When it comes to this magnificent historical period of the Three Kingdoms, many people first think of Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Sun Quan, Zhou Yu and other famous historical figures. Just like the opening words of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms": the rolling water of the Yangtze River in the east, the waves exhaust the heroes, and the success or failure turns to the empty. The green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red a few degrees. White-haired fisherman on the river, used to watch the autumn moon and spring breeze. A pot of turbid wine is happy to meet, and many things in ancient times are laughed at.
So, for these historical figures, how many of them are written according to the canonical history, and how many of them are real history that does not exist? Let's talk about a few of the characters with the greater contrast.
First, the first one is Zhuge Liang
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he is described as a person who knows astronomy and geography, the five elements of gossip, and the medical astrology. Without Zhuge Liang's Liu Bei, he felt that there was no difference between him and ordinary people, and he was beaten every day and fled, and his daughter-in-law and children did not dare to take care of it. With Zhuge Liang's Liu Bei, it was like eating all kinds of powerful pills of divine medicine supplements, instantly becoming a god. No wonder Mr. Lu Xun commented: Kong Mingzhi's wisdom is almost a demon.
In view of the fact that everyone basically knows Zhuge Liang, there is not much to say about other aspects, let's just say a few that everyone knows, the so-called happened to Zhuge Liang, but in fact, there are other people's stories.
Straw Boat Borrowing Arrows: The true story actually happened to Sun Quan. The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms writes: In the first month of the eighteenth year, Cao Gong attacked The Beard, and Quan and Xiang refused for more than a month. Cao Gong looked at the Quan Army, sighed at qi su, and retreated.
Empty City Plan: At first glance, this story is made up and nonsense. Why?
1. Since you Sima Yi saw that Zhuge Liang was calm and so close, could an arrow shoot him down?
2, afraid that there are ambushes in the city, then you directly send a few teams of people and horses to rush in to inquire about it?
3. You Sima Yi brought so many soldiers, don't you dare to rush to attack, can't you surround the city? Didn't he know the real situation in the city for a few months?
Who sima Yi was, he was known for his old scheming, and no matter what, he would not be so frightened as to turn the horse's head and leave.
In fact, this history is only Pei Songzhi's biography of the Three Kingdoms, quoting a story called Guo Chong's "Five Things of Tiaoliang", and this Guo Chong is an avid fan of Zhuge Liang.
Burning bowangpo: This incident occurred in 202 AD, when the 21-year-old Zhuge Liang had not yet come out of the mountain, and it was not until 207 that Zhuge Liang went out of the mountain to follow Liu Bei.
Battle of Chibi: The real commander is Zhou Yu not Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang's identity at that time was Liu Bei's adviser and military division, not a general, and the military strength of the State of Wu at that time was obviously greater than that of the State of Shu, and it was certainly impossible to give command to a military division of the State of Shu. Even later Cao Cao also said: "The Battle of Chibi, due to illness, the lonely ship retreated, and Zhou Yu was falsely given this name."
Like the later ancient poems that describe this history, they all say that Zhou Yu is not Zhuge Liang:
Li Bai wrote in "Chibi Song Farewell": The dragon fights to decide between male and female, and the Chibi building ship sweeps the ground. The fire first shone on the sea of clouds, and Zhou Yu once broke the Duke of Cao.
Du Mu in "Chibi": Folding the sand iron is not sold, and he will grind and wash the former dynasty. Dongfeng does not go with Zhou Lang, and Tong Que Chun deep locks Er Qiao. There is no such thing as saying that the East Wind is not with Zhuge Ben.
About Zhuge Liang, let's end with the couplet in front of the Wuhou Ancestral Hall in Chengdu: if you can attack the heart, you will destroy yourself on the opposite side, and from ancient times, you know that the soldiers are not belligerent; if you do not judge the situation, you are lenient and strict, and later you have to think deeply about Shu.
2. Zhou Yu
Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Zhou Yu in the rendition is described by Luo Guanzhong as a negative figure with lower ability than Zhuge Liang, but he still has to compete with Zhuge Liang, often comes up with some bad ideas, and finally all of them are recognized by Zhuge Liang, and the gain is not worth the loss, and it is a typical example of getting a wife and folding soldiers. Moreover, zhou Yu is described in the interpretation as a person with a strong jealous heart and careful eyes, and finally he was killed by Zhuge Liang, and only then did he have the famous lament of "both shengyu and He Shengliang".
Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Zhou Yu in the main history is a person who is "magnificent in temperament and elegant in quantity", and the idiom of drinking alcohol and self-drunkenness comes from the story of Zhou Yu, to the effect that Zhou Yu is a person who is magnanimous and generous, but Cheng Pu believes that he is more senior than Zhou Yu, but his status is not as good as his, so he is not harmonious with him and often insults Zhou Yu. For the sake of Eastern Wu, Zhou Yu took the initiative to lower his identity and never bothered with him. Later, Cheng Pu also felt that Zhou Yu was an atmospheric person and admired him very much, so he said to others: Interacting with Zhou Gongjin is like drinking fine wine, and unconsciously getting drunk.
Including Liu Bei's evaluation of Zhou Yu, he said: Gongjin Wenwu Strategy, the Hero of Ten Thousand People, taking care of its vast amount of equipment, I am afraid that it will soon become a subject' ear.
3. Lu Su
I don't know how much Luo Guanzhong hates Lu Su, and his story in the rendition seems to be nothing to do with the Romance of the Three Kingdoms except for his name.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Lu Su is a good old man in the rendition, and his ability is insufficient. The primary promoter of borrowing Jingzhou was him, and under Zhuge Liang's strategy, he lent Jingzhou to Liu Bei, and finally asked for it many times without success, and was in a dilemma. And with a kind heart, when Zhou Yu framed Zhuge Liang, he repeatedly ventilated the news.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms: In order to cooperate with Zhou Yu, Sun Quan specially created the post of Lieutenant of the Zan Military Academy for Lu Su, which is equivalent to the current post of chief of the general staff. This shows that Lu Su has a strategy. Moreover, the governor after Zhou Yu was Lu Su, just imagine, in the era when the three kingdoms were full of military generals, could he be the governor of the capital, and he did not have the ability to do it?
Regarding the single knife to the meeting, Yanyi described Lu Su as a man with a blind eye and a soft and timid bone, and under Guan Yu's "enlightenment", he understood the importance of Sun Liu's union. The history is that Guan Yu was "speechless" by Lu Su's remarks, and in fact it was Lu Su who contributed to the consolidation of Sun Liu's alliance.
Sun Quan commented on him: These people have a discussion, and they are even disappointed in their hopes; now that Qing Qing has made a grand plan, he is with The Orphan, and this day He qing has given me to me. Zhou Yu also commented on him: Lu Su is loyal and loyal, and he is not scrupulous in his affairs, and he can represent Yu.
And the first to propose the three divisions of the world was not Zhuge Liang, it was Lu Su.
Fourth, false characters
Luo Guanzhong probably compiled more than a hundred false characters himself, such as Cheng Yuanzhi, Sable Cicada, Guan Ding, and Zhou Cang, Kong Xiu, Han Fu, Meng Tan, Bian Xi, Wang Zhi, and Qin Qi among the six generals who passed the five levels, as well as the Southern Barbarian generals Mulu Dawang, Ah Huiwan, and Vulture Bones.
5. Others
Most of the other real characters have also undergone large-scale changes, such as Chen Gong, Guo Jia, Pang Tong, Zhang Zhao, Deng Ai, Ma Chao and so on.
After all, righteousness is righteousness, and seven points are true and three points are false. Interpretation is a novel, and relying on interpretation cannot reflect history.