Compared with many other heroes in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he is more beautiful, chic and even perfect. As far as appearance is concerned, the Three Kingdoms says that he is "fit", so he must be a handsome guy with great grace. Compared with the name of "bearded", it will only attract the red face of bearded people, which is naturally a hundred times better. If the theory of talent, Battle of Red Cliffs, unexpectedly can let cao cao's army of hundreds of thousands of "ashes" between joking, want to come is how great! As far as morality is concerned, he is good-natured, generous, accomplished in music, and his personal charm is overwhelming, so he deserves to be a lovely figure with a romantic history.
Zhou Yu's great contribution
Zhou was born in Shu County, Lujiang (now southwest of Lujiang, Anhui), and was born in a local aristocratic family. His great-grandfather served as a minister, ranking third from Zu, Bo to Qiu, and even his father, Zhou Yi, served as a minister of Luoyang (equivalent to the present mayor of both capital city). In the Book of Later Han Dynasty, it is said that Hui Zhou, the grandson of Zhou Jing, is Zhou Yu's cousin. When he was young, he also worked as a senior official like Luoyang mausoleum. Later, I went to my hometown with my brothers to recruit guests and rode horses between Jianghuai. Every time he travels, he takes more than 100 cars. From this point of view, in Zhou Yu's generation, his family power is still not to be underestimated.
However, Zhou Yu was not the direct grandson of the Zhou family, and because he was too young at that time, he did not seem "out of place" among his cousins. However, in the sixth year (A.D. 189), a great change suddenly happened to the Zhou family. This year, the Emperor Ling died, and the vicious warlord Dong Zhuo took the opportunity to lead the Liangzhou Corps into Luoyang, "specializing in state affairs and crossing the capital", which made Luoyang city malodorous and panicked. The younger brother of the Zhou family, headed by Hui Zhou, was worried about his personal safety in the center of the political whirlpool, so he led a group of people, including his right-hand man, to Luoyang to prepare for rescue. Unexpectedly, Dong Zhuo was very upset after he found out, and sent troops to rob and kill people on the road. This is a cruel and thorough blow to the Zhou family. In this political disaster, the elite of the younger generation of Zhou family was almost wiped out. As a result, Zhou Yu, who was only 14 years old, had to step onto the political front and shoulder the heavy responsibility of family revenge and rejuvenation.
Also in this year, some counties in kanto region were dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo's dictatorship and sent troops to crusade. Sun Jian, a noble family of Wu County belonging to Yuan Shu, also joined Dong Zhongshu's alliance. At that time, Sun Ce, the son of Sun Jian, happened to be the same year as Zhou Yu, and he was a real young hero. Sun Ce, who is "beautiful, smiling and broad-minded", knew how to make friends with heroes from all walks of life at an early age and gained a good reputation in Jiangbiao area at that time. So Zhou Yu went to Shouchun. Two beautiful teenagers who are also "Ying Da Crash" fell in love at first sight, treated each other honestly and became good friends.
At that time, Sun Jian had already started to fight. In order to avoid worries, Zhou Yu advised Sun Ce to move his family to Shu County, and generously let his debut Nanfu live in Sun Ce. Since then, they have become good brothers regardless of you and me. From the common sense analysis, it should not be a big deal for a teenager of 14 to make friends with Sun Ce and give up the house. The biggest possibility is that Zhou Yu's behavior represents a kind of "political" investment or speculation of the Zhou family at that time, and his motive is only to seek a stable backer for the Zhou family in troubled times.
Sun Ce is a natural military genius and political leader. At the age of 65,438+06, his father died in battle, so he led the army to war alone, making great achievements in his career and being good at fighting. At the age of 20, he was named "General Lu Kou", a sublime side. Sun Ce is also very good at employing people, and he has quite a set of means. "People who meet people are dedicated and happy." In this regard, Zhou Yu and the Zhou family behind him will have a unique eye and resolutely put all their political future and family destiny on young Sun Ce.
