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Friends who like Sui and Tang will definitely not be unfamiliar with a character, he is Li Yuanba. He is a popular character in works such as "The Complete Biography of Tang Dynasty" and "Sui and Tang Dynasties". Some people think that this character is fictional, but in fact, in history, it is possible to find his archetype, that is, Li Xuanba, the third son of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan.
Why are the names different? In fact, it is because of avoidance. In ancient times, there were not so many forms of entertainment in modern times, and the atmosphere of storytelling was still very popular. "The Complete Biography of Tang Dynasty" was also a book that was more sought after by the common people at that time. However, in the Qing Dynasty, in order to avoid the name of the Kangxi Emperor Xuanye, Li Xuanba could only be changed to Li Yuanba.
So in the literary story, what level of existence is Li Yuanba? People familiar with the Sui and Tang Dynasties know that there are four words: the world is invincible. Let's make a comparison here. The historical Chu Bawang Xiang Yu can definitely be regarded as a big hero, right? But in our impression, Xiang Yu is also a person, a hero among mortals. However, Li Yuanba is different, and he is known as the reincarnation of the golden-winged Dapeng eagle.
What is the Golden-winged Roc Eagle? In the "Journey to the West", the Buddha once explained its origin, but the original text is too long, we will not paraphrase, interested friends can go to check. However, when this golden-winged Roc was a demon in the Lion Hump Ridge, Sun Wukong was not his opponent, and in the end he could only invite the Buddha to descend on him, which showed his strength. Li Yuanba is the reincarnation of this golden-winged Dapeng, what do you say it should be?
In the book, it is said that he is infinitely powerful, and he has four elephants in both arms but is not brave. Two hammers are four hundred pounds a piece, and two hammers are eight hundred pounds. It is not enough to describe it with the power of nine bulls and two tigers, but it has been changed to four elephants. What does that mean? In ancient novels, the power of one elephant is twelve thousand five hundred pounds, and the power of four elephants is fifty thousand pounds. Li Yuanba's two arms have a strength of 50,000 pounds, the hammer is like a hammer fly, and that Xiang Yu is not an opponent!
The Sui and Tang dynasties had eighteen good men's sayings, and Li Yuanba was in the first place without controversy. The problem is that his first is a separate gear, and the remaining seventeen are one gear. That is to say, from the second to the eighteenth, the gap in strength is very small, but compared with the second and first Li Yuanba, it is no longer enough. I feel that this gap may be more stable than our national table tennis level!
Sui and Tang ranked second in Yuwen Chengdu, what was it like in front of Li Yuanba? Yuwen Chengdu took the initiative to attack Li Yuanba, and Li Yuanba just blocked it with a hammer, and yu Wencheng shook Yuwen Chengdu to the point of bleeding! Yuwen Chengdu used all his strength to pull Li Yuanba's arm, and Li Yuanba didn't move, and casually shook his arm, and threw Yuwen Chengdu out. This is the gap between the second and the first.
Yuwen Chengdu was also an absolute fierce general in Sui and Tang Dynasties, and he could lift up the three-thousand-pound golden lion in front of the noon gate, and he was also able to carry it. However, Li Yuanba lifted two in one hand, and also circled around the hall for more than ten times, how big the difference in strength between these two was, there was no need to say more.
There is a scene in the book: "And I have heard the holy will... At the moment, Li Yuanba threw Yuwen Chengdu into the air,...... The twelve heroes and three hundred families will see that their master has been dropped, raise their weapons in unison, and go straight to Li Yuanba. ...... Swinging the double hammer four times, the twelve heroes hammered one at a time, and more were killed. Three hundred generals, fluttering and swooping down one by one, could not live enough. ...... "Yang Guang hit more than three hundred hammers when he passed on the will, otherwise you will fight the will after passing, and it will be completed before receiving the will, it is estimated that it is about ten seconds of time, almost thirty seconds per second.
I remember when Tyson was at his peak, he only threw nine punches per second. You thought it was the fastest speed? In the Battle of Purple Mountain, Li Yuanba killed 650,000 people left in the 18th Road Anti-King's army in one afternoon, which means that 1.2 million people were killed in half a day, an average of 55 people per second. This is horrible!
The Li Yuanba in the book is so powerful, so what about the historical Li Xuanba? You may be surprised to say it! There are very few records of him in the main history.
The New Book of Tang records that "King Xuanba of Weihuai is a great master. Young Debate Hui. Sui Daye was ten years old, sixteen years old, and childless. "Let's not talk about this "young debate Hui" for the time being, the ancient books say that who can't move on "since childhood debate Hui", this is all a form of praise, the water is too large. Just looking at other information, Li Xuanba died at the age of sixteen, and he did not even live to the time when the Li family rebelled, and the record in the main history was not even a hundred words, which was very non-existent!
Some people said, will it be a fake death, but in fact, it is secretly hidden, in preparation for the later plot of Li Yuan's family to plot Zhongyuan? If that's the case, the subsequent history shouldn't be said without saying anything, right? Therefore, it is still credible to say that Li Xuanba died long ago. How did he die? I guess it's the cause of frailty.
You think, at that time, the Li family had not yet risen, and there was basically no possibility of death in battle. The Li family can finally win the world, the resources and strength under control will certainly not be small, Li Xuanba was born in such a family and died early, which can only explain his own physical reasons.
Therefore, it is precisely because the contrast between Li Xuanba in history and Li Yuanba in the rendition is so great, we actually have reason to doubt whether Li Yuanba really exists. After all, it was a bit too abrupt to bring these two people together. The biggest possibility, that is, the character image of Li Yuanba, is just borrowed from a name of Li Xuanba in history, cloaked in his identity, but the story image is completely created by literary works, and has nothing to do with the real Li Xuanba.
I don't know how you understand it? Does Gong like the character image of Li Yuanba in the Sui and Tang Dynasties? You are welcome to actively leave a message to participate in the discussion!
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