China's history is long and long, in the five thousand years of the magnificent years of famous generals and capable subjects, and under the great waves of history, there are also many people with prominent reputations, and their glorious deeds have even been passed down through the ages, admired and admired by future generations. They are the leaders of the Chinese nation and the shining stars in the sky of history.
However, due to the long history, many celebrity stories will also appear far-fetched and zhangguan Li Dai in the process of dissemination to future generations, and the creative and intelligent ancient people may also create some heroes and celebrities that do not exist through speeches or books and books to enrich people's spiritual lives and inspire future generations.
In history, there are indeed six great generals who have been widely circulated in the folk, whose deeds are classic and fascinating, but they are all fictional characters, processed products and imaginary objects of art. So who are these so-called historical "famous generals"?
1. Yuwen Chengdu and Luo Cheng
People who have seen "Biography of Sui and Tang Heroes" and "Sui and Tang Dynasty Yanyi" should be familiar with these two people, in these Sui and Tang literature works or film and television dramas, Yu Wencheng is a person with infinite strength. He was from a prominent background, and his father was the favorite of the Sui Dynasty Emperor Yang Guang.
Yu Wenhua was the eldest son of Yuwen Shu, a general of the Northern Zhou Left Guard, and the Yuwen clan was also a large clan in Northern Zhou with the same surname as the imperial family. However, the historical Yuwen culture did not have a son named Yuwen Chengdu, and his two sons were Yuwen Chengji and Yuwen Chengji.
Yuwen Chengdu can also be seen from its name as an artistic process of posterity. In ancient times, when the name was very exquisite, Yu Wenhua and his sons were all "Cheng" characters, and although Yuwen Chengdu had a homophonous "Cheng" in his name, it was likely that his creator deliberately did it, reminding people that Yuwen Cheng was a fictional character.
Luo Cheng, who belonged to the same era as Yuwen Chengdu, was also a fictional character. In the Sui and Tang series of film and television dramas, Luo Cheng is the son of Luo Yi, the governor of Youzhou and a military general of the Tang Dynasty at the end of the year, and Luo Yi was also given the national surname because of his submission to the Tang Dynasty, and was named the King of Yan County, which is why he was called "King of Beiping".
However, Luo Cheng was a fictional character in the Suiwen Relic History written by the late Ming and early Qing dynasty writer Yuan Yuling, and this expression was also used in the Qing Dynasty novel Sui and Tang Dynasties.
2. Li Yuanba and Xue Dingshan
Compared with Yuwen Chengdu, Li Yuanba was more famous and more noble in origin, he was the fourth son of Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and the younger brother of Li Shimin of Tang Taizong. What is even more legendary is that in the "Complete Biography of the Tang Dynasty", Li Yuanba is also the embodiment of the Dapeng Golden-winged Bird, with infinite power.
In fact, in film and television dramas and works of art, Li Yuanba is indeed a brave and powerful general, even greater than Yuwen Chengdu's strength. In the main hall of the Jingyang Palace, he competed with Yuwen Chengdu in front of the emperor and was named "Brave And Fierce General" by the Sui Emperor.
However, like Yuwen Chengdu, Li Yuanba is also a fictional character, and this person is based on Li Xuanba, and Li Xuanba is the third son of Li Yuan and Empress Dou. It's just that Li Xuanba is very unfortunate, although he was born in the imperial family, he died when he was only fifteen years old, which can be described as an untimely death.
Xue Dingshan was a figure in the Xue family and the son of Xue Rengui. Xue Rengui was a famous general in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, and was deeply trusted and important by Emperor Taizong of Tang and Li Shimin. He followed Li Shimin on an expedition to Goryeo and defeated the Turkic Han State, which can be described as a meritorious achievement.
Perhaps it was because of Xue Rengui's great military achievements that later generations of literati and hospitable people created the story that he had a son, Xue Dingshan. In the novel "Xue Dingshan's Western Expedition", Xue Dingshan has a twin sister Xue Jinlian, and when he was very young, because his father Xue Rengui joined the army, Xue Dingshan's brothers and sisters were dependent on their mother for their lives, and their lives were very difficult.
Xue Dingshan's most famous achievement is the Western Expedition to Xiliang, but Xiliang was not a dynasty during the Tang Dynasty, and historically, this dynasty existed more than two hundred years earlier than the Tang Dynasty. From this alone, it can also be seen that Xue Dingshan is a fictional character by the literati. And it really is.
As a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, Xue Rengui has a complete record in history, and his descendants do not have Xue Dingshan's son, nor his daughter Xue Jinlian. The prototype of Xue Dingshan is his eldest son Xue Ne, who indeed once stationed at the border pass and guarded the side of the town in the liang land of Guxi, reaching the peak of his career.
3. Chai Gui and Yang Zongbao
For the name Chai Gui, many people may not be familiar with it, but the mention of Xiaoliang Wang is popular. Chai Gui is known as the King of Xiaoliang, he is a fictional character in "The Complete Biography of Yue Yue", and is a big villain. In the Song Dynasty, Chai Gui was a special existence, because the Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin "yellow robe plus body" seized the throne of the Chai clan and felt guilty, so the Song Dynasty was still quite preferential to the Chai clan.
Chai Gui was Chai Rong's grandson and inherited the title of King of Liang. He is good at using a golden sword, and although his martial arts are good, he is easily seduced and even tries to rebel. In fact, the existence of Chai Gui is the author's purpose to set off Yue Fei and to deepen people's impression of Yue Fei.
Yang Zongbao, like Chai Gui, is from the Song Dynasty, and compared to Chai Gui, Yang Zongbao is more famous, he is a figure in the Yang family, and he is also the son of the lord of Cheshire, who is related to Chai Gui and is his ancestors.
Yang Zongbao is also a fictional figure in the artwork, his father is Yang Yanzhao, and his grandfather is more famous, Yang Ye, the originator of the Yang family. In the film and television works, Yang Zongbao and his wife Mu Guiying had a son, Yang Wenguang, who not only married nineteen wives, but was also reused by Fan Zhongyan and made a contribution to the neutrality of the war with Western Xia.
But in fact, in the real history, Yang Wenguang is Yang Yanzhao's son, not his grandson, so such a legend cannot be taken seriously.
brief summary:
China's history is splendid and thick, in the long history, due to the birth of those outstanding talents, posterity will often add a layer of mysterious aura, and on this basis to create many new historical figures. In fact, these are all artistic processes that can enrich people's spiritual lives, but they cannot be studied as real history, and they cannot withstand rigorous examination.
Whether it was Yang Zongbao or Li Yuanba, or Luo Cheng and Chai Gui, as well as Xue Dingshan, Yuwen Chengdu and others. The reason why they will invent their characters is also because of the background of their existence, and the fathers of these fictional warriors are famous people in history, and most of them are also famous warriors, which may be their common point, which is interesting.
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