Why is Luo Guanzhong so biased towards Liu?

In terms of official history, Zhuge Liang's talent did not make any outstanding contributions in the early stage. Some people say that Zhuge Liang used diplomacy to unite Sun against Cao. However, it is recorded in the official history that Lu Su took advantage of Jingzhou's strategy to join Liu Bei to resist Cao.

In the Battle of Chibi, Zhuge Liang did not participate, and this battle was led by Zhou Yu as the main commander, and the Eastern Wu generals joined forces against Cao. Therefore, Su Shi's "Talking and laughing, the canopy is in ashes" is to describe Zhou Yu's performance in the Battle of Chibi. Zhou Yu is a very good talent in military or domestic affairs.

It's a pity that he died of overwork (not the three angry deaths mentioned in the romance.) ).

Zhuge Liang did not make achievements in the military in the early stage. This is also normal, in terms of military affairs, Xishu, which has five tiger generals, does it still need a civilian official like Zhuge Liang to fight. But Zhuge Liang's internal affairs are good.

In terms of military affairs, Zhuge Liang is far inferior to Zhou Yu, and in internal affairs, Zhou Yu loses slightly.

There is a big difference between romance and canonical history. If you talk about romance, Zhuge Liang is a person close to God in both military and internal affairs. And Zhou Yu is just a small instrument, a mediocre talent without any talent.

Because Liu Bei is a royal family. In ancient times, under the influence of Confucianism, orthodoxy was highly valued.

As for Zhou Yu, in order to highlight Zhuge Liang, Lao Luo needs someone to pave the way, this person can't be too bad, Zhou Yu happens to be the candidate. In fact, the Battle of Chibi should be attributed to Zhou Yu.

Write about human life? Zhou Yu did die of illness (210 AD), and Lao Luo said that he was angry with Lao Zhu to death, because this is **, and it needs a legend to attract readers.

The landlord was as ...... as I thoughtZhou Yu, this personable and broad-minded Zhou Lang in the official history, has become a jealous and narrow-minded villain in the romance. Zhuge Liang's image in the romance, even Lu Xun said that he was wise and enterprising. Zhuge Liang originally did not have much credit, in the early stage, he was on paper, and in the later stage, he specialized in internal affairs, and the main credit was the Sun-Liu Alliance.

Luo Guanzhong naturally knew that it was far from enough to use these to make Zhuge Liang almost immortal. Therefore, Zhuge Liang's greatest contribution was exaggerated by Luo Guanzhong, and even the battle in Chibi that was entirely the credit of Zhou Yu was also attributed to Zhuge Liang. This is not enough, Zhou Yu's body is incomplete, and this is why there is a tongue battle and anger, and Zhou Yu ...... three qi.

This is the deep-rooted feudal orthodoxy in the hearts of the Chinese people, Liu Bei's surname is Liu, the bloodline of the ruling class at that time, the legitimate heir to the throne; Sun Quan was content with the status quo and was the defender of feudal control; And Cao Cao's identity as a foreign surname competed for the world, so he naturally became a traitor who usurped the throne.

Liu Bei (161 A.D. June 10, 223 A.D.), the word Xuande, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhuo County, Youzhou (now Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province), a descendant of Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan in the Western Han Dynasty, the founding emperor of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period, politicians, historians also called him the first master.

Liu Bei studied with Gongsun Zhan under Lu Zhi, and then participated in the suppression of the Yellow Turban Uprising. Together with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, he has successively rescued Beihai Kong Rong and Xuzhou Tao Qian. After Tao Qian died of illness, he ceded Xuzhou to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was exiled in his early days, took refuge in many princes, and later defeated Cao Cao in the Battle of Chibi and Sun Quan's alliance with Sun Quan, taking advantage of the situation to seize Jingzhou, and then entered Yizhou to establish the Shu Han regime. Chen Shou commented that Liu Bei's power was slightly inferior to Cao Cao, but his Hongyi was generous, knew people and treated people, was indomitable, and eventually became an emperor. Liu Bei himself once said that when he does things, "every time he is against Qin Qin, he will do it".

It's complicated, I'll put it simply.

1 Luo Guanzhong's era, the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the political situation was turbulent, the world was great, similar to the Three Kingdoms period, he was eager for a positive image to save the society. In the later period of the Three Kingdoms, only Liu Bei was the closest to orthodoxy, and such an image must be respected.

2 Folk image, from the Three Kingdoms to the end of the Yuan Dynasty, most of the folk period, Liu Bei was regarded as a positive image (this reason can be a topic), Luo Guanzhong must consider the public's perspective when creating.

3 Cao Cao's identity, after Cao Cao was a eunuch, he had a bad background and was ugly, and in that period, people would naturally look down on him (that era was like this, don't ask me why). And in the later period of Cao Cao, although he did not claim the title of emperor, it was equivalent to destroying the Han Dynasty and opening the country, so Cao Cao was an anti-thief, and the anti-thief naturally had to be degraded. Of course, if Wei had not been replaced by Jin and finally completed the unification, perhaps the historical evaluation would have changed.

4 Cao and Liu's own personalities, Cao Cao himself is a traitor, ambitious, resourceful, cunning, etc., while Liu Bei is a generous and benevolent person (possibly disguised).

5 Cao is strong and Liu is weak, and most people sympathize with the weak.

People often talk about the ideological tendency of "respecting Liu and degrading Cao" in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and some people also call this "feudal orthodoxy". In fact, as early as the Song Dynasty, the ideological tendency of "respecting Liu and degrading Cao" had become the keynote of various literary and artistic works related to the Three Kingdoms, and Luo Guanzhong only complied with the wishes of the broad masses of the people and inherited this tendency.

Uncle Liu Huang represents the bloodline of the royal family. Therefore it is just.

At that time, he had a strong feudal ideology, that is, he supported the monarch.

Liu Bei is benevolent! Good to the people!

It must be on the good side

Because Luo Guanzhong only conformed to the wishes of the broad masses of the people and inherited this tendency. People often talk about the ideological tendency of "respecting Liu and degrading Cao" in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and some people also call this "feudal orthodoxy". In fact, the ideological tendency of "respecting Liu and degrading Cao" has become the keynote of various literary and artistic works related to the Three Kingdoms as early as the Song Dynasty.