Compared with Sun Ce's heroic, fierce and flamboyant personality, Zhou Yu's cautious, forbearing and low-key personality formation is obviously related to the family background of his senior politician and the psychological shadow of his brothers being killed. Sun Ce, however, made full use of Zhou Yu's character strengths. So when Sun Ce was in the crusade, Zhou Yu led a group of people to defect. He was very happy and said, "I am noble and harmonious." The word "he" is thought-provoking. Perhaps in his view, this mature little brother with complementary personality and talent is his ideal partner. That's exactly what happened. There are many brave generals who "killed the city with the blade" around Sun Ce, what's more, he himself is very brave. Even a generation of fierce Cao Cao lamented: "A mad dog is difficult to fight with the front." However, he lacks a right-hand man who has both Wen Tao and military strategy, can sit behind, plan effectively, provide him with protection and reassure him. For an emerging military group that has not consolidated the rear area, the logistics support of tens of thousands of troops is particularly important. As far as character and ability are concerned, Zhou Yu is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate for this job. Therefore, at the moment when Sun Ce rushed to kill the battlefield and attacked the city and pulled out the village, Zhou Yu was in Danyang (now Nanjing, Jiangsu Province), engaged in the logistics support work of "transporting grain by sea to help major events". Later, Zhou Yu borrowed grain from Lu Su in the name of Xiao Xiaoju (now Tongcheng South, Anhui Province). When Lu Su generously gave him 3,000 Hu (equivalent to 10,000 Jin now) of grain storage, he also accepted it completely and even took Lu Su as a gift.
In this regard, Sun Ce is very pleased and grateful. When Zhou Yu returned to Jiangdong, Sun Ce greeted him personally, allocating 2,000 infantry and 50 cavalry, and awarded the title of "Jianwei corps commander". In addition, Biography of Jiang Biao said that Sun Ce also "worshiped" a ceremonial ceremony, built a mansion for him and gave him many rewards, which was "unparalleled". However, Sun Ce thinks that if "repaying one's service with good deeds" is compared with Zhou Yu's sacrifice and contribution, it is still "not enough to repay one's kindness".
It was also from this time that people in Jiangdong began to nickname Zhou Yu Zhou Lang, while his good brother Sun Ce had been nicknamed Sun Lang earlier, and both of them were called "Jiangdong Shuang Jie". From this point of view, Zhou Yu not only has the same reputation and prestige as Sun Ce in Jiangdong, but also is absolutely trusted by Sun Ce. Regrettably, two years later, Sun Ce was assassinated at the age of 26. However, Zhou Yu is a grateful person. Nearly 10 years later, he has always been loyal and supported the Sun Shi brothers in obscurity, always appearing in the most needed places, or moving westward, capturing Deng Long, cutting Jiangxia, or fighting in the rear, guarding the hills, preparing the palace, never striving for fame and fortune, and repaying the Sun Shi brothers with his absolute loyalty.
However, great moments always require great people to appear. An earth-shattering battle finally pushed Zhou Yu to the front of history.
In July of the 13th year of Jian 'an (AD 208), Cao Cao in the north was basically unified, and he sent his troops south in an attempt to win and advance into the south to complete the great cause of reunification. Soon Liu Cong, the son of Liu Biao in Jingzhou, surrendered without a fight, and Cao Cao "took hundreds of thousands of infantry from his water army". In September, Cao Cao's 800,000 troops joined forces at the stern and gathered on the north bank of the Yangtze River, which threatened to wipe out Dongwu in one fell swoop. At this time, Cao Cao, who was full of ambition, proudly wrote Sun Quan on the ground to show his challenge: "People who are close to him give up the crime of beheading, and Liu Cong also." Today, there are 800 water conservancy troops, and Fang and the generals will hunt in Wu. Sun Quan showed Cao Cao's letters to his ministers and said, "Shocking and eclipsed. ".Being frightened, the hawk faction gained the upper hand for a while. They think that, on the one hand, Cao Jun conquered all directions in the name of Han Xiang and under the banner of the emperor. If he fights Cao Jun, he will be nominally passive; On the other hand, Cao Cao took Jingzhou, surrendered Liu Biao's water army, acquired a large number of warships, and possessed an absolute advantage in strength. Compared with the strength, it is too wide. Jiangdong had to take the initiative to meet the surrender, and there was a way out.
