What is the difference between Xue Rengui and Xue Pinggui

It's not the same person, Xue Rengui has a real person in history.

It has been many years since the "two Xue performances were performed simultaneously" on the Peking Opera stage, and the difference between Xue Rengui and Xue Pinggui is only one word, and the background is the same (both in the Tang Dynasty). And there are many similarities in the plot, why? According to historical data, Xue Rengui is indeed a person.

Xue Rengui, a native of Longmen, Jiangzhou, Shanxi, was born in a poor peasant family, strong in martial arts, especially good at riding and shooting, and used to drawing halberds (guns during stage performances). In the middle of Tang Zhenguanzhong (around 637 AD), Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, conquered Liaodong, and Rengui was recruited into the army. The Liao army of 200,000 refused to fight, Rengui wore a white robe, hung two bows from his waist, rode a horse and held a halberd, rushed into the enemy formation, and fought fiercely with it.

The emperor summoned and sighed, and moved to the right to lead the army to the general, "Rengui has been around since then." Once, Gaozong drove to the Wannian Palace, the flash flood was sudden, surging and rushing, Rengui found out, risked his life, "Come to the door and shout, the emperor is out, and he is exempted from taking the heights." Jia Qizhong, give the royal horse.

In Xianqingzhong (around 658 AD), Xue Rengui, who was in his forties, "repeatedly broke through Goryeo and Khitan, worshiped General Zuo Wuwei, and attacked the Turks in the Tianshan Mountains ......."Shilling Xiao rode to challenge, and Rengui sent three arrows. Kill three people, the captivity is subdued, and then surrender and return. "At that time there was a song in the army:

The general set the Tianshan Mountain with three arrows, and the strong man sang into the Han Pass. "At the beginning of the Qianfeng Dynasty (around 667 AD)" to reduce the forty cities such as Fuyu, worship the general of Benwei, and seal the ...... of Pingyang CountyAt the beginning of Yongchun (about 685 AD), he died at the age of seventy. ”

Xue Rengui has served in the two generations of Tang Taizong and Gaozong, with outstanding military achievements, very high titles, and documents.

There is no Xue Pinggui in the history of the Tang Dynasty, why is he on the stage? According to the rumors among the older generation of artists, a wealthy family in Shanxi celebrated his mother's birthday in a certain year, invited the church, and performed "Fenhe Bay" and other plays. After the guests dispersed, his mother asked the class owner Xue Rengui and Liu Yingchun about the final ending, and the class owner replied that according to the words passed down by the ancestors, after Xue Liuhanyao met, Rengui did not dare to stay for a long time because of military affairs, and returned to the army after a few days.

Liu's Sifu was heartbroken and died of illness in the cold kiln. After hearing this, the rich mother was sick and sick. Fuzi was anxious, and hired a famous doctor for diagnosis and treatment, but the medicine was ineffective, and after repeatedly asking the root cause of the disease, the famous doctor realized that "heart disease also needs heart medicine".

So, Fuzi offered a huge reward to solicit the script of Xue Rengui's husband and wife's reunion. In order not to violate history, a certain literati fabricated a "Xue Pinggui", the title of the play is "Wang Baochuan", and the plot is similar to the Xue Rengui drama staged. For example, Xue Rengui Liujiazhuang recruits relatives, and Xue Pinggui is the son-in-law; Liu Yuan was disgusted with the poor and loved the rich, so he expelled Rengui and Yingbiao from the house, and Pinggui and Baochuan both ran away because they were treated coldly by the royal father; Rengui and Pinggui, two husbands and wives, were trapped in a cold kiln and were forced to join the army by life; Xue Rengui, who had been away from home for 18 years, met his wife in Fenhewan, and Xue Pinggui, who had been sentenced to 18 years, met in Wujiapo.

In order to cater to the mentality of the rich mother, Xue Pinggui ascended the throne of Xiliang Kingdom, and Wang Baochuan became the queen of the main palace. After the performance, the rich mother was overjoyed, and her illness was cured. Since then, a Xue Rengui and a Xue Pinggui have appeared on the stage of Peking Opera, "two Xue coexist", and there is nothing to do with each other.

The differences between Xue Pinggui and Xue Rengui are as follows.

Xue Rengui is a figure who appeared in the later years of Tang Taizong Li Shimin, he joined the army at the age of 30, fought on the battlefield for nearly 40 years, and made outstanding achievements, creating "good strategies to settle the fight", "three arrows to determine the Tianshan Mountain", "brave to collect Liaodong", "benevolent government of Goryeo", "love the people Xiangzhou City", "take off the hat and retreat from the enemy" and other aspects of military and political meritorious service. Therefore, Xue Rengui is a recorded and real figure in history, a famous general and military strategist of the Tang Dynasty.

Xue Pinggui is not recorded in history, and its origin is more from folk legends. The most widely circulated is an opera called "Fenhe Bay", in which Xue Pinggui is the leading actor. Later, it was revised, and a new opera was released, called "Wang Baochuan".

Since Xue Pinggui is a character in the opera, it is made up. Of course, Wang Baochuan is also made up. So no matter who Xue Pinggui's prototype is, at least Xue Pinggui is a figure that does not exist in history.

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