Who Zhan Zhao is, I think everyone is not unfamiliar, after all, in today's era of film and television drama outbreaks, there are many film and television dramas about Zhan Zhao. Even if he is not the protagonist in many film and television dramas, because of his personal charm, he actually occupies a large part of the story in those stories. Especially in many film and television dramas related to the famous minister Bao Zheng Bao Qingtian in the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhan Zhao can be described as the standard of Bao Zheng, and there is a figure of Zhan Zhao everywhere he goes. For this reason, although many people have not read classical novels related to Zhan Zhao, they actually know a little about Zhan Zhao as a person.
Zhan Zhao was originally a well-known chivalrous guest in the jianghu, and later because of the chance to meet Bao Zheng, he repeatedly saved Bao Zheng from danger, so he was recommended by Bao Zheng and was given the imperial four swords to protect him.
Royal Cat Exhibition Stills
Zhan Zhao had a great reputation in both the jianghu and the court, and also had many nicknames. Zhan Zhao also has the titles of "Nanxia", "Zhan Xiongfei" and "Royal Cat".
The reason why Zhan Zhao is called "Nanxia" is because Zhan Zhao is personally jealous and hateful, and when he was young, he began to travel around and do heroic deeds, so he was quite famous in the rivers and lakes. And because he is strong in personal martial arts and has settled in the Jiangnan region for many years, he is relatively "Northern Xia" Ouyang Chun, and Zhan Zhao is called "Southern Xia" by the Jianghu people.
As for why Zhan Zhao is also called "Zhan Xiong Fei", it is even simpler. Today we ask a person what their name is, and most say what your name is. In fact, in the absence of words today, such an inquiry is not very accurate. Names and words are two different concepts. In ancient times, most people, especially men, in addition to their names, the elders would give them a word, and some people would also have a "number". The reason why Zhan Zhao is called "Zhan Xiong Fei" is because "Xiong Fei" is his word. In ancient times, it was customary to associate people's surnames with their trade names.
The names of "Nanxia" and "Zhan Xiongfei" have been explained, so why is Zhan Zhao also called "Royal Cat"?
Zhan Zhao's "Royal Cat" was actually the title of the emperor's imperial seal at that time. Bao Zheng recommended Zhan Zhao to the emperor, who gave him the official position while also giving him the title of "Royal Cat". As for why it is called "Royal Cat", it is related to Zhan Zhao's light skills.
After Zhan Zhao was brought to the emperor by Bao Zheng, he once said that Zhan Zhao was skilled in martial arts, and there were three things that were the most brilliant. One is the sword technique, the second is the Hidden Arrow, and the third is the Light Skill. Zhan Zhao's name of "Royal Cat" comes from his light feats.
Zhan Zhao led the emperor's orders and showed light skills, only to see him "walk to the pillar of the high pavilion, wrap his hands around the pillar, his body fluttered, his legs flew, and he climbed up the pillar upside down." When he reached the head, he held it with his left hand, wrapped his left leg around the pillar, and raised the tiger's body and his right hand to make a sea exploration. Tianzi looked at it and praised it as "good.". The courtiers and the people downstairs all applauded. Then he saw his right hand grasp the rafters, dripping and turning his body, startling the crowd. But he turned his left hand and looked for the rafters, and the tip of his toes was several times fixed, the upper two hands were upside down, and the lower two feet were strung together, from the east to the west, and from the west to the east. String back and forth, string to the middle, suddenly put both feet in a fist, with a roll posture to flip up, the heel of the heel ascended to the walong, flat body turned over the room. When the emperor saw this, he even said, "Strange! Amazing! Where is this person, it is clear that it is like a royal cat. Thus came the title of "Royal Cat".
Stills from "The Mouse Loves the Cat"
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang are very familiar with everyone, one is the "Southern Hero" in "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness", and the other is the "Golden Hair Mouse".
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang belonged to the category of not fighting and not knowing each other, and later the two became confidants. If you look at the relationship between the two in ancient novels, the two should be friends.
However, the mind is hereafter, perhaps because the relationship between the two is really intimate. Coupled with a later Hong Kong drama, the two were raised up a ladder to the point of friendship and love. It is this TV series that makes many "rotten women" crooked countless, many beautiful and humanistic, and the emotional relationship between the two is written as a lingering pity. Not only that, later in the movie "Mouse Loves Cat", The Golden Rat Bai Yutang became a character dressed as a man, and the relationship between the two can be described as a solid love relationship.