However, Zhou Yu and his good friend Lu Su held different views, opposed surrender and insisted on resisting Cao. Zhou Yu not only pointed out a series of advantages of Jiangdong regime, but also emphasized that Cao Cao's name was Han Xiang and he was a real Han thief. At the same time, he made an incisive analysis of the war conditions, pointed out a series of fatal weaknesses in Cao Cao's military deployment, and also debunked the false scam of 800,000 troops, pointing out that the actual strength was only 150,000 to 60,000, and he was "tired after a long battle, but still suspicious." Finally, he decided that he was "fucking himself to death" and committed a crime. "Many people are not afraid" defeated the arrogance of the capitulators with facts and strengthened Sun Quan's determination to resist Cao. Then, Zhou Yu volunteered to take twenty thousand soldiers (fifty thousand) to Xiakou (now Hankou) to meet the enemy.
Zhou Yu, brave and fearless, speaks beautifully and fights beautifully. Battle of Red Cliffs, as the commander-in-chief of Sun Liu's allied forces at the front, is not only well-arranged, well-deployed, but also good at brainstorming and strategizing. In particular, taking advantage of the east wind, he adopted the plan of "false surrender and fire attack", and for a time, "flying Egypt was absolutely rotten and burning the north ship", thus making "the north army lost its soldiers and Cao Gong retreated" and achieving the eternal legend of burning Chibi.
Although the defeated Cao Cao was not convinced, he later wrote to Sun Quan, saying, "Battle of Red Cliffs, worthy of his illness, burned his boat alone and settled for the second best, which made Zhou famous." But it is estimated that most people disagree with him. Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote in the poem "Red Cliff Fu": "The two dragons fought for the male and female, and the ship of Chibi was swept. The fire shone on the sea of clouds, and Zhou Yu broke Cao Gong here. " Zhou Yu and Cao Cao are both called Erlong, and Zhou Yu's position as a winner has been fully affirmed. Thousands of years later, Su Dongpo, a great poet in the Song Dynasty, remembered Zhou Yu's transcendental self-confidence and romantic elegance with his beautiful poem "Feather fan with black silk scarf, laughter disappears".
However, it should be noted that Zhou Yu was 34 years old when he commanded this campaign. Although he is "heroic", he is no longer called "Zhou Lang" in literary imagination.
Zhou Yu's true temperament
Zhou Yu has a good personality.
The real him, regardless of temperament or measurement, regardless of morality or mind, is very good at self-cultivation. This is mainly manifested in his way of dealing with people. In the eyes of Sun Quan, the leader, he is "magnanimous". In the eyes of fellow countryman and enemy Jiang Gan, he is "magnanimous and ambitious", that is, Chen Shou, a historian of Shu who wrote books for him. In "The History of the Three Kingdoms", he also sincerely praised his noble character of "being stronger than others". A sentence by veteran Cheng Pu summed up his personality charm most vividly: "Being friends with Zhou Jingong, you don't feel drunk."
General Cheng Pu's words are very weighty and convincing. Because Cheng Pu, who is old and prestigious, has made great contributions to Sun Group. At first, his relationship with Zhou Yu was very stiff, because in his eyes, Zhou Yu was just a junior "military system" that quickly climbed by being intimate with the leaders, and he was naturally unconvinced. Especially in Battle of Red Cliffs, Sun Quan appointed Zhou Yu as the left capital, which is the supreme commander of the whole army, while Cheng Pu appointed the right capital, which is only Zhou Yu's deputy. Therefore, the old man's face will not be satisfied, so he can't help Zhou Yu everywhere, and even seniority and insult Zhou Yu several times. Although Zhou Yu's position is higher than Cheng Pu's, it can be suppressed by strict rank and military law. For the sake of the overall situation, he resolutely "closed the festival and refused to cooperate with the school." In addition to showing the tolerant attitude of "serving people with morality", Zhou Yu still has the confidence and ability to impress the public with superb leadership skills and absolute military talents, and finally let Cheng Pu "stay at a respectful distance", and the unforgettable friendship between the two became a story. At that time, public opinion also spoke highly of Zhou Yu's "modesty and persuasiveness".
