Guan Yu, who is not perfect in the official history, why can he still be called a martial saint?

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, one of the four famous novels, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", was born, and there was a character who had a great influence on later generations, that is, Guan Yu of the famous "Warm Wine and Cutting Huaxiong". Among them, in terms of describing Guan Yu's loyalty, Guan Yu is the first, and no one can be called the second. is not only loyal, but also very powerful in terms of strategy, Guan Yu is very good at fighting, later generations call him "martial saint", people who can generally be called saints are amazing, like the literary saint Confucius, the poetry saint Du Fu, the painting saint Wu Daozi, etc., it can be seen that Guan Yu's status is very prominent.

But is Guan Yu really so powerful? Is Guan Yu written in the book really so strong in reality? Why was it worshiped by the emperors of all dynasties and was also called the "martial saint"?

Most people today know Xiang Yu from "Three Kingdoms", "Three Kingdoms" wrote that Guan Yu beheaded Hua Xiong with warm wine, and directly cut off Hua Xiong's head with a knife, although Hua Xiong may not be defeated by Guan Yu, but he is also a general, how could he die so hastily. According to historical records, the person who really killed Hua Xiong was not Guan Yu, but was killed by Sun Jian, and it took a lot of twists and turns to kill Hua Xiong, so what was written in ** is not true, in order to set off Guan Yu's talent, it is inevitable that there are some fictional components.

Guan Yu is also arrogant in character, so he made the mistake of carelessly losing Jingzhou, so he is not perfect, his reputation in the Three Kingdoms era is not as good as it is now, and he is not a household name and is respected by everyone. But during Guan Yu's lifetime, there were really a lot of people who admired him, so after his death, he was posthumously awarded many names, Sun Quan was the first, posthumously named Guan Yu as "Loyal and Righteous Marquis", and then Guan Yu has always been loyal to the Shu State Lord Liu Chan posthumously named him "Zhuang Miao Marquis", and Cao Cao, who has always admired Guan Yu, crowned him as "King Jing". With the passage of time, Guan Yu has gradually become the embodiment of loyalty, and as one of the four famous novels, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has been widely circulated, and the people are full of praise for many plots.

The folk are constantly rising opera tunes, and the image of Guan Yu is richer, and everyone gradually knows Guan Yu, and his status has also risen.

In fact, on the way, the title of Martial Saint has not always been Guan Yu's, Guan Yu has many competitors, during the period of Jiang Ziya at the end of the Shang Dynasty, and Yue Fei, the anti-gold hero, were all known as Martial Saints, and the competition was very fierce. During the period of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty, he had wantonly changed the titles of martyrs, reformed the titles of many people, and the people were not allowed to build ancestral halls without permission. Later, the Ming Dynasty began to fight, did not occupy a piece of land, won a war, all thought that it must be Guan Yu's blessing, after the unification of the Central Plains, Guan Yu began to be constantly sealed, until the Qing Dynasty was crowned as a "martial saint".

Until now, before doing things, I also asked Guan Erye for his blessing, and many places specially set up relevant public temples, and people went to worship every day, which shows the high status.

Because of the launch of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu was rendered with fantasy colors and writing techniques, and he established a perfect image of him in the Three Kingdoms era.

Because although Guan Yu is not perfect, he has made great contributions to history, so he can still be called a martial saint.

Although Guan Yu is not perfect, his martial arts and strategy, as well as his combat exploits, are very admirable. His strengths are completely capable of covering up his shortcomings. So people are still willing to call him a martial saint.

Because Guan Yu is particularly loyal and has a great influence on future generations, he is called a martial saint.

Because of his strong martial arts, he is particularly loyal to Liu Bei, and he attaches great importance to love and righteousness.

Guan Yu, the word cloud is long, and he is from Yuncheng, Shanxi. As a famous general during the Three Kingdoms period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was known for his loyalty. From Liu Bei's birth to the beheading of Yan Liang, and then to the siege of the city, General Guan Yu's career is full of legends.

Guan Yu was attacked by Cao Cao in Maicheng, and after being defeated, he was ambushed by Ma Zhong and fled to Linju. For Guan Yu, a historical figure, the evaluation of him by successive dynasties is polarized. Some people commented that Guan Yu was an out-and-out hero.

Others see him as stubborn, arrogant, and blind.

Martial Saint Guan Yu is by no means an ordinary person, and at the same time, his loyal liver and righteous courage are not in vain. After Guan Yu's death, he has been known as "Guan Gong" for many years. Guan Yu fled to Youzhou in his early years and joined Liu Bei's army.

Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei are known as the "Taoyuan Three Loyalties". When Guan Yu accompanied Liu Bei, he always paid attention to protecting Liu Bei. Later, Guan Yu was captured alive by Cao Cao.

