Feng Xian called him Guan Yu because he killed the powerful gentry and bullies. In order to avoid being hunted, he quickly became wise and named Guan as his surname and the bird as his name. He named Guan Yu.
According to historical records, in Xiafeng Village, Jie County, Shanxi Province, a boy was just born in the home of a blacksmith. The little boy looked extraordinary. Since the two had never had children, when the child was born At that time, his parents hoped that he could live well in troubled times, so they named him Feng Xian, with the word Changsheng.
Feng Xian was talented and intelligent since he was a child, and his body was even taller and majestic. He read "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Changes" intensively, which can be said to be knowledgeable about the past and the present, and he also had the ambition to save the people of the world. At the age of 18, Feng Xian married Hu and gave birth to a son the following year. Within a few months, Feng Xian bid farewell to his parents and said: Now that he has a son to inherit the ancestral hall, the Han Dynasty has declined, and the court is full of incompetent people. My son has aspirations for the world, and he needs to leave his hometown to serve his country. He first goes to the county. Take a look at the city. The parents knew that their son had a big heart and could not keep him, so they had no choice but to send him out.
Feng Xian came to the county town and wrote to the county governor. Unexpectedly, the letter fell into the sea and there was no reply. While he was staying at the hotel, he heard someone outside complaining about injustice, so he went to check. The man said, my name is Han Shouyi, and I was bullied to death by the local gentry. Moreover, they colluded with the eunuchs to prey on the common people. The local people are living in dire straits, and the local officials dare not take care of it. Feng Xian was angry when he heard this, and asked him to lead the way. He killed all the wealthy gentry and the seven bullies, and then began to flee.
Feng Xian began to flee, but his profile picture was posted on the city walls at every pass. Feng Xian dressed up in disguise and put on a beard disguised with hair. When he was questioned by the guards, he suddenly became wise and named Guan as his surname and the bird as his given name. His name was Guan Yu, with the courtesy name Yunchang. Because he was calm and answered fluently, the guards no longer doubted him and let him pass. From then on, the name was adopted, and he did not change it back to his original name until his death.
Introduction to Guan Yu
Guan Yu, whose courtesy name is Yunchang and whose real name is Changsheng, was born in Jie County, Hedong County (now Jiezhou Town, Salt Lake District, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province). A famous general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, he fled to Zhuo County and raised troops from Liu Bei with Zhang Fei. After Liu Bei captured Xuzhou, he sent Guan Yu to serve as the prefect. In the fifth year of Jian'an (200 years), Cao Cao marched eastward, defeated Liu Bei, and captured Guan Yu. He then followed Cao Cao to attack Yuan Shao's army in Guandu, assassinated Yuan Shao's general Yan Liang among the crowd, and granted him the title of Hou Tinghou of the Han Dynasty. Soon he resigned and returned to Liu Bei, followed by Liu Bei relied on Jingzhou to pastor Liu Biao.
In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208 years), Cao Cao entered Jingzhou, Liu Bei led his troops to flee south, and Guan Yu followed him to Xiakou. After Cao Cao was defeated at Chibi, Liu Bei took over the counties south of the Yangtze River and appointed Guan Yu as the governor of Xiangyang and the general against the bandits. Liu Bei settled Yizhou in the west and sent Guan Yu to guard Jingzhou. In the 20th year of Jian'an (215), Guan Yu expelled all the officials from the three counties of Changsha, Lingling and Guiyang that Sun Quan had appointed.
The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Guan Yu