As a general and politician, Zhou Yu is naturally resourceful. But he is open-minded, open-minded, scheming for an open plan, planning for a clear plan, just playing with your heart, and revealing some elegance and beauty.
This is particularly prominent in dealing with the relationship between Jiang Gan, who is both a fellow villager and a lobbyist. At the beginning, Cao Cao, who was thirsty for talents, heard that Zhou Yu was "young and promising" and moved the idea of "United front" under his command through lobbying. So he sent Jiang Gan, who is famous for his eloquence, to be a lobbyist. Jiang Gan visited Zhou Yu in the name of his hometown. In order to avoid people's eyes and ears, Jiang Gan quietly went alone in a low-key disguise of "cloth towel". This eloquent king, who "walks alone between the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River, is justified", obviously overestimates his ability and underestimates Zhou Yu's talent. For an "enemy" spy like him, no matter how low-key he is, he can't escape Zhou Yu's sharp eyes. For his motives and purposes, Zhou Yu had already sent spies to find out. Therefore, as soon as they met, Zhou Yu gave him a slap in the face and directly ridiculed: "Ziyi is so bitter, and she still goes to the rivers and lakes to be a lobbyist for Cao Shi?" Jiang Gan was surprised and embarrassed, so he had to plead politely: "We took the first step across the state and were far away from Fang Lie. In particular, we talked about elegant rules, but the cloud lobbyists rebelled?" After listening to the subtle wording of his old friend, he was pale and unable to refute. Zhou Yu also replied meaningfully and elegantly: "Although I am not as generous and broad-minded as you, I can hear the strings and enjoy the music. I know elegant songs." Then, after a warm banquet, Zhou Yu left first on the grounds that he was going to the palace to discuss confidential military affairs with his superiors. This walk is a long three days. Zhou Yu did this to show Jiang Gan his importance in Jiangdong Sun-style Group, but he didn't get a chance to speak. Soft Jiang Gan is worried, but helpless.
After three days of cold treatment, Zhou Yu suddenly warmly invited Jiang Gan to visit the military camp to "see the military equipment in the warehouse", and then displayed "the treasures of waiter's clothing" at the banquet. Zhou Yu's ostentatious show has no other meaning, just to show his close relationship with the Lord. At the banquet, he simply put the words on the table and let Jiang Gan be completely dead. He said: "When a husband meets the master of his bosom friend, he trusts the righteousness of the monarch and the minister from the outside and binds himself with the kindness of his own flesh and blood. His words and deeds are in line with his wishes, which will be both a blessing and a curse. If Su Zhang wins more, he will still go back on his word. Enough for his young children to move? "That is to say, even Qin, Yi Cheung and Qi, who are senior scholars in verbal warfare, are reborn. I have to pat them on the shoulder and send them away in a few words, not to mention young people like you. Some kind of stiff soft language hidden in cotton made Jiang Gan laugh and "have nothing to say".
Compared with the description of "Jiang Gan stealing books" in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the real Zhou Yu in history is much more sincere and clever in dealing with Jiang Gan relations. This is also the main reason why the failed Jiang Gan still admires Zhou Yujing and praises him for his "magnanimity".
