Lv Boshe (? -189), elevation (now Xingyang, Henan). Cao Cao's old friend. On the way back from Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao passed Lv Boshe's house, and because he suspected that the Lv Boshe family was going to murder himself, he killed the Lv Boshe family. Ming Luo Guanzhong processed this period of history in the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which also became the source of Cao Cao's famous saying in the novel, "I would rather teach me to fail the world than teach the world to fail me".
Lv Boshe's story has evolved into a drama showing goodness, evil, violence and humanity. The details are vivid, the rhythm is tense, gripping and frightening. But when Luo Guanzhong got carried away, he inevitably left traces of insufficient scrutiny. For example, if you kill a pig, how can the pig not bark? Damn it, I'm not deaf Why can't I hear you? Kill before you see a pig tied up? If it is night, where does Bosch go shopping? No wonder Cao Cao became suspicious. According to the saying that "I saw two bottles of wine hanging in front of the saddle of the luxury donkey, and I came with fruits and vegetables in my hand", even at night, it should be a moonlit night.
From the Lv Boshe incident, we can see the important writing strategy of The Romance of The Three Kingdoms, which opened up a historical gap, opened up a world and made millions of brilliant works. Its narrative wanders between emptiness and reality, light and darkness, or it is easy to lift weights or it is easy to lift weights. Only when you look around him can you make your life full of heroic spirit and suddenly feel that it is just a dream. As his Wedge sang, "Many things are ridiculous in ancient and modern times ..." Luo Guanzhong holds the position that "heaven and earth are heartless and everything is a grass dog", but the writer's conscience and loneliness can still be seen in it. This is another great presentation of the dignity of historical writing after Historical Records.
We can learn the freedom of literary creation from Lv Boshe. Like Lv Boshe, he showed up when needed, and if he was killed, he would be killed. Taking such an ordinary and kind little person as a victim of dark violence makes people feel the impermanence of history and fate. Luo Guanzhong also plausibly created a character like Chen Gong to act as a witness. On the other hand, it is also considered that even if Cao Cao is skilled in martial arts, it is difficult to catch him with one enemy and eight, which adds a helper to him. Chen Gong, with his aboveboard, set off Cao Cao's surly cruelty. The characters disappear automatically after completing the task. Disappear, just not seen by us. In fact, it is still hidden behind the words and plays a role. Chen Gong must have told Caoxiang the truth. After many times of communication, it even reached the ears of Cai Wenji. Otherwise, how did Cai Wenji know? Why was Cao Cao annoyed and married the Huns? It turns out that Lv Boshe is a distant relative of Cai Wenji. A dying "released" figure, so far away! Luo Guanzhong is really wandering, but he always comes back to his original intention smoothly.