according to a legend recorded in Xu Dao's immortals as a mirror, Guan Gong's former life was "Xie Liang Lao Long". During the reign of Emperor Heng of Han Dynasty, there was a drought in Hedong for years, and the old dragon was eager to sympathize with the public. It was a cloud that rose at night and drew water from the Yellow River. Seeing that the old dragon was against his destiny, the Jade Emperor took the water seal and made Tiancao cut it with a sword and throw his head to the ground. Pujing, a monk from Xiexian County, found the dragon's head by the stream, that is, he mentioned that it was placed in the cylinder in the middle of Lu, and it was a mantra for nine days. When he heard the sound in the cylinder, he saw that there was nothing in it, while Guan Yi's family in Baochi, Xieping Village, in the east of Xi River had a baby landing, whose name was longevity, and his name was longevity, and later he named himself feather, with a long word. According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu, who was originally from an evil house, relied on the situation to get rid of people, so he killed the evil house and ran around the rivers and lakes. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei "became sworn friends in Taoyuan" and vowed to * * * live and die, fighting for supremacy with the insurgents. Five years after Jian 'an, Cao Cao sent troops to defeat Liu Bei. Liu Bei took refuge in Yuan Shao. Cao Cao captured Guan Yu, took a fancy to Guan Yu's loyalty and worshipped him as a partial general. After Cao Cao realized that Guan Yu had no intention of staying long, he bought it with a lot of gold, silver and jewels, senior officials and beautiful women, but Guan Yu was not moved by money and fame. When Guan Yu learned that Liu Bei was at Yuan Shao's place, he immediately sealed the gold seal and went to find Liu Bei after five passes. Liu Bei established himself as the king of Hanzhong and made Guan Yu the first general of the Five Tigers. Cao Cao was furious, so he designed it with Sima Yi and joined forces with Sun Quan to take Jingzhou. Liu Bei worshipped Guan Yu as a "former general", who was in charge of Jingxiang County and ordered Fancheng to be taken. Guan Yu divided Jingzhou's soldiers to capture Fancheng, but unfortunately, Lu Meng tricked him and lost Jingzhou. He left Maicheng at night, was defeated and captured, and died unyieldingly. After the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it was recorded that after Guan Yu was killed, the ghost lingered and swayed until he shouted over Yuquan Mountain in Dangyang County, Jingzhou, "Give me my head back!" Pu Jingwen, an old monk on the mountain, said, "The past is not the present, so let's not talk about everything ... Now the general was victimized by Lv Meng and shouted' Give me my head back', but who do you want from the heads of Yan Liang and Wen Chou (both killed by Guan Yu)?" Guan Yu suddenly realized that he converted to Buddhism.
Guan Yu was loyal, brave and faithful all his life, and believed in Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Guan Yu was very prominent, and he was honored as a "king of martial arts" and a "sage of martial arts". As a result, Guan Yu was attached by the world with "all-powerful" powers such as managing the imperial examinations, treating diseases and eliminating disasters, and exorcising evil spirits, and all walks of life in the folk worshipped Guan Di, the "almighty god".
In modern times, more and more people regard Guan Gong as the all-powerful protector, professional god and god of wealth. The author of the Folk New Year Picture Exhibition said: "Guan Gong is regarded as Wu Shen, the god of wealth and the god of protecting merchants. When people have a dispute, they should seek their insight and make a decision. In times of drought, people ask him for rain, and they can ask patients for prescriptions, which is regarded as the most powerful person to expel evil spirits. " In addition, people hope that merchants will stick to good faith in trading and regard Guan Gong as a just person to maintain the traditional moral order.