Is it true that Guan Yu punished Yan Liang for being ugly?

Cutting Yan Liang and Zhu Wen Chou have always been regarded as a model of Guan Yu's courage and good fighting. But judging from historical records, in the historical materials of the Song Dynasty, there has not been a statement that Guan Yu is ugly, and the famous drama writer Guan Hanqing of the Yuan Dynasty has appeared for the first time in the play "King Guan Goes to the Single Sword Meeting". It is also described in "The Tales of the Three Kingdoms".

In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is more detailed and prominent, saying that Guan Yu first beheaded Yan Liang and was named the Marquis of Hanshou Pavilion, and then killed Wen Chou, showing great bravery, which made Cao Cao very admired. After such an rendering of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the story of Guan Yu's beheading of Yan Liang and Zhu Wenchou became a household name, and even became an enduring repertoire on the opera stage. So, were Yan Liang and Wen Chou really killed by Guan Yu?

The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Shu Shu, and the Biography of Guan Yu contains: "Shao sent the general (army) Yan Liang to attack the East County Taishou Liu Yan in Baima, and Cao Gong Zhang Liao and Yu were the vanguard to attack it. Yu Wang saw the good man, spurred the good in the crowd, beheaded it, and the generals could not be the one, so he relieved the white horse fence.

Cao Gong is the Marquis of Hanshou Pavilion. "This is a record of Guan Yu's beheading of Yan Liang, and it is very clear in the text that Yan Liang was killed by Guan Yu. So, how did Wen Chou get killed?

Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Shu, Emperor Wu Ji" contains: "Shao cavalry general Wen Chou and Liu Bei cavalry five or six thousand before and after the time (Cao) cavalry less than six hundred, then the army attacked, broke it, and beheaded ugly. Good and ugly are all famous generals, and then fight the birds, and the Shao army is shocked.

The public returned to the officer's crossing. Shaojin Baoyangwu. Guan Yu died and returned to Liu Bei.

In this text, it is only said that Wen Chou was killed, but not by whom. The general understanding is that Wen Chou was killed by the rebels when the Cao army was attacking by the "columns", and it is not clearly stated that he was killed by Guan Yu.

However, as Guan Yu was gradually deified, Guan Yu's status was also in full swing, so Guan Yu's deeds gradually increased, and people put the achievements that did not belong to Guan Yu in Guan Yu's credit book; In addition, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" itself has fictional elements, and Yan Liang and Wen Chou were killed one after another in the same battle, so "beheading Yan Liang and punishing Wen Chou" is justifiably attributed to Guan Yu's name. (Ma Bao Ji).

Why is Guan Yu called Emperor Guan?

Jiezhou Guandi Temple Stone Workshop.

Guan Yu's loyalty, righteousness and courage have always been the object of worship by future generations. In the Song Dynasty, Guan Yu was first named "Zhonghui Gong" by Song Huizong, and then named "Chongning Zhenjun", and then awarded the titles of "Zhaolie Wu'an King" and "Righteous and Brave Wu'an King". In the Yuan Dynasty, Wenzong named Guan Yu as "the king of Yingji".

The Divine Sect of the Ming Dynasty named Guan Yu as "the Great Emperor of the Three Realms of Demon Suppression, Shenwei Yuanzhen Tianzun Guan Shengdi Jun". As a result, Guan Yu has become the "Emperor Guan" worshipped by people. The worship of Guan Yu in all dynasties has increased unabated, and reached the peak in the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dezong named Guan Yu as "loyalty, righteousness, martial spirit, benevolence, bravery, prestige, protection of the country, protection of the people, sincere appeasement, praise Xuande Guan Sheng, the Emperor", a total of 26 words, is the longest title, and the worship of Guan Yu has reached the extreme.

Guan Yu beheaded Yan Liang and punished Wen Ugly. The reason why Guan Yu's Ming Dynasty can be well-known to the world is from the moment when Zhang Yanliang and Zhu Wenwen began. At the time of the staff of Guandu, the two generals under the company commander Yuan Shao.

It was at this time that Cao Cao was conquered by Guan Yu's superb martial arts. paved the way for the five levels and six generals in the later text. Wen Chou and Yan Liang were both famous generals in the late Han Dynasty at the same time.

Because Yuan Shao underestimated the enemy at that time, Yuan Shao himself was a person with strong self-esteem, and he always regarded Cao Cao as an enemy, so his target at that time was Cao Cao.

He thought that as long as Cao Cao was killed, then the war would be won. There was not much light for Guangyu, so Cao Cao seized this opportunity. used Yuan Shao's ball to hide in his heart.