Although Zhou Yu is more cautious and resourceful in dealing with the enemy, he lacks a strong spirit, which may be due to his Confucian personality. There is an interesting story about his first negotiation with Liu Bei in Jiang Biao. On the eve of Battle of Red Cliffs, Liu Bei was stationed in Fankou, Hubei. Because Zhuge Liang went to Jiangdong to negotiate an alliance at that time, Liu Bei, who was already desperate, was worried because he could not wait for the exact news. Seeing that Cao Cao's army was approaching, he was even more afraid. He sends people to patrol every day to observe the movement of Sun Quan's army. I am very happy to finally wait for Zhou Yu's fleet. I quickly sent someone to comfort me, but Zhou Yu declined politely: "I am in military affairs and have no right to accept your comfort." If you condescend to come, I can tell you something you want to know. Liu Bei was helpless, and he knew Zhou Yu's idea of "wanting me", but in order to show his sincerity in forming an alliance, he had to condescend to "take Change to see Yu". When Zhou Yu told Liu Bei that he wanted 30,000 soldiers to face Cao Cao, Liu Bei couldn't help saying, "Too few. Zhou Yu said confidently, "This number is enough. It depends on how I defeat the enemy. "Probably Liu Bei thought Zhou Yutai was too shrewd, so he wanted to meet Lu Su and listen to what Lu Su, an honest man, said. But Zhou Yu saw through Liu Bei's mind. He said sincerely: "My power is limited and I dare not make such an arrangement casually. If you see Lu Su, there must be another chance next time. Besides, Kong Ming will come back then. Don't worry, it only takes two or three days. "
Zhou Yu's "rudeness" and "arrogance" towards Liu Bei were intentional, because he didn't trust Liu Bei. A gentleman like him probably doesn't like Liu Beihou's cheeky rogue habits. Facts have also proved that Liu Bei is too smooth and speculative. Although he was "deeply ashamed of Zhou Yu" and admitted that Zhou Yu was an unusual general, he didn't really believe that he could defeat Cao, so he specially entrusted Guan Yu and Zhang Fei with all the most elite 2,000 troops, and refused to deliver Zhou Yu's dispatch, "as a plan to advance and retreat".
However, Zhou Yu was cautious, and was finally moved by Liu Bei. After Battle of Red Cliffs, Liu Bei took advantage of Zhou Yu's attack on Jiangling and Coss' stalemate to lead his troops south and captured Jingzhou, the four counties of Wuling, Changsha, Lingling and Guiyang south of the Yangtze River. And the greedy Liu Bei also wants to borrow the most important south county in Jingzhou. Zhou Yu, then the satrap of Nanjun County, refused to give Liu Bei more land and only gave Liu Bei the part south of the Yangtze River belonging to Nanjun County. Therefore, Liu Bei, who was unwilling, went to Jingkou (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province) in 2 10 to meet Sun Quan and the commander-in-chief of Jingzhou. As early as a year ago, when Liu Bei acquired four counties in the south of the Yangtze River and established a public security camp, Sun Quan deliberately married his sister to Liu Bei in order to consolidate the alliance between Sun and Liu. So Liu Bei became more and more handy and confidently asked Sun Quan for the management right of Jingzhou as an old brother-in-law and ally. After Zhou Yu learned about this, he immediately wrote to Sun Quan, strongly opposing it. He wrote: "Liu Bei's fierce posture and the generals of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Xiong Hu will not take long." Therefore, he advocated putting Liu Bei under house arrest, "to build a palace and play with beautiful women more", and let him degenerate in debauchery. If Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are separated and "holding the offensive war" is used by us, then "great things can be decided."
At the same time, Zhou Yu also pointed out rudely that it is now to cut off the city and the army for its supplies, and then let the three men unite to control the military power and attack the city. "I'm afraid the dragon will get sex and rain, but it won't be the thing in the pool." To put it bluntly, a rogue like Liu Bei will turn against others sooner or later.
Unfortunately, Sun Quan didn't listen to Zhou Yu's plan at last, which also scared Liu Bei into a cold sweat. Later, Liu Bei called the police. After hearing this, he said with a lingering fear that I almost died at the hands of Zhou Yu. Worried Zhou Yu, in order to further suppress Liu Bei's influence, put forward a grand military plan to forge ahead in western Shu, annex Hanzhong, destroy Zhang Lu, annex Liu Zhang, and then move northward. If Zhou Yu's plan is realized, the history of the world will be rewritten. Regrettably, at the critical moment that may change history again, Zhou Yu died of illness at the age of 36. In the suicide note left to Sun Quan, he still can't let go of "Cao Fang is in the north today, and the battlefield is not quiet; Liu Bei stayed at home like a tiger, deeply feeling that "the things in the world are unknown." "After his death, Liu Bei wished to borrow Jingzhou and finally realized his dream of dominating the world and the land.
