Is Guan Yu portrayed in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" perfect?
* Guan Yu in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", brave and good at fighting, good at strategy, loyal and honest, brave and upright, Mr. Lu Xun described Guan Yu in "China's ** History", Luo Guanzhong wrote Guan Yu"Only write Guan Yu, and you are good at writing his words"。But he's not perfect, as he is"No one is perfect", his great joy and sorrow, arrogance and ultimate failure are also vividly portrayed.
Guan Yu's positive image is extremely obvious.
In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Guan Yu is undoubtedly a loyal, honest, kind and brave general, and among the many characters, Guan Yu is undoubtedly one of the most positive images.
1. Be brave and good at fighting, and be good at strategy. Guan Yu's courage is vividly reflected in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", beheading Huaxiong, beheading Yan Liang, destroying Wenchou, and killing six generals through five passes. A sword seals the throat"、"Flooded Seventh Army"and other battles have shaped Guan Yu's image of being brave and good at fighting. In the Shu Han camp, Guan Yu was the first of the five tiger generals, and even Cao Cao, the enemy of Shu Han, admired him so much that he took him under his command at all costs.
2.Disloyal. Starting from the Taoyuan uprising, Liu Guan and Zhang were brothers and sisters, Guan Yu always followed Liu Bei, even if Liu Bei had nowhere to stand, even if he was defeated, Cao Cao also treated each other with benevolence and righteousness, and did not change his original intention, but in the heart of Han Cao Ying, despite Cao Cao's benevolence and righteousness, he still said:"Cheng Cheng Cao Gong will go again! "After beheading Yan Liang and Zhu Wenchou, he switched to Liu Bei. After the Battle of Chibi, Guan Yu was stationed in Huarong Dao, because Cao Cao treated him well, and he could still delay the military order and leave Cao Cao. This gives us a perfect image of justice and loyalty.
3.Heroic and dry. In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Guan Yu is depicted as:"He is nine feet three inches long, with a one-legged mustache, a face like heavy jade, his lips are painted with Zhu Danfeng's eyes, his eyebrows are like snake eyes, his appearance is dignified, and he is majestic"The image of a true chivalrous man. He squandered his wealth, fled to the rivers and lakes, killed the nobles who coerced the people, and saved the people from fire and water. Guan Yu also made an oath when he was married to Liu Bei and Zhang Fei as brothers"Report to the country, under An Lishu"This is not only the glory of chivalry for the country and the people, but also the heroism of eliminating violence and winning the Central Plains.
Guan Yu in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is completely a brave, wise, loyal, upright, honest and even chivalrous image of a military general. He satisfies almost all the yearning of ordinary people for heroes, so he is sought after by people.
Guan Yu is not without its shortcomings.
Although Guan Yu's positive image is extremely important, and even deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but"No one is perfect", Guan Yu in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" also has shortcomings, that is, stubbornness and indifference.
Although "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a historical first, its overall framework still follows the direction of historical development, which shows that Luo Guanzhong must have referred to a large number of historical materials when writing "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Chen Shou, the author of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", believes that Guan Yu is been"Proud"(i.e., pride, arrogance, conceit, and stubbornness), so Luo Guanzhong also portrayed Guan Yu's shortcomings in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
For example, in the episode "Xuande Marches into Hanzhong Wang Yunchang to Attack Xiangyang District", Sun Quan received a letter from Cao Cao that Cao Cao wanted to conspire with Shu Han to carve up the world, Sun Quan hesitated, and Zhuge Jin proposed to reunite Sun Quan's son with his daughter Guan Yu. But when Zhuge Jin explained his intention to Guan Yu, Guan Yu was furious and said:"My tiger daughter is going to marry my dog son! If you don't look at it for your brother's sake, I'll kill you!" "At that time, Guan Yu was extremely arrogant and confident, even taller than his eyes. When Sun Quan found out, he was naturally furious"Too arrogant", immediately"Summoned Zhang Zhao and other civil and military officials to discuss Jingzhou affairs"At this point, Cao Cao on Sun Wu's side completely collapsed.
Guan Yu couldn't tolerate that Shu Han also had enemies within him, but he also thought highly of himself and couldn't tolerate others fighting alongside him. When he learned that Ma Chao was worshiped as the general of Pingxi, even if he left Jingzhou, he had to enter Sichuan and Ma Chao, until Zhuge Liang wrote a letter of consolation, pointing out that Ma Chao was inferior to himself, and Guan Yu was from then on"Customers all over the world"It was the letter that made him happy. And learned that Guan Yu was elected as the head of the Five Tiger Generals, and Huang Zhong was the same Five Tiger Generals as himself, Guan Yu was angry again"The eldest husband does not go along with the old man", under Fei Shi's persuasion, he reluctantly agreed.
After capturing Xiangyang, Wang Fu advised him not to use Pan Jun again. Guan Yu didn't listen, and Pan Jun eventually became a bandit. Mi Fang and Mi Zhu have followed Liu Bei for a long time, Guan Yu and Mi Fang lost their temper after drinking, and Liu Bei actually said it"When he didn't see Fei Sima, he hung his head down"、"When he returns on the day of victory, he will cause a slight incident, and the two crimes will be punished together"and so on, which eventually led them to escape. In this way, they fled, and Guan Yu's retreat was blocked.
Even when he was defeated, Wang Fu advised Guan Yu to take the big road instead of the small road, but Guan Yu said:"Although there is an ambush, I am not afraid"。In the end, he was captured by the attack.
Although Guan Yu in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is not perfect, his imperfection does not hide his perfection, and his character flaws are more acceptable to readers, which may be"The beauty of imperfection"。Otherwise, if Guan Yu had really become a person with a perfect personality, he would have jumped out of the world and become a saint a long time ago.