What kind of person is Wei Yan in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

A: I think Wei Yan is a good person, and Wei Yan is good in these points:

Clause. First, he will not be subject to tyrants, will not be a lackey of tyrants, the masters he is against are tyrants, and he took the initiative to defect to Liu Bei, he knows that Liu Bei is a kind-hearted person, so he is loyal to Liu Bei.

Clause. Second, he is brave and strategic, never like Zhang Fei with a rough temperament and lack of heart, nor is he too arrogant and careless like Guan Yu.

Zhuge Liang completely misunderstood Wei Yan, what he didn't figure out was that Wei Yan's masters were some people, those masters were mediocre and cruel people, if Wei Yan was loyal to these bad masters, he would be aiding and abetting. If Zhuge Liang had understood Wei Yan's opponent and deeply understood Wei Yan, he would not have let Wei Yan rebel.

Historian Lin Handa said that asking historical figures is whether they are good or bad. That's what a child says.

1. Wei Yan's official positions in the Three Kingdoms have been successive: Yamen General Zhongminglun, Zhenyuan General, Zhenbei General, Duting Marquis, Prime Minister Sima, Liangzhou Assassin Shi, Former Military Division, General of Zhengxi, etc., the highest position is to be awarded the False Festival, and he was named the Marquis of Southern Zheng.

Second, the incumbent of the Yamen general is close to the lord, and needs to be accompanied by the lord, the counselor of the military strategy, and the commander of the personal army, when the foreign army is conquest, the Yamen general stays behind, and when the lord personally conquers, the Yamen general is responsible for leading the personal soldiers to fight.

Therefore, the incumbent of General Yamen must not only have outstanding bravery, but also excellent military strategy, and no one who is not both civil and military can hold the position. Liu Bei of Shu Han created this official position, and successively served as the famous generals Zhao Yun and Wei Yan. It can be seen that Wei Yan was reused by Liu Bei.

3. Wei Yan was made a marquis twice.

1. In April of the first year of Jianxing (223), Liu Bei died, and in May, the crown prince Liu Chan ascended the throne, and Wei Yan was named the Marquis of Duting.

2. In the eighth year of Jianxing (230 years), Cao Wei's three-way army attacked the Shuhan Hanzhong region, two of which were returned due to heavy rain, at this time Wei Yan also led a partial division west into Qiangzhong, attacking Cao Wei Liangzhou area, Wei Yan led the army to Yangxi, and met the army of Cao Wei's general Fei Yao and Yongzhou Rashi Guo Huai, the two armies fought, and Wei Yan broke Fei Yao and Guo Huai.

Wei Yan, who won a great victory, was also promoted to the former military division and the general of the expedition to the west, and was awarded the false festival and was named the Marquis of Southern Zheng.

There is no such thing as five tiger generals in history, only the four generals are Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, and Huang Zhong. Zhao Yun was later pulled in by Chen Shou, the author of "Three Kingdoms", to make up the numbers, and he was a miscellaneous general. As for why the top four generals were sealed, I think the reasons are probably as follows:

Guan Yu, Liu Bei's brother, is a fierce general.

Zhang Fei, Liu Bei's brother, is a fierce general who is not appropriate.

Feng these two representatives, Liu Bei will not forget the people who have followed him since the early days, Ma Chao, who is very famous among the nomads, and is a famous family, and is the representative of the surrendered general Feng Ma Chao, Liu Bei will reuse the surrendered people, but also to deter the nomadic Huang Zhong, Jingxiang veteran, and in the battle of Hanzhong, Xiahou Yuan, a famous general of the Three Kingdoms, Feng Huang Zhong on behalf of Liu Bei wants to win over the new aristocratic group, and at the same time meritorious service must be rewarded, not nepotism.

It is not difficult to see Liu Bei's well-intentioned political and military considerations from the list of these four generals, but these considerations were overshadowed by Zhao Yun, who was forcibly added by folklore.

As for why Wei Yan was not sealed, it was mainly because when the four generals were sealed, Wei Yan did not have the merits and background that could be commensurate with this. But this does not mean that Liu Bei does not use Wei Yan, after that, Liu Bei promoted Wei Yan to be the Taishou of Hanzhong, and many people thought that this position would be Zhang Fei at that time. And Wei Yan did repay Liu Bei and defended Hanzhong for him in front of Cao Cao's hundreds of thousands of troops.

As for the later period, Wei Yan's rebellion was originally a non-existent thing, and now basically everyone thinks that this is a personal contradiction between Wei Yan, Zhuge Liang, and Yang Yi, which is not enough to talk about things.

Among the five tiger generals of Shu Han, why didn't Wei Yan be included in it? Can he go in with his power?

The standard of the general is not some personal heroism, it is enough to kill a few generals alone, the standard of the general is to be able to lead the army alone and block one side, Wei Yan has it, after the founding of the Shu Han Dynasty, Wei Yan led the troops to guard the Shu Han gateway Hanzhong defeated the Cao army three times and five times, which shows that Wei Yan is better than the five tiger generals. Jingzhou can be lost, but Hanzhong definitely cannot.

The force value is not enough, and his official is greater than Zhao Ma and Huangdu.

The following is a personal opinion only

1, Wei Yan is a military general who rebelled against Liu Biao, and Zhuge Liang said that he has a backbone in the back of his head, so he doesn't give it to the Five Tigers.

2, no matter which of the five tiger generals is indeed stronger than Wei Yan, Zhao Yun Changbanpo seven in and seven out, Guan Yu passed five passes and cut six generals, Wenjiu cut Huaxiong, Zhang Fei drank off Dangyang Bridge, Guan Yu personally admitted that he was not as good as Zhang Fei, Ma Chao killed Cao Cao can only use counter-strategy, and can tie with Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong is in his 50s and can tie with Guan Yu. And Wei Yan can't compare to Guan Yu in terms of force or strategy. The Five Tiger Generals refer to the five people with the highest force, so Wei Yan really can't go up, so he is not among the Five Tigers.

3, the Five Tigers will only be an element added by Luo Guanzhong himself, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms are still different, everything is still subject to the official history, so there is no need to worry too much about who the Five Tigers will have and who they will not.

Wei Yan in the romance has to be said to be a character who is both good and evil, when he first appeared, Liu Bei Xinye was defeated, and there was nowhere to stay, Liu Cong and Cai Mao refused Liu Bei to enter Xiangyang, at this time it was Wei Yan who stood up and scolded Cai Mao for being a traitor to the country, and wanted to accept Liu Bei into the city, although it was not successful, but at this time Wei Yan's image was extremely positive, and later Guan Yu attacked Changsha, Wei Yan killed Han Xuan, and sacrificed the city to Shun, and the Shu Han Party must have applauded when it saw this plot.

But objectively speaking, as Zhuge Liang said, Wei Yan killed his lord, disloyal and unjust, and by no means a good kind, this place is a foreshadowing, in the late Shu Han Dynasty, Wei Yan grew into a pillar level general, except for Zhuge Liang, no one can look down on him, and Zhuge Liang failed to go out of Qishan, and when he was dying, he knew that Wei Yan would not turn back, so he authorized Ma Dai to get rid of Wei Yan.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhuge Liang died, Wei Yan immediately reversed, and finally died, which can be described as a late season, on the whole, Wei Yan is a kind of person, as Zhuge Liang said, just pity him and use it bravely, a person who can't be loyal, the greater the ability, the greater the harm will be caused, it is better to get rid of it as soon as possible.