1. Zhou Yu's perfection
Looking back at the official history, we can find that Zhou Yu in this biography has no shortcomings and is indeed a perfect person. A hero should be "extremely clever, bold and extraordinary" (Liu Shao's "People's Tales"), plus noble morality. In addition to the three points mentioned above, Zhou Yu is perfect from another angle and can be said to be a virtuous person; Brilliant; A personable and energetic person.
Let's talk about Germany first: he can recommend people better than Uncle Bao; Festival comparable to Lin Xiangru; Modesty and loyalty are unparalleled; Sex is magnificent and people will be persuaded.
The second time: he made a weak conquest and made great contributions to the founding of Soochow; Chibi turned the tide and made contributions; Later, he ventured to open Jingzhou for Wu Dong without mentioning his great achievements. Let's just say the people's evaluation of him at that time. His all-round ability in civil and military affairs has attracted the attention of the people at that time. "British talents are different"; The genius of Wang Zuo; "Young and talented"; "A hundred officials are wiser than ten thousand people", these are the people's comments on Zhou Yu's intelligence, and the people who said these words were first-rate figures at that time. There is no need to make more fuss about Zhou Yu's talent.
In addition to etiquette, Zhou Yu is also a famous Confucian general, and his tolerance is so high that the ballad "Gu Cuo is in Song Dynasty" is circulating. He is no more elegant than those rough soldiers. Just saying "I think of Gong Jin in the past" makes people so fascinated by his appearance.
Finally, talk about his vitality. Zhou Yu is not only virtuous, talented and graceful, but also has a unique vitality, an enterprising, confident and heroic spirit. He was humble and courteous to his people, but he showed contempt and fearless heroism to enemies and challenges. When Liu Bei met Zhou Yu before Chibi War, when Liu Bei talked about the shortage of troops, Zhou Lang's answer of "self-sufficiency" and "self-destruction" was so aggressive, compared with Liu Bei's procrastination. Zhou Yu's strategy also reveals this preemptive and resolute temperament, and is the most enviable "talent". However, there is an essential difference between Zhou Yu's heroism and Guan Yu's arrogance, because his confidence is based on reasonable analysis and planning, but his reputation is not worthy of Guan Yu's arrogance. It is precisely because of this that Zhou Yu is successful. His temperament is similar to that of Sun Ce, but Sun Ce is frivolous and murderous, and Zhou Yu is calm and free from vulgarity, just as some people say that his temperament is the combination of Sun Ce and Zhuge Liang, and he has just combined softness with Zhou Yu.
Such a man who combines rigidity with softness has impeccable excellent character and amazing talent. In addition, God has a special preference for his handsome appearance, both inside and outside, and his demeanor is graceful. If he is not perfect, who can be called? It is really appropriate to describe Zhou Yu in one sentence. As the name suggests, Zhou Yu, as the name suggests, is as beautiful as gold and a flawless jade.
Second, the reason why Zhou Yu was demoted
This passage by Chen Erdong in the book Three Points of Gossip is very reasonable. He said that Zhou Yu was "loyal to Sun Shi; Forgive your friends; There are tricks in planning; The limelight is enough; Good reputation; Plus people are beautiful; Madam is more beautiful ... Those mediocre people who are ashamed of themselves are inevitably jealous. Wei Yu's voice is far away, so Cao Gong and Liu Bei are anxious to doubt it. " Cao Cao and Liu Bei are still so. Ordinary people in later generations have never seen such a perfect figure. The most important thing is that Zhou Yu joined Sun Wu Group.
Neither Cao Cao's orthodoxy nor Liu Bei's orthodoxy, Sun Shi can only be regarded as a local separatist force, which will not be taken seriously in later dynasties. Zhou Yu is so tall, why do people in other groups get along with themselves? So they had to put some mud on Zhou Yu's perfect face. Among other things, they think that Zhou Yu must be very complacent when he is so successful at a young age, and he must be very young and confident when he succeeds. Although Zhou Yu is not young at the time of great events in history, and he is the most humble and polite, he is already a representative of complacency in the Pinghua of the Three Kingdoms, because in the eyes of ordinary people, it is strange that such an excellent figure and young people are not proud of their success. Today's Zhou Yu wants to be rehabilitated, and it is difficult to be clean about the vitality of that year. Because Zhou Yu's aggressive strategy style, fearless heroism and his humble personality are really contradictory. Sometimes I think Zhou Yu in the history books is a little perfect. Maybe the youthful one looks more vivid, more aura and more like a living person, but later he is not perfect.
Zhou Yu was degraded and distorted, of course, it was romance. In order to beautify Zhuge Liang, the first protagonist of Romance, Luo Guanzhong tried his best. Because Zhuge Liang did something after Liu Bei's death, before that, he sent a mission to Wu Dong, and the rest was to take care of Liu Bei's food and grass. It is impossible to promote him without extraordinary measures. So I can only apologize to Zhou Yu. Besides, as mentioned above, Zhou Yu is a stumbling block to the development of Liu Bei Group. The theme of this story is to respect Liu. Who told Zhou Yu that he had a problem with Liu Bei? I'm sorry, you should apologize. Zhou Yu's outstanding contribution is so great that Zhuge Liang's image is beautiful enough to take away his contribution. In addition, Zhou Yu's perfection is the most enviable. Now I will let you taste the pain of being envied by others! And the man who is envied by such a capable person as you, isn't his skill as great as the sea? So I don't need to say more about the rest: Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang, who had no quarrel in history, became incompatible opponents. Zhuge Liang took Zhou Yu's credit and his excellent character, not his life. Zhou Yu didn't let him go even after he died, forcing him to say the famous saying, "You were born to be human, so why should you be born to be human?" Luo Guanzhong is too cruel to Zhou Yu! Zhou Lang's face was covered with mud, and it was covered beyond recognition with a large piece of mud. But this is a novel after all, in which Zhou Yu Zhuge Liang is only a literary image. Zhou Yu, as a foil to Zhuge Liang in Romance, is still successful in shaping the characters. Although Zhou Yu became a different person, he was still a little beautiful in poison. This is because the original Zhou Yu blank is too good. Although twisted and ugly, the essence of his beauty cannot be erased.