During this period, Guan Yu killed Yan Liang and launched an attack. The general of the Yuan family was defeated and, eventually, eliminated under the leadership of Guan Yu.

Guan Yu's bravery was favored by Cao Cao. Cao Cao attached great importance to Guan Yu and wanted to keep Guan Yu in his account for his own use. In the face of Cao Cao's repeated flattery, Guan Yu remained loyal to Liu Bei.

Privately, he expressed his true thoughts to Zhang Liao, who was sent by Cao Cao. He said that he could not turn his back on Liu Bei's love for him, he had vowed to advance and retreat with him, and he would carry the kindness of Cao Gong. Therefore, Guan Yu's praised loyalty, justice, and courage are also genuine.

After Guan Yu returned to Liu Bei's army, he was given the important task of defending Jingzhou.

Guan Yu, who returned to Liu Bei's military camp, found that Liu Bei had a famous scholar, Zhuge Liang. Unlike Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang is a military advisor. Liu Bei has many generals around him who can fight well, but what he lacks is a military advisor.

Zhuge Liang's arrival made Liu Bei very happy, so he paid more and more attention to Zhuge Liang. This made Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, who were close to Liu Bei, feel very depressed and unhappy. Later, Liu Bei had to explain in person the importance of explaining Zhuge Liang to himself with Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, thus reducing their public complaints about Zhuge Liang.

But in private, Guan Yu still has many criticisms of Zhuge Liang. It just so happened that at this time, Ma Chao, who was both civil and military, gave in to Liu Bei. Therefore, he wrote to Zhuge Liang to test Ma Chao's current strength.

Zhuge Liang knew Guan Yu's thoughts. Therefore, he also welcomed Guan Yu in his reply and called him a handsome bearded man, which made Guan Yu very happy and gave it to the guests at the banquet. Since then, Guan Yu's opinion of Zhuge Liang has also changed.

Mainly because his martial arts are really very good, and he has been working hard to study martial arts. That's why he is called a martial saint.

This is because Guan Yu's strength is very strong, his martial arts are very strong, and he has been respected by many people, so he is respected as a martial saint.

Because Guan Yu's strength is relatively strong, and his martial arts are particularly strong, he can have such a title.

Because Guan Yu's martial arts are very high, many people worship him, so he has such a title.

The martial saint has always been Yue Fei, before the Qing Dynasty, Yue Wang Temple spread all over the country, respected and loved by the people. But he fought against the aggression of the Jurchens, who in turn were the ancestors of the Manchus. Therefore, after the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, Yue Fei's "Saying Yue Quanbiography" and other ** were completely banned, and the Manchu rulers began to make every effort to raise the image of Guan Yu to replace Yue Fei's position in the hearts of the people, so as to eliminate the people's anti-Qing consciousness.

As for why it is Guan Yu, instead of Bai Qi, Sun Wu and other generals who are much better than him, this is related to the personal hobby of the Manchu rulers, because the Manchu founder Nuerhachi loves to read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and there is no lack of use of this ** in the process of starting, and the Manchu rulers of later generations have taken "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as a must-read book, and it is said that the emperor killed the two famous generals of the Ming Dynasty, Mao Wenlong and Yuan Chonghuan, using the strategy in the Three Kingdoms. It can even be said that without the teaching of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which was written by the Han people, the Manchu Qing Dynasty would not have been able to win the world at all.

It is precisely because the Manchu rulers have special feelings for the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", so Shunzhi enshrined Guan Yu as the Emperor of the Loyal and Righteous Shenwu Guan Sheng, Yongzheng three years (AD 1725) posthumously sealed Guan Yu's great-ancestor as Guangzhao Gong, Zu Yuchang Gong, Kao Cheng Zhonggong, built a god monument to worship the apse, and set the second spring of the year on the first day of the first day of the first day, Qianlong 22 years (AD 1757) enshrined Guan Yu as the loyal and righteous Shenwu Ling blessed Guan Sheng Emperor, and constantly deified Guan Yu.

In order to eliminate the anti-Qing consciousness among the people and strengthen the rule of the Manchu aristocratic ruling class, the Qing imperial rulers constantly created some stories of deifying Guan Yu in order to serve to consolidate his dominance. Therefore, they took the trouble to frequently put gold on Guan Yu's face, continuously awarded Guan Yu meritorious service, and repeatedly added titles to make Guan Yu more deified. Jiaqing issued an edict, that is, the word "benevolence" was added to Guan Yu's title, and the plaque of "Youmin Zhushun" was rebuilt for the Guandi Temple rebuilt in Huaxian County.

