Guan Yun Changyi Bo Yuntian in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was respected by later generations. People were mainly interested in his righteousness, not anything else. Of course, there are also those who worship Guan Yunchang as the god of wealth, which is another kind of worship. Starting from Guan Yunchang's righteousness, it seems that we can see a lot of secular concepts, and we can also see changes in social psychology.
Guan Yunchang followed Liu Bei to make a revolution, and it seemed that he wanted to guard the Han dynasty so that he could regroup and make his eldest brother Liu Bei the emperor. However, Liu Bei's soldiers were outnumbered and took refuge in many people, but in the end he could only flee and set up his own door. Fortunately, Liu Bei is about Yu and Zhang Fei, otherwise it seems that he can't do it just by relying on his own ability. In the entire book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Guan Yu can be called the god of war. He beheaded Yan Liang, punished Wen Chou, passed five levels, beheaded six generals, and shocked Cao Ying. Cao Cao surrounded Guan Yu and cherished him as a general, so he asked Zhang Liao to be a lobbyist. Guan Yu has integrity and is loyal to the Han Dynasty, which is called "descending to the Han Dynasty and not descending to Cao". When he arrived at Cao Ying, he inquired about Liu Bei's news day and night. In order to win people's hearts, Cao Cao treated him with "gold on the horse and silver on the horse." There is a small banquet on the third day and a large banquet on the fifth day. entertained him, and deliberately let him be in the same room as Liu Bei's wife. Guan Yu was not fooled, even in the face of the beauties sent by Cao Cao, he refused to accept them. In this way, Guan Yu can be regarded as loyal and courageous.
However, when he arrived at Huarong Dao, Guan Yu let Cao Cao go, is it a paradox of righteousness?According to the point of view in the book, it does not seem to be a paradox, but it has achieved Guan Yu's perfect personality and integrity. Cao Cao was burned in the Battle of Chibi and fled in a hurry, and when he arrived at the final pass, Huarong Dao, he found that it was Guan Yu who stood in the way. Originally, Huarong Dao was "one husband should be the pass, and ten thousand people should not be opened." When Cao Cao led the remnants of the army to defeat and was about to cross Huarong Road, Guan Yu, who was known as the martial saint, led the troops to guard, and Cao Cao could not escape from his wings. So, Cao Cao couldn't beat him, so he could only leave the relationship. Cao Cao begged Guan Yu to let him remember the old love and raise his noble hand. Guan Yu, who has always attached importance to righteousness, made a difficulty, if he didn't let Cao Cao go over, he couldn't live with Cao Cao's kindness back then;If Cao Cao is let through, it will be a violation of the military order. After thinking about it again and again, Guan Yu still cherished his reputation and let Cao Cao pass. Cao Cao was grateful, and Guan Yu had to face the military order alone. He seemed to already know that the military order couldn't do anything to him, and it was impossible for the eldest brother Liu Bei to watch the second brother being beheaded by Zhuge Liang. So, in the gap of power, Guan Yu saw hope and let Cao Cao go.
It stands to reason that Guan Yu should not let Cao Cao go, but Guan Yu attaches great importance to righteousness and has achieved a virtue. Not only will people not reproach him for violating military orders, but will praise him for knowing how to repay his kindness and valuing justice over profit. In other words, on the issue of whether to let Cao Cao go or not, Guan Yu faced a dilemma between morality and military orders. He chose the righteousness of morality, and would rather die——— of course than die. As a result, people all know Guan Yu's good name, especially his righteousness, which is valued by many people. Confucianism pays attention to righteousness over profit, especially Mencius, who pays attention to "sacrificing one's life for righteousness", rather than automatically giving up righteousness for the sake of greed for wealth and wealth, or even betraying friends to seek glory. Mencius believed that there is something more important than life, that is, righteousness;There is something more disgusting than death, and that is unrighteousness. And Guan Yu has achieved righteousness, attaches great importance to love and righteousness, and has become the object of people's worship. Guan Yu is just a symbol, like a spiritual representative of righteousness, not as simple as ordinary people. People have always worshipped great people who achieved a certain spirit. Then, Guan Yu has become the representative of the spirit of righteousness, and he has also become a god in people's minds. In many places, the emperor temple was built, and Guan Yu was regarded as the representative of the righteous Bo Yuntian, the god of wealth, and some regarded him as the ancestor of the head shaver. It can be seen that the people's worship of righteousness, of course, also worships money and worships the ancestors.
However, should those people who were killed by Guan Yu be killed?Of course not. In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is written that after Guan Yu died, he had no head. The soul flew around in the clouds, trying to find the head, and shouted that he was wronged, but was seen by the Pujing Zen Master. Pujing said, "The past is not the present, and everything is not discussed."The antecedents of the consequences are not happy with each other. Now the general was harmed by Lu Meng, and shouted to return my head, but then Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Wuguan and Six Generals and other people's heads, who will they ask for Ye?After Guan Yu heard this, he suddenly realized that he no longer shouted injustice, but turned into a god to bless the people of the Yuquan Mountain generation. The temple of the emperor on Yuquan Mountain is said to be very effective. In fact, it is just an author's idea, and it is not really about the appearance of the feather. This kind of thinking of the author seems to represent a kind of historical judgment, which has a certain reference significance.
As the saying goes: "One will make ten thousand bones dry", Guan Yu has become the representative of Yi Bo Yuntian, and countless people have died under his knife, do they all deserve to die?Of course not, but Guan Yu himself is a symbol, a representative of being deified, not an ordinary person, or a person with a divine aura created by the author, or a personified god. In the era when "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was prevalent, ** mainly faced the low-level working groups and had the role of promoting a certain idea. The righteousness represented by Guan Yu is exactly what the low-level working groups need, and it is also what they have to defend with their lives. After all, there is a culture of mutual help among the workers at the bottom, especially in times of disaster, and they need help. Therefore, they want to marry Jinlan, jointly safeguard the interests of their own class, and fight against evil forces. When forming brothers of the opposite sex, it is necessary to say, "Do not seek to be born in the same year, month, and day, but to die in the same year, month, and day." "Life and death depend on each other, and a kind of righteousness has been achieved. Even they want to go to the Guan Di Temple to worship and kowtow to the statue of Guan Yu, which is a kind of respect for the spirit of righteousness. And Guan Yu's righteousness seems to be more broad, not only the righteousness of brothers, but also loyalty and moral perfection.
In this way, the image of Guan Yu that was shaped has been spread among the people, and Guan Yu's righteousness has become something that people respect, and even something that needs to be maintained with their lives. And the more this is the case, the more it can reflect the social reality that the rule of law is not strong, the culture of rivers and lakes is prevalent, and the reckless culture is spreading. The people at the bottom are powerless to change, so they can only rely on righteousness to maintain their feelings and report to the group for warmth.