Poor Zhou Yu, though a talented person, was defeated by a conspiracy. A gentleman is far less longevity than a rogue. A great genius general, an isolated moral benchmark, will eventually be alienated into a character with obvious shortcomings by the novel and will be accepted by secular people. If his god knew, I don't know what he would think.
Zhou Yu's Private Life
Zhou Yu's private life is almost impeccable.
There is an interesting description in The Biography of the Three Kingdoms, Wu Shu and Zhou Yu: "Yu is less happy. Although there were mistakes after the three masters. I must know, and if I know, I must take care of it. So people say:' The song is wrong, Zhou Lang cares'. " This historical data not only shows Zhou Yu's high taste in music, but also reveals a clear message that he has a good capacity for drinking.
According to "Zhou Li Flower King Gong Ji Zi Ren", "Zi Ren is a drinking vessel, with a spoonful of one liter, a cup of one liter and a cup of three liters" and three cups of three liters (about 4.5 kilograms), although both turbid wine and sake are directly drunk after fermentation (instead of the current highly distilled wine), the alcohol content is below 20 degrees. Moreover, in the southern region at that time, the wind of drinking was more prosperous, and the drinking utensils were super "massive". Cao Pi wrote in the Nine Sessions of Canon: "Jingzhou herded Liu Biao, crossing the southern soil, and his son was arrogant and expensive, and he was good at drinking. They are three lords, the first is Boya, the second is Central Asia, and the third is Gia. Boya won seven wins (promotion), Central Asia won six wins, and Gia won five wins ... "In this way, Zhou Yu's" three unique "drinking capacity may actually be doubled several times. What's more, the history books say that he is still so sober after the "Three Kings", so his real capacity for liquor is really unfathomable.
There is a special story to prove that Zhou Yu is good at drinking. It is said that Sun Quan, his superior leader, once gave a banquet and enjoyed himself with his ministers. After the three princes, he got a little carried away. On a whim, he ignored the dignity of the king and ran to the middle of the ministers to "drink". To put it mildly, it is to force him to persuade him to drink. One of the ministers named Yu Fan couldn't stand it, so he fell to the ground and pretended to be drunk. Sun Quan walked over and sat up again. Unexpectedly, Sun Quan caught him red-handed. Sun Quan was furious and "wanted to strike him with a sword". Later, he didn't stop until he was persuaded by the minister. This story shows that Sun Quan is good at drinking, but he doesn't drink enough. Secondly, it shows that leaders like Sun Quan also like to play tricks at banquets and "measure" their subordinates with alcohol consumption and attitude.
In ancient times, as a courtier, good drinking capacity and good drinking style were necessary political qualities. At the banquet of ministers and princes, if the king gives wine, it is usually the third master. According to the requirements of the Book of Rites Jade Algae, "If one is accepted, the color will be sprinkled. Second, the ceremony has been three, and the oil will retreat. " If you don't drink like Yu Fan, it's really rude to play around like this. Relatively speaking, Zhou Yu, who abides by the gentleman's demeanor, is much more generous and beautiful, both in terms of alcohol consumption and wine style, which is probably one of the reasons why Sun Quan likes Zhou Yu.
What makes Zhou Yu more likable is his musical attainments and personal taste in life. Think about it, in that troubled times, the whole society collapsed and fell into the atmosphere of eschatological carnival. Most of the wine is an unbearable scene. Who cares about the quality of "rites and music"? But Zhou Yu is different. He cares. He can detect every wrong detail in the performance, and he "takes care of what he knows". Looking back again and again, it is quite intriguing. In doing so, he did not show off his superb music appreciation level to musicians with extremely low social status at that time, but he had deeper anxiety in the hearts of gentlemen like him. In ancient China, rites and music were quite weighty things, as the Book of Rites and Music said: "Rites win the hearts of the people, music and people's voices, politicians act, and punishment should be prevented. Ceremony and music politics, four without contradiction, then the king has prepared. " If even the "sounds of nature" symbolizing the harmony between heaven and earth are out of tune, what kind of world is this? At that time, people only talked about the idol legend that "the song is wrong and Zhou Lang cares", but they didn't understand his pain and sensitivity as a sober idealist who "only a gentleman knows happiness".
