In 219, Guan Yu launched the Battle of Xiangfan and captured the Cao Wei general Pound, and after the persuasion was rejected, Guan Yu killed Pound. However, after the reincarnation of cause and effect, in 263, the Shu state collapsed, and Pang De's son Pang Hui entered Chengdu and launched a bloody revenge against Guan Yu's descendants.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shu Shu VI Guan Zhang Ma Huang Zhao Biography": Pang DeZihui, Sui Zhong, Deng Fa Shu, Shu Broken, destroyed the Guan family.
The phrase "destroy the Guan family" shows that Guan Yu has no children and grandchildren, and no descendants are left. However, the discovery of the "Guan Yu Family Tree" in a mountain village in Dengzhou, Henan Province, subverted this period of history, and it turned out that Guan Yu still left a blood vein, which is still there today. Not only that, this family tree has also solved many historical mysteries, such as the mystery of Guan Yu's family lineage and the mystery of Guan Ping's life.
First, how many sons does Guan Yu have?
According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu had two sons, Namely Guan Ping and Guan Xing. Among them, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Ping was Guan Yu's adopted son, and Guan Ding admired Guan Yu as a person, so he gave his son Guan Ping to Guan Yu. Therefore, whether Guan Ping is Guan Yu's biological son has always been controversial.
However, in the "Guan Yu Family Tree", it is recorded that "the three sons of Marquis Yu of Hanshouting", namely Guan Ping, Guan Xing, and Guan Suo, were all biological sons. This is also recorded in the "Guan Family Tree" of the Guan clan in Xiangcheng County.
So if genealogical records are true, then that rewrites history. As for why Chen Shou only recorded two sons in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, this is not known, and perhaps it can only be a historical suspense case.
Second, what is the fate of Guan Yu's third son?
When Guan Yu launched the Battle of Xiangfan, Guan Ping was at his side, and after the defeat of Maicheng, he was beheaded with Guan Yu in Linfeng. However, neither the genealogy nor the history books record whether Guan Ping has descendants.
According to historical records, Guan Ping was born in 178 and died in the early 220s at the age of 43, which was the age of a grandfather in ancient times. However, due to the lack of literature, it is impossible to know the situation of Guan Ping's descendants.
Guan Yu's second son, Guan Xing, became famous at a young age, and was deeply respected by Zhuge Liang, and at the age of 20, he served as a waiter and a lieutenant general, and died a few years later. However, he left behind 2 sons, namely Guan Tong (Liu Chan's son-in-law) and Guan Yi (劉子關彝), who had no descendants and the circumstances of Guan Yi's descendants are unknown.
As for Guan Suo, in the Qing Dynasty Mao Zonggang's version of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a Guan Suo suddenly appeared, and after the fall of Jingzhou, he fled to Baojiazhuang to recuperate, and after recovering from his wounds, he heard that the enemies of Eastern Wu were dead, so he returned to the Shu Kingdom and accompanied Zhuge Liang on his southern expedition, but there was no record of his fate and the situation of his descendants.
Third, did Guan Yu cut off his children and grandchildren?
In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is mentioned that Pang Hui "destroyed the Guan family", but in the "Guan Yu Family Tree" in Henan, it is recorded that Guan Xing left a bloodline, according to the above description, it should be that Guan Yi's branch was not extinct.
Guan Yi (關彝), an official of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period, inherited the title after Guan Tong's death, and the title of zhongzi and the year of birth and death are not mentioned in the zhengshi records. However, according to the situation of Guan Yi's brother Guan Tong, his age can be roughly calculated.
Because Guan Tong was deeply "Zhuge Liang (Zhuge Liang died in 234) and served as a waiter at the age of twenty", Guan Tong should have been born around 210, then Guan Yi should be almost the same, and after the fall of the Shu Kingdom, Guan Yi was more than 50 years old, and there were a lot of descendants. Therefore, it is entirely possible that there is a "fish that slipped through the net", and Pang hui did not "destroy the Guan family", which is very likely.
Fourth, Guan Yu is actually the second generation of officials?
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu's life is not recorded, as if Guan Yu was just a cold disciple. However, Guan Yu's family tree shows that Guan Yu's family lineage is not bad: his grandfather Guan Zhen "can be examined in the history of the merits of the Han Dynasty", and his father Guan Yi was "buried in a well, and his descendants built a tower to show it".
It can be seen from this that although Guan Yu cannot be said to be the second generation of officials, he is the second generation of officials of the next generation. During the Kangxi Dynasty, when repairing a well in Xiezhou, Shanxi, a "Guan Yu Tomb Brick" was found, on which were engraved the table characters about Yu Zu and his father, the date of birth and death, which was a literati family, which was very similar to the content recorded in the "Guan Yu Family Tree". Mutual confirmation also shows the reliability of the "Guan Yu Family Tree".
This also explains where guan yu's ability comes from, after all, Guan Yu has no master, how to learn a skill? It turns out that people are family members!
Of course, whether the content recorded in this "Guan Yu Family Tree" is true or not needs further investigation.
But from a historical point of view, the ancients want to destroy others, it is very difficult, because "prisoners" are not like modern society almost nothing to hide, the ancients casually hide aside, and then change places on the line, there is no way to find, such as Liu Bang has become an emperor, but Xiang Yu's descendants can be passed down, so Guan Yu has a queen, it is not so strange.