1. Those things about "Guan Sheng's successors".
A "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" successfully shaped Guan Yu! As a result, Guan Yu has gradually become a cultural "symbol", symbolizing: loyalty and righteousness. Although "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" contains, after the fall of Shu Han, Guan Yu Manmen was slaughtered by Pang Hui, the son of Pang De.
It can be considered that a record in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" was later annotated and supplemented by Pei Songzhi, so its authority was questioned. Second, in a show about "Hundred Family Names", Guan Yu's descendants appeared on the screen with Liu Bei and Zhang Fei's descendants. Therefore, this makes the situation of Guan Yu's direct descendants like seeing flowers in a fog.
However, although Guan Yu's descendants are not clear to people, the "descendants of Guan Yu" appear one after another. What is the successor of Guan Yu?
That is to say, in all kinds of literary books, they either have Guan Yu's appearance characteristics, or hold Guan Yu's Qinglong Yanyue Knife, and also inherit Guan Yu's loyalty and righteousness. For example, there are two in "Water Margin", one is Guan Sheng and the other is Zhu Tong.
Both of these are fictional characters. Guan Sheng is known as Guan Yu's descendant in the Water Margin, with a red rabbit horse under his crotch and a green dragon glaive knife in his hand, but the quality of loyalty is very unreliable.
After Guan Yu is "about three oaths", this is the only way to "descend to Han and not to Cao", regardless of whether it is a word game or not, "loyalty and righteousness" is full. That's why Guan Sheng, the successor of Guan Yu, is really unreliable.
As for Zhu Tong, he inherited more of Guan Yu's loyalty. Therefore, anyone who has read the original work of "Water Margin" knows that Guan Yu is equivalent to being divided into two, Guan Sheng takes away his form, and Zhu Tong has his soul. This is actually why, the unreliable Guan Sheng finally died of drunk driving - falling from a horse after drinking can also be understood as a confused death. However, Zhu Tong was so highly used that he eventually became a feudal official.
So, in addition to "Water Margin"** has appeared in "Guan Yu's Descendants", have they appeared in other literary works? Of course it did. The so-called heroes in troubled times, based on the background of the Sui and Tang dynasties, created "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", of course, including "Speaking of the Tang Dynasty", etc., appeared again.
It's just that this time, he is no longer like Guan Sheng, appearing as a "descendant of Guan Yu", but relying on the appearance and the Qinglong Yanyue Knife in his hand as the form of expression. This person is the ninth hero of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, nicknamed Wei Wentong, who is known as Saiguan Gong!
Second, Saiguan Gong: Wei Wentong
When it comes to "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", the ranking of the so-called eighteen (or thirteen) heroes of the Sui and Tang dynasties will emerge.
The first in line is Li Yuanba. This "non-human" only fought in Sipingshan, and in half a day, his brother alone killed 1.2 million horses and ......Anyway, believe it or not, Li Yuanba is so fierce!
And Wei Wentong ranked ninth, holding a green dragon knife and guarding Tongguan. Here's how he is introduced in the book:This Wei Wentong is the ninth hero of the Sui Dynasty, and his name is Guan Ye, because his face looks like Guan Ye, so he is called by this name.
At that time, Yang Lin had recognized Qin Qiong as his righteous son, but then Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin and others turned against Shandong, and Yang Lin was so angry that Yang Lin was going crazy, I was so optimistic about you Qin Shubao, but you played me like this. So Yang Lin issued generals to the guards of each checkpoint, and he must arrest Qin Qiong who had fled.
But before Yang Lin's token arrived, Qin Qiong came to Tongguan first. Wei Wentong has always respected Yang Lin, and naturally he is also very polite to Qin Qiong, one by one."Lord LordDelicious food, good drink, good hospitality, and the last wave of your hand - lord, go you! In this way, as soon as Qin Qiong was sent away on the front foot, Yang Lin's token on the back foot arrived, Wei Wentong was anxious, and immediately led someone to chase after him.
After a hurried march, Wei Wentong caught up with Qin Qiong and shouted: ".Hey, Qin bandit, don't go! "Then came the battle against Qin Qiong.
Qin Qiong ranked thirteenth, and she couldn't beat Wei Wentong at all, so she had to run away. And Wei Wentong chased after him and ran into Shan Xiongxin.
Shan Xiongxin and Qin Qiong are iron buddies, and they stopped Wei Wentong without saying a word, but he ranked eighteenth and gave it in vain. But Shan Xiongxin is the identity of the "Green Forest Scoop Boss of the Five Northern Provinces", I can't beat you, I scare you! So Shan Xiongxin ran back to the valley, but suddenly shouted: ".Children, take this red-faced thief with me!