When Emperor Xuanzong added the word "Weixian". In the second and third years of Xianfeng (A.D.), Emperor Wenzong added the words "protecting the country" and "protecting the people" twice. In the sixth year of Xianfeng (1856 AD), the word "sincerity" was added again, and the word "appeasement" was added in the seventh year (1857).

When worshipping or sacrificing, it is usually called "loyalty, righteousness, martial spirits, benevolence, bravery, and might, protecting the country, protecting the people, and caring for the Holy Emperor". Such a title has even been given by three generations of grandparents, which is really an eternal person.

Wu does not refer to military ability alone, but refers to loyalty, righteousness, faithfulness, wisdom, benevolence, bravery, and courtesy. Bai Qikeng killed 400,000 people in Zhao State, and he can no longer be among them; Sun Wu did not show much of his non-military virtues; Qi Jiguang is afraid of his wife, although it is not a big problem, but in the case of male superiority and inferiority of women in ancient times, he has no hope of becoming a martial saint at this point, and he was deposed by the imperial court, in ancient times, who dared to disobey the imperial court to worship a so-called sinner, Yue Fei and Yuan Chonghuan were the same.

Guan Yu is different, there is no need to say much about faithfulness, it can be explained without descending to Cao; Benevolence and righteousness are embodied in his Huarong Dao Cao; Courage and wisdom can also be shown in five levels and six generals, flooding the Seventh Army, and scraping bones to heal wounds; As for etiquette, Guan Yu has read the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child, and it can be said that he is a rare person in Shu who understands etiquette. And Guan Yu can be regarded as killed in battle, Yue Fei and others basically died of illness or were killed by their own people, soldiers are proud of dying on the battlefield, Guan Yu can better reflect this.

As for Guan Yu's character flaws, it can be regarded as the arrogance that a martial saint should have, or it can be regarded as Guan Yu's more humane point; Guan Yu's deeds such as slashing Huaxiong with warm wine, fighting Lu Bu with three Ying, beheading Che Guan, beheading Yan Liang, Zhu Wenchou, hanging seals and sealing gold, riding alone for thousands of miles, passing five passes and beheading six generals, Huarong Dao, going to the meeting with a single knife, and flooding the Seventh Army can be said to be well-known, but the deeds of Bai Qi and others are not so extensive. In the end, Guan Yu described in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as: "Nine feet long, two feet long, face like heavy jujubes, lips like grease, red phoenix eyes, lying silkworm eyebrows, dignified appearance, majestic", his personal charm is unique, think about Sun Wu, can you have a majestic feeling in your mind?

And what about Guan Yu? ps: If you say that the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a non-historical legend, just **, then the martial saint itself is not a historical title, Guan Yu was crowned to the martial saint by all dynasties under that specific circumstance at that time, to a certain extent, it was a means for the ruler to strengthen his rule.

Guan Yu has a certain military ability, and he is absolutely loyal, and the place of Guan Yu in "The Legend of the Famous General" shows that he still has a certain command ability, but his ability is infinitely amplified by Luo Guanzhong. It is true that the social influence of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is too great, and people only remember that there was a Guan Yu during the Three Kingdoms, and they almost forget others.

The selection of the so-called saint was in the Qing Dynasty, and other figures mentioned by the landlord such as Bai Qi, one of the "four famous generals of the Warring States", nicknamed "Ren Tu", a famous executioner, killed 400,000 pawns of the Zhao State in the Battle of Changping, which is a stain on life, and Chinese who have always respected Confucianism will not appreciate this kind of person. Sun Wu was originally regarded as a "soldier saint", and his military strategy was already superior. What kind of person is Yue Fei, the famous general of the anti-Jin Dynasty, what is Jin, the Jurchen tribe, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is the Jurchen tribe, and the emperor of the Qing Dynasty will never worship such a person who has fought with his ancestors all his life as a god.

In all fairness, Yue Fei's military command ability, character, and personal charm are definitely appreciated by everyone, but unfortunately, in the wrong era, the national heroes of our Han people can only become legends. Qi Jiguang's military ability can be said to be indistinguishable from Yue Fei, but as a native of the Ming Dynasty, this is also the most taboo for the Qing Dynasty emperor. Needless to say, Yuan Chonghuan didn't have to say that the red-clothed cannon of that year ended Nurhachi's life, you know, Nurhachi was the Taizu Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

In fact, Guan Yu is faulty, his conceit, disharmony with his colleagues, and the underestimation of the enemy on the battlefield, these are all fatal, but many advantages, such as "being in Cao Ying's heart in Han", I believe that many people can't do it, not to mention that this "Han" was already in name only. For example, if you work in a company and the treatment is not good, but the boss is okay with you, and another more powerful company appreciates your ability very much, gives you very generous treatment, and does everything possible to deceive you, can you still be like Guan Yu. If it were me, I wouldn't have been able to do it.