Guan Yu’s real name is Guan Yu.
Guan Yu (? - 220 years), whose original name was Changsheng, later changed to Yunchang, was a native of Jie County, Hedong County (now Yuncheng, Shanxi), and was known as the "Beautiful Bearded Duke".
According to "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Guan Yu is nine feet long, but there is no record in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a famous general under Liu Bei's command became sworn sworn friends with Liu Bei and Zhang Fei Taoyuan. He once served as a former general of the Shu Han regime, and was promoted to the title of Marquis of Shouting of the Han Dynasty, with the posthumous title of "Marquis Zhuang Miao".
In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he was described as the first of the Five Tiger Generals of the Shu Han Dynasty. After his death, he was highly respected by the people. He has always been the object of folk sacrifices and was revered as "Guan Gong"; he was also praised by successive courts and was regarded as the "Guan Sheng Emperor", revered as the "Martial Saint", and the "Literary Saint" Confucius Same name.
In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it describes "warming wine and killing Hua Xiong", "riding alone for thousands of miles", "explaining Cao Cao", "going to a banquet alone", "flooding seven armies" and other good stories , there are also regrets such as "losing Jingzhou" and "losing Maicheng" due to carelessness.
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In the novel "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Guan Yu is portrayed as a loyal, benevolent and brave general. When he appears, he becomes sworn brother to Liu Bei and Zhang Fei Taoyuan. After forging weapons, he participates in suppressing the Yellow Turbans. During the uprising war, although he traveled around with Liu Bei and was displaced, he was still able to kill the enemy and show his power.
In addition, when the narrative in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is narrated from the perspective of the narrator, Guan Yu is usually called "Yun Chang" or "Guan Gong" and rarely calls him by his first name. Apart from the title of emperor, only Guan Yu, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang received this treatment.
In traditional opera, Guan Yu belongs to the "生" corner, and his facial makeup is also very distinctive. He has seven moles on his face, three in the middle of the eyebrows, two on the left and right sides of the nose; seven cinnabar moles, red like blood. , so it looks particularly majestic. Peking Opera stories with Guan Yu as the main role include "Beheading the Bear and Tiger", "Three Brothers in the Taoyuan", "Beheading Hua Xiong with Warm Wine", "Hulao Pass", "Tuen Tu Mountain", "Beheading Diao Chan under the Moon", "Guo Wu" "Off" and so on.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Guan Yu (a famous general of the Shu Han Dynasty and a Chinese martial sage during the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period)