The deeds of the martial saint Guan Yu must be familiar to everyone. Such as "warm wine to cut Huaxiong", "hanging seal gold", "passing five levels and cutting six generals"."Thousands of miles to ride alone", "flooded the Seventh Army, shocked China", and later "defeated Maicheng", the hero ended.
Guan Gong has been admired by later generations for thousands of years because of his great personality of "righteousness and thin clouds", and the people respect him as "martial saint" and "literary saint" Confucius.
But it is said that Guan Gong was not originally surnamed Guan, do you know what Guan Gong's original surname was?
Guan Yu's original surname was Feng, his name was Feng Xian, and he had a long life. Guan Gong's surname Feng Ke is not made up by the author, but it is documented.
One of them; According to Feng Bang's "Chinese Feng's Historical Classics", Guan Yu escaped to Tongguan, in order to escape from the pursuit, pretended to be crazy and stupid, and pointed to "Guan" as his surname, and later looked up at the birds in the air, just feathers fell, so he took "Yu" as his name.
Second; Qing Dynasty scholar Liang Zhangju recorded in "Returning to the Field Trivia" that Guan Yu was not surnamed Guan, and when he came to Tongguan, he referred to Guan as his surname, and then began to have the surname Guan.
Thirdly; In the Qing Dynasty's opera anthology "Qingyin Collection", it is said that Guan Yu's surname is Feng Mingxian, and the character has a long life.
Fourth; The great leader *** The old man also said that Guan Gong is "referring to Guan as his surname".
In 1954, ** strolled in Hangzhou Jiuxi Eighteen Streams, and told Wang Fang, director of the Zhejiang Provincial Public Security Department, the accompanying Wang Fang, the story of Guan Yu not surnamed Guan. He said: Guan Gong refers to Guan as the surname.
Guan Gong has been very righteous since he was a child, and once fought for his friends and killed someone in his hometown. He knew that murder was a lawsuit, so he immediately escaped, intending to get out of Tongguan. At that time, there was a government rule that everyone who passed the border had to be registered. What can I do? Don't give your real name. It was his turn. He looked at the tall and solemn gate anxiously, and suddenly came an inspiration, before closing the door, why don't I just say that my surname is Guan.
This is the origin of the surname of Zhiguan.
Now that thousands of years have passed, Guan Gong's surname may no longer matter, the important thing is that Guan Gong's spirit of "loyalty, bravery, and firmness" has been inherited.