Muke Village is located in Feicheng City, Shandong Province. Muke Village is located on a mountain and the terrain is very steep. Every household nearby knows the story of Mu Guiying. The so-called Muke Village has ruins in Fanzhi and Hunyuan, Shanxi. There is still Mu Guiying's tomb in Yadi Village, Lishi, Shanxi today. Her legends and relics are spread all over the north and south of Yanmen Pass...

The "Yang Family Genealogy" in Dai County, Shanxi and the "Yang Family Genealogy" in Yuanping, Shanxi discovered in recent years were named after Liulang Yanlang

Bottoms, they all record the three sons Zongbao, Zongzheng and Zongmian respectively; and the "Yang Family Genealogy" discovered in Huangmei, Hubei Province clearly records that "Zongbao's wife Mu's family gave birth to two sons, Wenguang and Tongxin" ( "Zhejiang Daily" July 30, 1983). It can be seen that there are her and Yang Zongbao in the family tree. Therefore, some scholars believe that although Mu Guiying's name has not appeared in historical records, it is not that there is no such person. It is said that "Murong, Yang Wenguang's wife, was highly skilled in martial arts, brave and good at fighting, and was feared by Liao soldiers" ("Baodezhou Chronicle"). According to the Chronicle, Murong's hometown is in Muta Village, Baodou County, and the surnames Mu and Mu are close in pronunciation. Therefore, scholars believe that "the Chronicle of Baodezhou does not record his name, and his descendants may not only change his surname, but also change his name." He also gave her the commonly used name "Guiying" for the convenience of its spread. "Mu Guiying helped the Yang family on the battlefield; it is not unfounded. As for the name, it is other things." (Liu Ziqin's "Words". "Generals of the Yang Family", Shanxi "Literary and Historical Research" Issue 1, 1988).

There is also another theory that Yang Zongbao is not a character in a novel. The current claim that Yang Zongbao did not exist is based on the "History of the Song Dynasty", but Xu Dazhuo, a survivor of the Southern Song Dynasty who was earlier than Tuotuo in the late Yuan Dynasty, wrote "Jin" "Yu Lu" records that "Zongbao, the son of Yanzhao, was an official in Tongzhou, and was called a general of the Yang family in the world." Yang Zongbao has this incident. Based on this reasoning, it is difficult to say that there were no Mu Guiying-style female generals from the Yang family in history.

Of course, there are also scholars based on the Song Dynasty's "Longping Collection" and "Song History". "Yang Ye Zhuan", it is concluded that Yang Yanzhao's son did not have Zongbao but Yang Wenguang and others. Yang Yanzhao and Yang Wenguang "have a father-son relationship, and there will be no more Yang Zongbao between them. Yang Zongbao's activities after the Tianmen Formation described in the novel, including the 'conquest of Xixia' and the 'pacification of Xixia' are all attributed to Yang Wenguang deeds". "

It can be seen that the Yang Zongbao described in the Song and Yuan commentaries and dramas may actually refer to Yang Wenguang" (Hao Shuhou, "Yang Ye Biography", Shanxi People's Publishing House, April 1984). Because Mu Guiying's husband Yang Zongbao "is not a historical figure, but is a fiction of the novelist." The so-called marriage between Yang and Mu and the so-called Breaking the Heavenly Gate Formation are all images and images created by the novelist in order to exaggerate the generals of the Yang family and the female generals of the Yang family. Mystery story". (Ibid.) Because Yang Zongbao does not exist, of course there is no story of Mu Guiying. Is there such a person as Mu Guiying? Is she a fictional character or a historical figure? These need to be taken to a higher level and the anatomy should be redone to deepen the understanding. It seems that it is difficult to be convincing if you want to rely on some historical books to make a final decision.