It is even more regrettable that future generations do not understand. Apart from Zheng Banqiao of A Qing Dynasty who lamented "I miss him so much, I will look back on the music scene and talk about the rest of my life", which is more of a kind misunderstanding and beautiful misinterpretation. Because in most people's minds, a handsome guy with status and talent like Zhou Yu is a bit boring if he is too serious. Therefore, some people assume that it is "a beautiful girl's heart, and the song moves Zhou Lang by mistake", so Zhou Yu is suspected of lewdness; Some people imagine that "in order to attract Zhou Yu's quick eyes, she will touch the wrong sound from time to time", and such Zhou Yu is suspected of being seduced; In Hu's poems, the imagination is even more outrageous: a beautiful woman who "refers to the length" plays "clever and sensible things" and is provoked to "sit and know the secret, smiling." If it is really because of a mistake in music, not to mention the poor performance level of this beautiful woman, Zhou Lang's "secret love" and "smile" are both indecent. Even the imagination of Su Dongpo, a great talent, cannot be excused. He praised in Nan Gezi: "But Zhou Lang's care is better than Zhu Zhen's." It always makes people feel that Zhou Yu is like Liu Yong, who he once praised, and like a big shot in pop music production. These various literary imaginations, whether romantic characters or romantic stories, are far from the true image of Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu's whimsy can't really blame future generations. Because it contains all the ideal elements. Relying on his allusions on the vulgar proposition of the relationship between men and women is also because of his envy, because in addition to his power and talent, he also has a legendary beauty Xiao Qiao.
In The Story of the Three Kingdoms and Zhou Yu, Xiao Qiao is a character whose life experience, face and status are very vague. Only in the third year of Jian 'an (A.D. 198), when Zhou Yu followed Sun Ce to attack Wancheng (now Meicheng Town, Qianshan County, Anhui Province), he got two beautiful "trophies" as a conqueror, one named Da Qiao and the other named Xiao Qiao. The only thing that can identify the two sisters is that their father's surname is Joe, who was addressed as Joe Gong at that time. I think it should be a local squire with some status and status. We know nothing about Qiao Fang's age, temperament and beauty.
Later, Sun Ce rudely married Da Qiao and generously betrothed Xiao Qiao to Zhou Yu, joking with him: "Although Gong Qiao and her two daughters are displaced, it is enough for us to be husbands." The pride is beyond words, and there is some disrespect for the father-in-law. Want to come to Er Qiao is very pampered, family status will never be much higher. For Zhou Yu, whether Xiao Qiao is a wife or a concubine is not explained in the history books. We don't know whether she and Zhou Yu are loving and happy in 12' s marriage life. One more thing, we don't know whether Zhou Yu got any other beautiful women as trophies when he followed the Sun Shi brothers. According to the prevailing customs and secular habits, this possibility still exists. At that time, women were only accessories of men, and it was a great event to leave their surnames, places of origin and affiliation in the history books.
Emotionally, the mean historian did not leave much historical materials for Zhou Yu, but left a huge imagination space for future generations. Later generations stubbornly and kindly think that Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao are the perfect match of "a man and a woman, a match made in heaven". In real history, it doesn't matter whether Zhou Yu has other women. Future generations are only willing to selectively retain the memory of Zhou Lang and Xiao Qiao.