Three. Vulgar Romance and Elegant History
In fact, it doesn't matter if Zhou Yu is vilified and belittled in the romance, as long as everyone understands that he is not a real person in history. Unfortunately, the influence of romance is too great, not to mention the rough people selling vegetables, even the so-called intellectuals can't escape. But those so-called intellectuals who can't tell romance from history have paid the price. Yuan Mei's Poems with the Garden says that a scholar has been ridiculed all his life and become a laughing stock because he said something in the poem that will make him look bright. Another person used this sentence in the memorial and was dismissed by the Qing emperor. Because it is not too much to distinguish between history and fiction. If your level is limited, you can tell stories, but you can't get used to telling only a few vinegar-level histories. Because these people are based on fictions in romance novels, what if they are interpreted more rigorously? Besides, talking about historical figures with absurd things in novels, no matter who they are, not only reflects their ignorance, but also shows the greatest disrespect for historical figures. Zhou Lang is the most magnificent in history. Distorted in the Romance, Zhuge Liang was portrayed as a "perfect man through the ages", and Zhou Yu, a strange man, was portrayed as a typical narrow-minded figure, which was typical and successful in literature. Therefore, no matter how wronged he is, he can bear it. However, if Zhou Yu in history is described by fictional things in the romance, he will vomit blood with anger no matter how generous he is. But vulgar things often have a market, and such elegant things as official history are inevitably high and low.
There is a saying that justice is free from people's hearts. In the circle of high culture, there are still many people who are wronged by Zhou Yu. Because Cao Cao has a bad record, it is only because of the ugliness of love that he clamors for a comeback. Zhou Lang was so flawless, not more wronged? However, Zhou Yu's turning action is far less than Cao Cao's, because he is an outsider of Sun Wu Group. Fortunately, literary giants such as Lu Xun and Hu Shi once cried foul for Zhou Yu when commenting on The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Jin Daxia once said that he wanted to write a romance of the Three Kingdoms between Zhou Yu and Lu Xun. Although he has closed the pen, it is a joke, but after all, it shows his attitude. The most influential person is Dongpo's "Nian Nu Jiao", which can make a generation of writers sing the eternal farewell song for him. If he is not perfect, will Dongpo layman be so fascinated?
Niannujiao? Chibi nostalgia
Gone forever, the waves are rough. Romantic figures through the ages. Old camp west, people say it's the war of the Three Kingdoms, Battle of Red Cliffs. The steep rock wall, like thunder waves lapping against the river bank, waves like rolling up thousands of snow. As picturesque as a mountain, how many heroes there are at one time!
Think back to Gong Jin, when Xiao Qiao just got married, he was handsome, holding a feather fan and wearing a black silk scarf. He talked and laughed, and it's all over. I am wandering in the battlefield today. I feel a feeling heart and give birth to white hair prematurely. Life is like a dream, sprinkle a glass of wine to pay tribute to the bright moon on the river.
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms distorts and belittles Zhou Yu.
In order to beautify Zhuge Liang, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms distorted and belittled Zhou Yu. Here, the differences between romance and official history are compared to clarify the facts.
1 Zhuge San Zhou Qiyu: Zhou Yu is generous, and Zhuge Liang has no ability to be angry with Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu didn't notice Zhuge Liang at that time ... He rarely saw Zhou Yu ... During the two years from the end of Battle of Red Cliffs to Zhou Yu's death, Zhuge Liang was engaged in logistics work in Lingling area, and his position was not high. He never saw Zhou Yu at all. As for the death of Zhou Yu, it was Pang Tong, not Zhuge Liang, who expressed condolences on behalf of Shu.
2 Borrowing an arrow from a straw boat: Sun Quan was the one who borrowed an arrow from a straw boat in history. The description of Zhou Yu's jealousy of Zhuge Liang in the Romance is completely fabricated. Zhou Yu is the person who borrowed an arrow in Pinghua, the ancestor of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
3 Lost his wife and lost his soldiers: Sun Quan himself wanted to marry his sister to Liu Bei, a simple political marriage.
4 Borrowing Dongfeng: Fiction, Zhuge Liang did not participate in Battle of Red Cliffs, and Battle of Red Cliffs was the work of Zhou Yu alone.
Five branches: It is pure fabrication, Zhou Yu is the most powerful advocate, and Sun Quan got Battle of Red Cliffs through his persuasion.
Narrow-minded Zhou Yu: Zhou Yu's "Three Spirits" was purely invented by Luo Guanzhong to raise Zhuge Liang. Liu Bei commented on Zhou Yu's "magnanimity", Cheng Pu commented on Zhou Yu and said, "You don't feel drunk if you are friends with Gong Jin", and Chen Shou commented on Zhou Yu's "sexual recovery". In addition, Hong Mai, Su Dongpo and other ancients also spoke highly of Zhou Yu's character.