With a force of less than 1,000 people, he was able to annihilate all of Yuan Shao's thousands of people. It can be seen that Guangyu played a very big role in this war. This is also because Guan Yu wants to repay Cao Cao.

Because Cao Cao wanted to subdue Guan Yu, but Guan Yu remembered the old love and refused to give up Liu Bei. Guan Yu came to the town to ask for battle in order to repay Cao Cao. In the first round, he killed Yan Liang.

At that time, Yuan Shao was angry and wanted to kill Liu Bei. But Liu Bei said that it was not necessarily Guan Yu who killed him, so Liu Bei escaped for the time being. In the second round, Yuan Shaojiang sent Wen Chou out.

In the fight, Guan Yu rescued Zhang Liao and killed Wen Chou at the same time. From this time on, Guan Yu's daimyo was out of control. And Cao Cao also saw Guan Yu's ability in it.

I want to recruit him even more. Therefore, he sent a lot of money beauties, but they couldn't impress Guan Yu. Guan Yu's loyalty has always been a good story for us.

At the same time, in this war, Guan Yu finally found Liu Bei and knew that he was in Yuan Shao's camp. So he thought hard about the plan and wanted to return to Liu Bei's side. Therefore, no matter how many tricks Cao Cao used, he could not keep Guan Yu in the camp.

Guan Yu was only perfunctory about Cao Cao's recruitment, and his only thought was to find Liu Bei as soon as possible.

Wrong, Wen Chou was not killed by Guan Yu, although Yan Liang was killed by Guan Yu, he was not killed.

Friends who have watched the Three Kingdoms may be interested in the story of Taoyuan's three knots and Liu Guanzhang, especially Guan Yunchang, the second brother of Guan.

The stories of Wen Jiu beheading Huaxiong, beheading Yan Liang and killing Wen Chou, walking thousands of miles and riding alone through five levels and killing six generals, etc., are all very gorgeous and shocking action stories of Guan Yu, in fact, it is a little inappropriate to say that Guan Yu beheaded Yan Liang and Zhu Wenchou.

It's Wen Chou, because it's about this action and instruction that he made in order to kill Wen Chou'er.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou were both generals in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and they were both killed by Guan Yu. Chou is the traditional Chinese word for "ugly", which is a meaning.

Yes, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were Yuan Shao's generals who were killed by Guan Yu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. And this is not made up in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", there are such records in real history. It is reported that Guan Yu killed Yan Liang, which is the only time that there is a record in the official history of killing the enemy general in front of the two armies, and it is conceivable that Guan Yu can really be called "unparalleled in the world".

Literary imagery. In ** "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Guan Yu was portrayed as a loyal, righteous and brave general, and when he appeared, he formed a righteous alliance with Liu Bei Zhang Fei Taoyuan, and participated in the war to suppress the Yellow Turban Uprising after building weapons.

In addition, when narrating from the perspective of narration in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Guan Yu is usually called "Yun Chang" or "Guan Gong", and he is rarely called by his name, and in the whole "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", in addition to calling the emperor the emperor, only Guan Yu, Liu Bei, and Zhuge Liang have this treatment.

Yuan Kuocheng's commentary "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is roughly the same as **, only adding a description of Guan Gong's life experience.

Yes, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were Yuan Shao's generals who were killed by Guan Yu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Among Guan Yu's contributions to beheading Yan Liangwen and ugliness, the Red Rabbit Horse helped the most. In the process of beheading Yan Liang, without the speed of the Red Rabbit Horse and the impact brought by the Red Rabbit Horse, Guan Yu could not stab Yan Liang wearing gold armor with the Qinglong Knife. If the assassination fails, Guan Yu will be defeated, not only will he not be able to make meritorious contributions, but his life will be in danger.

In the battle against Wen Chou, Guan Yu relied on the speed of the horse and directly caught up with Wen Chou and killed him.

Therefore, Guan Yu used ingenuity to kill Yan Liang, which was a method obtained from his years of experience in warfare. The slashing of Wen Chou is fierce, which is the credit of Guan Yu for crushing Wen Chou with his power and ability. Therefore, although Yan Liangwen was famous for a while, he finally became Guan Yu's defeated subordinate.

A brief biography of Guan Yu.

Guan Yu (?) —220), the word Yunchang, the original character Changsheng, was a native of Xie County, Hedong County (now Xie Zhou Town, Yanhu District, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province). A famous general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, he died in Zhuo County, and Zhang Fei raised troops from Liu Bei. After Liu Bei got Xuzhou, he made Guan Yu too guarded. In the fifth year of Jian'an (200 years), Cao Cao marched eastward, defeated Liu Bei, Guan Yu was captured, and then followed Cao Cao to meet Yuan Shaojun in Guandu, assassinated Yuan Shao's general Yan Liang in the crowd, sealed the Marquis of Hanshou Pavilion, and soon resigned to Liu Bei.

