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As one of the "Four Classical Masterpieces", the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has always been loved by many readers. Compared with "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", those wonderful bridges in the interpretation are often more storylike, legendary, and may even have some mythological colors. Therefore, although many of the plots in the rendition have been clearly divorced from reality, readers still enjoy it - for example, after Guan Yu was killed, he could still attach himself to Lü Meng and scold Sun Quan; Zhuge Liang could expect the enemy to be the first to take the initiative in the war.
▲ Shu Han Xiang Zhuge Liang stills
In addition, the story of The Eastern Wu "living immortal" Yu Ji cursing sun ce is also full of mystery. The incident occurred during the confrontation between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao at Guandu, and Sun Ce wanted to take advantage of this rare opportunity to attack Xu Du. At that time, when there was a great drought in Jiangdong, he urged the soldiers day and night to speed up the implementation of this plan, but found that many people wanted to worship the "living god" Yu Ji and seek peace for this trip. When Sun Ce saw this, he personally summoned the "living immortal" in the mouth of the people.
▲Sun Ce's injury stills
Because Sun Ce had preconceptions in his heart before, his attitude toward Ji was very unfriendly, and he regarded it as "confusing the demons" and asked him to ask for a rain for Jiangdong. Who knew that Yu Ji waved a move, and sure enough, it rained heavily. For a time, many people came out to shout and express their gratitude to Yu Ji. When Sun Ce saw that he was so popular, his anger in his heart soared, and he eventually had a murderous heart and forcibly killed Yu Ji. After Yu Ji's death, Sun Ce was first injured by assassins, then haunted by ghosts, and eventually died of a recurrence of old wounds.
▲ Yu Ji travels to honor guard (stills)
It should be pointed out that the deeds of Yu Ji in the rendition basically coincide with the "Search for God" written in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which shows that this story is more inclined to Zhiwei novels than real events. In fact, Yu Ji did not have such a great ability to kill Sun Ce, the "Little Overlord of Jiangdong". However, Yu Ji is indeed a real person, and he was indeed killed by Sun Ce, so this matter still caused controversy in later generations, Yu Ji and Sun Ce did not seem to have a direct conflict of interest, so why did Sun Ce insist on killing Yu Ji?
▲Sun Ce stills
In order to answer this question, it is necessary to analyze Sun Ce's actual psychology. According to the "Biography of Jiang Biao", "Sometimes there were Taoist priests Lang Yuji, who first lived in the East, traveled to and from Wuhui, set up a jingshe, burned incense to read Taoist books, and made runes to cure diseases. According to the records, Yu Jiben was a Langya person and was one of the representative figures of the Huang Lao Doctrine at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. After arriving in Jiangdong, Yu Ji often gave free gifts of water to treat the poor people. With the passage of time, his prestige in the folk has also become higher and higher, and many people have even abandoned their families and businesses to follow him.
▲Xiang Yu stills
How high is his prestige? "At that time, everyone knew Yu Ji, but did not know Sun Ce." Gradually, Sun Ce was jealous of Ji Sheng in his heart. So why can't Sun Ce tolerate a religious leader? According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Taishou of Wu Commandery secretly defected to Cao Cao, and in his letter he commented that Sun Ce was "Sun Ce Xiaoxiong, similar to Xiang Yuan, it is advisable to add a noble favor and summon back Jingyi." If they are commanded to return, if they are left out, they will be in trouble with the world. ”
▲ Yu Ji was ordered by Sun Ce to arrest stills
This is actually the key reason - Sun Ce and Xiang Yu have the same personality defects, that is, they are self-absorbed and have no tolerance. At that time, Sun Ce had just pacified Jiangdong, and it was when he was full of ambition, and he suddenly found that the prestige of a Daoist priest had to overshadow himself, how could he not remember hatred? This point can also be confirmed in the record of wu quoted in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "General Sun is a man, and the evil victory over himself, if you ask every question, when you do not know, it is the ear of consent." If all are righteous, this will be in danger. It is not difficult to find that under Sun Ce's brave and resourceful appearance, he actually hides a jealous heart, and if he is not satisfied, he will vent his private anger. In this way, how could Yu Ji not die?
Resources:
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Volume 46, Wu Shuyi, Sun Shaoyi's Rebellion", "Mao Zonggang's Criticism of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
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