Liu Bei claims to be a member of the Han family, but the genealogy of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty has no name, why
Liu Bei claimed to be a member of the Han family, but Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty checked his family tree and found that he was not among the relatives of the Han family, what happened? The author of this article will discuss this.
In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Liu Bei is the imperial uncle of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. However, Liu Bei in history was only a legendary relative of the Han family. In fact, there is no record in the official history that Emperor Xian of Han recognized Liu Bei as his imperial uncle.
In addition, the logic in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is roughly as follows: Liu Bei is nearly 20 years older than Emperor Han Xian, and Emperor Han Xian should naturally make Liu Bei his uncle.
The problem is that Emperor Xian of Han and Liu Bei became a family 300 years ago. How many generations are Liu Bei and Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty? Which generation is greater? This in itself is difficult to determine.
In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Emperor Xian of Han and Liu Bei were of the same clan 300 years ago. Liu Bei was 20 years older than Emperor Han Xian, that is, Liu Bei was a generation older than Emperor Han Xian. Of course, in ** "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", in order to make people believe that Liu Bei is a standard Han clan relative, Master Luo Guanzhong also compiled such a family tree for Liu Bei:
Emperor Xiaojing had fourteen sons, the seventh son Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan, Liu Zhen of Shenglu Chengting, Liu Ang, Hou of Zhenbeiping, Liu Lu, Marquis of Anzhang, Liu Lian, Marquis of Luyishui, and Liu Ying, Marquis of MichiyangYi Yuanzehou Liu Bi, Bi Yingchuan Hou Liu Da, Dafengling Hou Liu Bulian, Bulian Jichuan Hou Liu Hui, Huidong District Mayor Fan Hou Liu Xiong, Liu Hong, Xiong, Hong are not convinced. Liu Bei was born to Liu Hong, and Hong Bushi. Liu Bei is the son of Liu Hong"。
According to this sentence in the letter, Liu Bei is the 21st grandson of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and the 19th grandson of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, and seems to be a veritable member of the royal family. But the problem is that when Master Luo compiled this lineage table for Liu Bei, he may not have carefully studied the lineage table of Emperor Han Xian, so this lineage table was compiled a little roughly.
Since Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was the emperor, the genealogy of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty is authentic and easy to find in the history books. According to the records of the Eastern Han Dynasty Emperor Genealogy, Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, is the ninth grandson of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and the descendant of Liu Fa, the son of Emperor Jing of Changsha.
That is to say, according to Liu Bei's genealogy written by Luo Lao in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Liu Bei is five generations younger than Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. In other words, according to the generation, Liu Bei's grandfather was also the great-grandson of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. Liu Bei met Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, which was equivalent to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty meeting Liu Bang's father, Han Gaozu, and had to be called the grandfather of the Son of Heaven (one generation higher than Gaozu's grandfather).
Even if Liu Bei was a descendant of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty would never call Liu Bei the emperor's uncle.
To be precise, Liu Bei regarded himself as a member of the Han family from the beginning. Therefore, when Emperor Han Xian honored Emperor Han Xian, he saw that his family had such a powerful figure, and he naturally caught up with Emperor Han Xian in terms of family relations.
Liu Bei has the name of a master, and his subordinates have Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who are recognized by the world as 10,000 enemies. Since they came to Xuchang with Cao Cao, if Emperor Han Xian got them and formed an alliance of interests with them, it would naturally become an important bargaining chip used by Emperor Han Xian to keep a distance from Cao Cao.
Therefore, even if Liu Bei did not have a family tree, even if Emperor Han Xian learned that Liu Bei was not in his family tree (of course, Emperor Han Xian would not necessarily tell him about his family tree with Liu Bei), Emperor Han Xian would recognize Liu Bei as a relative of the Han family. Of course, Emperor Han Xian would never call him an imperial uncle, but would only recognize him as a member of the clan, because the elders of the royal family could not call him indiscriminately.