Later, Liu Bei attached himself to Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao.

In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), Cao Cao entered Jingzhou, Liu Bei led the people to flee south, and Guan Yu went to Xiakou with him. and Cao Cao was defeated in Chibi, Liu Bei collected the counties south of the Yangtze River, and appointed Guan Yu as the general of Xiangyang Taishou and Dangkou. Liu Bei set Yizhou in the west and made Guan Yu guard Jingzhou.

In the twentieth year of Jian'an (215), Guan Yu expelled the magistrates of Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang counties placed by Sun Quan.

In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219 years), worship as the former general, besieged Cao Cao will conquer the southern general Cao Ren in Fancheng, when the Han River flooded, General Zuo supervised the seven armies in the forbidden place were submerged, and beheaded the general Pang De, since Xu (now Xuchang, Henan) to the south often responds from afar, and shocks China. Cao Cao sent the Pingkou general Xu Huang to the rescue, while Wu took the opportunity to attack Jiangling, and Guan Yu was defeated and took Maicheng (now southeast of Dangyang, Hubei), and was captured and killed by the Wu army along with his son Guan Ping. Chasing the Marquis of Zhuangmiao.

Although Guan Yu in history did not kill Wen Chou, Yuan Shao's general Yan Liang was really killed by Guan Yu. Since then, Guan Yu's prestige has almost resounded all over the country, and this brilliant record can also be called unparalleled in the Three Kingdoms.

We all know that in the history of the Three Kingdoms, there is a famous legendary god of war, who is well-known for his strong martial arts and loyal spirit. Especially the deeds of Yan Liangwen, the two famous generals who lived in Cao Ying and killed Yuan Shao successively, make us talk about it even more.

That's right, this benevolent brother is, of course, the head of the Five Tiger Generals of Shu Han, Liu Bei's Jinlan brother Guan Yu. Guan Yu's life can be said to be magnificent and full of anger, but many of his famous allusions are made up by Luo Guanzhong with his own whimsical ideas in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

So, is the story of beheading Yan Liang and Wen Chou also imaginary? Not really. First of all, Guan Yu in history did kill Yan Liang single-handedly, and it was far more dramatic than what was described in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

According to the biography of Guan Yu in the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu saw Yan Liang's banner at that time, and directly stepped forward, rushed into the formation of Yuan Shao's army, killed Yan Liang, and made all the masters under Yuan Shao's command dare not step forward. Just imagine, this is more convincing than Luo Guanzhong's record of Guan Yu's "sneak attack" on Yan Liang.

However, whether Wen Chou was killed by Guan Yu or not is not recorded in orthodox historical materials. Of course, this is not Luo Guanzhong's grafting, in the Song Dynasty, there was already a story about Yu killing Wen Chou Yanliang one after another, but his source is the handwriting of some literati.

Therefore, the authenticity needs to be verified, and even we can simply say that Wen Chou was not killed by Guan Yu. However, just by virtue of the deeds of beheading Yan Liang, Guan Yu can indeed be called the first martial artist in the history of the Three Kingdoms.

Yan Liang was beheaded by Guan Yu, and Wen Chou died in the chaos.

Yan Liang, a native of Linyi (now Linyi, Shandong), was a general of the Hebei warlord Yuan Shao in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and was famous for his bravery. In the fourth year of Jian'an (199), Yuan Shao took Yan Liang and Wen Chou as generals, led 100,000 soldiers, and prepared to attack Xu (now Xuchang, Henan).

In the fifth year of Jian'an (200 years), the troops entered Liyang (now Jun County, Henan) and sent Yan Liang to attack Baima (now Huaxian County, Henan). Cao Cao rescued in the north, crossed the river with Xun You's troops, led Yuan Shao to the west, and led his light troops to cover the white horse. Yan Liangcang suddenly rebelled and was defeated by Cao's army.

Yan Liang himself was stabbed to death by Guan Yu himself.

Wen Chou, a general under the account of Yuan Shao of Jizhou in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. In the fifth year of Jian'an (200 years), Yuan Shao ordered Wen Chou to lead five or six thousand cavalry to pursue Cao Cao and enter Yanjin. Cao Cao used Xun You's strategy to bait the enemy, and broke Wen Chou's army with less than 600 horsemen, and Wen Chou died in the chaos.