What kind of person is Guan Yu?

In the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu was portrayed as a loyal and brave military commander. As soon as he appeared, he became sworn friends with Liu Bei and Zhang Fei in Taoyuan. After making weapons, he took part in the war to suppress the yellow turban insurrectionary. Later, although I wandered around with Liu Bei, I was still able to kill the enemy and show my great power.

When the governors of eighteen towns begged Dong Zhuoshi, they chopped Hua Xiong with warm wine and fought Lu Bu with the strength of Sanying. Liu Bei was defeated in Xuzhou, so he refused to surrender to Cao Cao on three things, lifted the siege of Cao Cao's white horse, beheaded Yan Liang and punished Wen Chou. Knowing that Liu Bei was backward, he rode Ma Qianli alone, beheaded the Cai Yang brothers, and gathered the three brothers in the ancient city. ?

When Battle of Red Cliffs was in Huarong Road, he could not bear to kill Cao Cao and let him go. After Liu Bei became king, Guan Yu worshipped the head of the five tiger generals, led the troops to capture Xiangyang, flooded the seven armies, beheaded Pound and escaped from the Forbidden City. In the battle of Fancheng, he was assassinated by a poisonous arrow, scraping the bones to cure poison, and then Lv Meng crossed the river in white to attack Jingzhou, and Huang Xu took the opportunity to seize Yancheng. Guan Yu was attacked between Scylla and Charybdis, defeated Maicheng, and was later killed. Shu, Wu and Wei San all held funerals for him.

After his death, he appeared several times, chasing the soul of Monroe, scolding Sun Quan and scaring Cao Cao.

Besides, in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu is usually called "Yun Chang" or "Guan Gong" when he narrates from the narrator's point of view, and is rarely called by his first name. In the whole Romance of the Three Kingdoms, only Guan Yu, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang have this treatment.

Yuan Kuocheng's ballad Romance of the Three Kingdoms is almost the same as the novel, but it adds a description of Guan Gong's life experience.

In Chinese drama, Guan Yu belongs to the "raw" angle, and his facial makeup is also very distinctive. There are seven moles on his face, three in the middle of his eyebrows and two in his left and right nose. Seven Zhu Shazhi, a little bloody, especially imposing.

The stories of Peking Opera featuring Guan Yu include Chopping a Bear Tiger, Three Knots in Peach Blossom Garden, Chopping Hua Xiong with Warm Wine, Hulao Pass, Swallowing Mountain, The Story of Chopping Sim under the Moon, Passing through Five Customs and so on.

Extended data:

Guan Yu (160-220), a native of Xiexian County, Hedong County (now Yuncheng, Shanxi Province), was a famous soldier in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He followed Liu Bei in his early days and was captured by Cao Cao. He killed Yan Liang, the general of Yuan Shao, in Bai Mapo, and called him an enemy with Zhang Fei.

After Battle of Red Cliffs, Liu Bei helped Zhou Yu of Wu Dong attack Coss of the Southern Army, so he didn't send Guan Yu to the North Road to stop Cao Cao's reinforcements. After Coss retreated, Guan Yu was appointed as the prefect of Xiangyang by Liu Bei. Liu Beijin Yizhou, Guan Yu stayed in Jingzhou.

In the twenty-fourth year of Jian 'an, Guan Yu surrounded Xiangfan, and Cao Cao sent reinforcements. Guan Yu captured Yu Jin alive and killed Pound, which greatly shocked China. Cao Cao wants to move the capital to avoid its sharpness. Later, Cao Cao sent Huang Xu to reinforce, and Monroe of Soochow attacked Jingzhou. Guan Yu was caught between Scylla and Charybdis and was defeated and killed. ?

After Guan Yu's death, he was gradually deified by people and was honored as "Guan Gong", also known as bearded Gong. There have been many awards and titles in all previous dynasties. In the Qing dynasty, he was regarded as a "great sage who was loyal to SHEN WOO and took pleasure in helping others", and was regarded as a "warrior saint" and "Wen Sheng"? Confucius is equally famous. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms honored him as the leader of the "Five Tiger Generals" in Shu, and Mao Zonggang called him the "righteous person" of the "Three Wonders of Romance".

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Guan Yu