Because there is only Xue Rengui in history and no Xue Pinggui
Xue Pinggui is a character in Peking Opera. There is no such person in official history. He is a fictional literary and artistic figure.
Xue Rengui was a famous general in the Tang Dynasty. He passed through two generations of emperors, namely Emperor Taizong and Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty. He had outstanding military exploits and was promoted to General Benwei and was granted the title of Duke of Pingyang County.
Even in Peking Opera, "two Xue coexist", which proves that even if there is Xue Pinggui, he and Xue Rengui are not the same person.
Xue Rengui and Xue Pinggui
"Fenhe Bay", "Dumuguan", "Motian Ridge", "Fanjiang Pass", "Xu Ce Running for the City", "Xue Gang" "Revolt against the Tang Dynasty", "Xue Rengui's Conquest to the East", "Xue Dingshan's Conquest to the West", "Three Invitations and Three Rests to Fan Lihua", etc., all of them are plays about Xue Rengui's family.
"Red Mane Horse" and "Wang Baochuan" from "Colorful House Matching" ("Garden Gift"), "Three Fives", "Farewell to the Kiln", "Exploring the Kiln", "Wujia Slope" to "The Great Descent" is about Xue Pinggui's family.
It has been many years since "Two Xue performed together" appeared on the Peking Opera stage. Xue Rengui and Xue Pinggui are only one character apart, and their backgrounds are the same (both in the Tang Dynasty). And the plots have many similarities, why? According to historical data, Xue Rengui is indeed a real person.
Xue Rengui, a native of Longmen, Jiangzhou, Shanxi, was born into a poor peasant family. He was highly skilled in martial arts, especially good at riding and shooting, and was accustomed to using Fang Tian's painted halberd (and a gun during stage performances). During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty (around 637 AD), Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty conquered Liaodong, and Rengui was recruited to join the army. Two hundred thousand Liao troops refused to fight. Rengui, dressed in a white robe, with two bows hanging from his waist, riding a horse and holding a halberd, rushed into the enemy's formation and fought fiercely with them. "He was invincible, and the enemy collapsed." The emperor summoned him and sighed, and moved to the right to lead the army, Zhonglang. General," Rengui became prosperous from then on. Once, Emperor Gaozong visited the Wannian Palace, and a flash flood suddenly broke out and surged forward. After Rengui discovered it, he risked his life and said, "He went to the door and shouted, the emperor suddenly came out, and was spared by riding high. He was commended for his loyalty and was given a royal horse." During the Xianqing period (around 658 AD), Xue Rengui, who was in his forties, "repeatedly defeated Goryeo and Khitan, worshiped General Zuo Wuwei, and attacked the Turks in the Tianshan Mountains... Shilian Xiaoqi came to challenge, and Rengui fired three arrows. Killing three people The captives were frightened, so they surrendered and returned. "There was a song in the army at that time: "The general captured the Tianshan Mountains with three arrows, and the strong men entered the Han Pass with a long song." At the beginning of Qianfeng's reign (around 667 AD), he surrendered to Fuyu and other forty cities. , worshiped General Benwei and granted the title of Duke of Pingyang... Yong Chunchu (about 685 AD) died at the age of seventy. "
Xue Rengui served in the two generations of Tang Taizong and Gaozong, with outstanding military exploits. His title is very high, and it is recorded in the documents that he is indeed the person.
Xue Pinggui does not exist in the history of the Tang Dynasty, so why did he appear on the stage? According to legend among older artists, a wealthy family in Shanxi celebrated his mother's birthday one year and invited a party to perform "Fenhe Bend" and other plays. After the guests dispersed, his mother asked the class leader about the final outcome of Xue Rengui and Liu Yingchun. The class leader replied that according to the words passed down by his master, after Xue Liu Hanyao met, Rengui was busy with military affairs and did not dare to stay for a long time. A few days later, he left his wife and returned. In the army. Mrs. Liu missed her husband so much that she died of illness in the cold kiln. After hearing this, the rich mother fell into tears and became sick. Fuzi was so worried that he paid a lot of money to hire a famous doctor to diagnose and treat him, but hundreds of medicines were ineffective. After repeated inquiries into the root cause of the disease, the famous doctor realized that "a heart disease requires a heart medicine doctor." Therefore, Fuzi offered a huge reward for the script of Xue Rengui and his wife's reunion. In order not to violate history, a certain scholar made up a "Xue Pinggui" and the name of the play "Wang Baochuan". The plot is very similar to the staged Xue Rengui play. For example, Xue Rengui recruits a bride in Liujiazhuang, and Xue Pinggui becomes his son-in-law in the palace; Liu Yuanwai dislikes poverty and loves wealth, so he drives Rengui and Yingbiao out of the house; Pinggui and Baochai both run away because of the cold treatment by their father; Rengui and Pinggui couple Both husband and wife were trapped in a cold kiln and were forced to join the army. Xue Rengui, who had been away from home for eighteen years, met his wife in Fenhewan, and Xue Pinggui, who had been separated for eighteen years, met his wife in Wujiapo. In order to cater to the rich mother's mentality, Xue Pinggui ascended the throne of Xiliang Kingdom, and Wang Baochuan became the queen of the main palace. The husband was honored and his wife was noble, and they had a happy ending. After the performance, the rich mother was overjoyed and recovered from her illness. Since then, there has been a Xue Rengui and a Xue Pinggui on the Peking Opera stage. "The two Xue coexist" and they live in peace and harmony.