Therefore, in later poems, Zhou Lang's romantic amorous feelings were given a reasonable explanation because of Xiao Qiao's beautiful and vague figure, and Zhou Lang's image was also given a warm human touch. However, only playing the piano can not satisfy the legendary imagination of the beauty of heroes. They are more willing to smear some traces of rouge on Zhou Yu's fame, and at the same time add some courage and legend to the protagonist. For example, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty once quipped: "Breaking halberds and sinking sand and sinking iron is a lesson from the past. Dongfeng does not follow Zhou Lang, and Tongquetai locks Er Qiao in spring. " Although Xu Yanzhou in Song Dynasty criticized such frivolous remarks as "too much to know likes and dislikes" in zhouyan's Poems, this literary imagination is very wonderful, and Cao Cao has the bad habit of taking other people's wives after siege, so this absurd but interesting statement has taken root and thrived among the people. Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms in the Ming Dynasty is more and more dynamic. In the thirty-fourth chapter of the book, after Cao Cao pacified Liaodong, he was in a good mood and wanted to build a bronze sparrow terrace to entertain his old age. The little prince Cao Zhi said, "If you build a platform, you must erect three ... bronze finches in the middle, Yulong on the left and Jinfeng on the right ... and build two flying bridges, which are spectacular." It was originally a large-scale entertainment project for the Cao family, but in the 43rd episode, it was deliberately misinterpreted by the eloquent Kong Ming, pointing out that "Er Qiao receives things, if the sky is locked" in Cao Zhi's Ode to Tongque Terrace is the beauty of Er Qiao. After hearing this, Zhou Yu flew into a rage, left his seat and pointed to the north and shouted, "The old thief is so deceiving me!" "
China's traditional culture, regardless of literature and history, makes vivid literary details blend into the official history, magnifies the legend of historical figures, and even replaces the official history in the repeated repetition of literary works, which has become the most unforgettable historical memory of our nation.
In order to make literature and legends a part of history, generations of later generations of literati willingly and solemnly created "history". As a result, lonely Zhou Yu is no longer lonely, ambiguous Xiao Qiao is no longer ambiguous, and the cemeteries of the two people are actually alive in several places. According to statistics, in the past thousand years, there have been as many as six tombs of Zhou Yu and three cemeteries of Xiao Qiao. Every cemetery has eloquent reasons and vivid and touching legends.
Such as the tomb of Mrs. Qiao in the west of Lujiang, Jiangxi Province, commonly known as Yupodun. The reason for its existence is that Zhou Yu stayed in Baqiu (Baqiu County, Luling County) and died in Baqiu. After Xiao Qiao's death, he was naturally buried with her husband, and Amin's poem proved it: "There are two sad graves on the wall, one is Zhou Lang and the other is Xiao Qiao."
In the north of Yueyang Tower in Yueyang City, Hunan Province, there is also a tomb of Xiao Qiao. The reason is that Pei Songzhi's note on the reflection said that Baling, where Zhou Yu died, was Baling County (now Yueyang City) in Changsha County, Jingzhou, Jin, not Baqiu. At the same time, it is said that Xiao Qiao's cemetery is surrounded by Zhou Yujun's residence in the Three Kingdoms period, and the tomb is the military residence garden at that time.
Interestingly, there is also a tomb of Xiao Qiao near Zhongshan Park in Nanling County, Anhui Province. The reason is that in the forty-four years of Qing Qianlong (AD 1779), Gao Yi, then a magistrate of a county, dreamed that Xiao Qiao told her that her tomb was on the edge of You Xiang Temple, so the magistrate of a county immediately built Xiao Qiao's tomb in the West Garden of You Xiang Temple. Perhaps the local people also think that the explanation of this dream is a bit far-fetched, so they pull out the reason why Zhou Yu used to be the leader of Spring Valley (now Nanling County). But this reason is far-fetched, not to mention that Zhou Yu first made the spring valley long, and then broke the Anhui time difference, that is, let Xiao Qiao abandon her husband and leave the ghosts in a different place, which is already inexplicably cruel.
This was originally Zhou Yu's family affair and private affair, but in the arrangement of later generations, it was all messed up, and the couple's souls were restless and divided, so they had to wander around in confusion. I think this is definitely not what Zhou Yu, who is completely honest, can think of.