. </h1>
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