This sentence frightened Wei Wentong, who was chasing and killing, thinking that there were ambushes in the valley. In this way, Shan Xiongxin and Qin Qiong escaped this catastrophe, and finally went to Wagang Mountain, while Cheng Yanjin became the "Son of Heaven of the Demon King of the Mixed World", and Wagang Mountain became a thorn in Yang Guang's side.
So Yang Guang issued an order and ordered Wei Wentong to take command and lead an army of 100,000 to sweep away Wagang. Qin Qiong was the generalissimo of Wagang's soldiers and horses, and when he came to meet the enemy, he naturally fought with Wei Wentong again, and was chased and fled again. At this moment, the marksman Wang Bodang returned to the cottage, and without saying a word, he shot Wei Wentong with an arrow, while Qin Qiong wasHe jumped off his horse, drew his sword and took the head
The "heirs of Guan Yu" in the Sui and Tang rivers and lakes are gone! Obviously, Wei Wentong is even more unreliable than Guan Sheng. So what's going on? Why did Guan Yu's descendants end up so miserable?
The reason is very simple, because Qin Qiong in "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" is also one of the "descendants of Guan Yu". It's just that Qin Qiong has the quality of "unparalleled loyalty", the so-called golden jade. And Wei Wentong can only be said to be "empty and formless", although he looks like Second Brother Guan, his martial arts are also very high, and he can hunt down and kill Qin Qiong, but in the end he was still Qin Qiong".He drew his sword and took the head
The last question is, does this "Saiguan Gong" have any historical prototype figures? There really is, and he is really a good man!
3. Wei Wentong's historical archetypal figure
Everyone knows that Qin Qiong in history, the most brilliant battle was in the Battle of Miragawa, where he defeated Yu Chigong hard. At that time, Wei Chigong was a favorite general under Song Jingang. And Song Jingang once had a righteous eldest brother named "Wei Dao'er", who was the historical prototype of Wei Wentong.
Wei Dao'er, a native of Baoding (Yi County) in Hebei today, rebelled against Yang Guang in 615 AD, and soon the team grew to nearly 100,000, becoming a force to be reckoned with in Hebei.
In 616 AD, Wei Dao'er sent troops to attack Taiyuan, and although he did not defeat it in the end, he killed Pan Changwen, a general of the Sui Dynasty, and defeated Murong Luohu. It was at this time that Wei Dao'er and Song Jingang became brothers, with Wei Dao'er as the elder, that is, the eldest brother.
The rapid expansion of Wei Dao'er's power has made Dou Jiande, the "scoop handle" in Hebei, like a man. But if he touched Wei Dao'er, Dou Jiande also beat the drum in his heart. So Dou Jiande used Wei Dao'er to form an alliance with him with his righteous and bold personality. As a result, Wei Dao'er was fooled, he recognized Dou Jiande very much, and felt that he was also a hero.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Dou Jiande came suddenly, and Wei Dao'er was not prepared at all. After Song Jingang learned the news, he frantically came to the rescue, but he was one step too late, and Wei Dao'er had already been killed. As a result, Song Jingang hated Dou Jiande and finally surrendered to Liu Wuzhou. This is why Song Jingang led Yu Chigong to attack Jinyang, which triggered the "Battle of Meiliangchuan" between Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong.
Fourth, Wei Wentong and Wei Dao'er
Using Wei Wentong to compare Wei Dao'er, it is obvious that the two have three things in common.
First: Wei Dao'er is loyal and bold. And Wei Wentong, if you look at it from the perspective of the Sui Dynasty, it is obvious that he is also a representative of "unparalleled loyalty". It's a pity that "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" uses Qin Qiong as the book guts, and makes every effort to shape Qin Qiong's loyalty. Therefore, Wei Wentong's loyalty has been reduced to a foil, and it is worthless!
This is actually the reason why Wei Wentong is more reliable than Guan Sheng-he has feelings of loyalty and righteousness, but he is on the wrong team.
Second: they all died from the dark arrow! Wei Dao'er died in Dou Jiande's sneak attack, and Wei Wentong died in Wang Bodang's sneak attack, which can be said to have died from the dark arrow!
Third: all surnamed Wei, one is called "Dao'er", and the other uses "Qinglong Knife" as a weapon.
Therefore, Wei Wentong's historical prototype should be this Wei Dao'er. Although in "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", he appeared as a "descendant of Guan Yu", which is very unreliable. But who can deny that he is not a hero of loyalty and righteousness......