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Translation - "Romantic of Three Kingdoms" - Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
I found an article below, which seems to be a spoof. Do you think it’s appropriate? Famous figures from the Three Kingdoms have all commented on it.
Characters of the Three Kingdoms in the eyes of foreigners (super funny)
2006-07-06 10:55:48 21CN Game Channel
Note: The Three Kingdoms Warriors are glorious company's computer games.
Westerners’ understanding of China is often limited to the Tang Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty and the three periods of communist China. As a result,
the interesting history hidden in other periods of China is ignored. . Therefore, when we first saw the heroes holding huge weapons in "Dynasty Warriors", it was difficult to distinguish them from Ryuu Yoken or other Japanese samurai
Even now, I cannot understand how enthusiastic the interest in the Three Kingdoms era is in Asia as a whole—perhaps in East Asia this interest is even more obvious. This fanaticism is so persistent that a Chinese friend of mine said: A Chinese who doesn’t know about the Three Kingdoms is like a Boston who doesn’t know about Manny Ramirez and Ortiz. Red Sox fans
are just as incredible.
Regrettably, our understanding of the Three Kingdoms is exactly the same as how familiar most Chinese people are to Ramirez.
Many of my friends enjoy playing Dynasty Warriors, and when I ask them why, they just reply: "
It's cool," "It's fun," or worse: "I like killing people randomly." The latter really shouldn't be playing games
he should be watching Texas Chainsaw). This is an embarrassing thing. We like something very much, but we don’t even know what it is. This always reminds me of the *** and Party idiot sitting in the White House. He likes Iraq very much, but he has no idea what weapons are hidden there. In the end, his only reason is
It is "like to kill people randomly".
So, I feel it is necessary to do some research to avoid this embarrassing situation and share it with you. In this way
The next time when the Chinese ask us "What do you think of Lu Bu?", we won't just answer "Oh
Yeah, he is a good guy" . To this end, I collected some relevant English materials, and luckily
found "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" translated by Dr. Moos Roberts. Although I didn't have time to read it all, as a reference book with an index of names, it was very helpful for my research.
This article is not intended to write a grand general history of the Three Kingdoms like Tacitus or Gibbon, but rather to analyze some of the heroes - most of them appeared in The introduction of "Dynasty Warriors" will give you a perceptual understanding of that great era. In this way, the next time you talk about Dynasty Warriors at a gathering of friends, you can pretend to be casual and say to them: "Hey, Maddie, you are wrong, do you want to bet ten dollars?" ”
Cao Cao
There is no doubt that Cao Cao is not easy to use, but this is only in the game. In fact, Cao Cao was a powerful monarch with mixed reputations. He was the same size as Napoleon, ruled nearly one-half of China's territory, and once had the opportunity. Capture the other half. People are often impressed by the king's personal charm and ambition, and are also frightened by his moody personality. His enemies even called him "Nero of the East" (...-_-b)
As the most typical example, he once reminded his guards: "I If you like to kill people in your dreams, please don't come near me." As a result, when a guard came to pull the quilt for him, he was killed by the monarch who was pretending to sleep.
. It is said that both Cao Cao himself and the assassins naively believed that this method could effectively curb assassinations. From then on, no one dared to risk their lives to get close to him.
This tradition of violence was inherited in Cao Cao's army.
A hostage-taking incident in Wei was a high-risk incident because the troops had received direct orders from Cao Cao
, requiring them to kill the hijackers and hostages together.
This bloodthirsty occasionally affected his ministers. For example, a minister named Xun Yu was imprisoned for opposing his plot to
kill the last emperor of the Han Dynasty. Forced to commit suicide; another minister, Yang Xiu, was executed just for using "chicken legs" as a universal password - perhaps Cao Cao himself felt fooled, or he simply didn't like eating chicken legs
. Even his attending doctor, Hua Tuo, the most famous doctor in the Three Kingdoms era, could not escape death; because he proposed such a bold craniotomy plan that Cao Cao thought it was tantamount to murder. . This is understandable
After all, it was in the third century AD, and Cao Cao had the right to say no. (Y...)
The other side of this tyrant is a talented poet. He and his two sons are called "Three"
The greatest poet named Cao". Many of his poems have been handed down to this day, and what people see in his poems is that he is an anti-war activist full of humanistic spirit - but this poet occasionally criticized poetry critics. Killer
This has become a tradition in modern New York.
Although Cao Cao's cruelty is well known, many heroes still gather under his command, because he is after all
an undeniable leader, and in Very talented in the military. Cao Cao's rise was a tortuous and arduous process. He first appeared as one of the eighteen local lords who crusaded against Dong Zhuo, and took the opportunity to expand his own power. . His policy of farming in the economic field finally helped him solve fatal logistical problems;
And "holding the emperor in arms to order the princes" made other lords afraid to act rashly because they were concerned about the emperor's safety. After a long march, he gradually eliminated most of the lords in northern China such as Yuan Shao, Zhang Xiu and Tao Qian, and deployed his army on the north bank of the Yangtze River in an attempt to defeat Wu in the south. country and Shu.
This act of aggression was stopped in time, and his navy ( ) suffered a devastating blow in Chibi. The person who defeated him was a commander who liked to appreciate music. Official Zhou Yu (...). With this landmark event as the dividing line, the expanding Wei Empire reached its limit. In the ensuing war, Cao Cao successfully prevented the counterattacks of Shu and Wu on the southern border, but lost a large area of ??land in the northwest. History books explain this decline
as Cao Cao's own aging. Despite this, Cao Cao left behind a solid empire after his death, guarded by many heroes.
Like the expansionary empire development, Cao Cao's private life also had a strong aggressive style. The Cao Cao family has always had the tradition of snatching other people's wives. This may come from certain characteristics of the northern barbarians ( ). Cao Cao himself
forced himself to spend the night with the wife of a surrendered leader, Zhang Xiu. As a result, the angry Zhang Xiu rebelled again and attacked Cao Cao's residence, causing Cao Cao to lose one The loyal guard chief Dian Wei and his nephew; during the war against Lu Bu, Cao Cao occupied the wife of Qin Yilu, one of Lu Bu's generals, and this time he angered the same likes
Mrs. Qin's Guan Yu, who finally chose to leave Cao Cao and killed five guards ( ); there is also an unconfirmed rumor that he was even interested in Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao , and for this reason launched a war to invade Wu——
Just like Menelaus who attacked Troy (*&^&%%$%$%$#^&%.... .....). Da Qiao is the concubine of the brother of the emperor of Wu, while Xiao Qiao is the wife of Zhou Yu. We can now imagine why Cao Cao suffered such a disastrous failure.
And Cao Cao's son Cao Pi perfectly inherited his father's bloodline: his wife was originally Yuan Shao's second son's wife Zhen Fei. After the war, Cao Pi took her as a trophy for himself.
However
This was not the end, because Cao Pi's younger brother Cao Zhi also had Cao Cao's genes, so he also became interested in his brother's
wife and wrote obscure love poems to express it. Miss myself. Cao Pi therefore imprisoned Cao Zhi and ordered him to compose a poem within seven steps, otherwise he would die. Chinese poems are very short, usually only four lines, so Cao Zhi escaped death by relying on his talent. Thank God, at that time the Chinese - especially Cao Pi -
- did not understand sonnets
Liu Bei
Liu Bei's race has always been a broad A controversial topic, according to historical records, his earlobes were so large that they could hang down to his shoulders, and his arms were so long that they could even touch his knees without bending. I think Garnett or Admiral Robinson
should be able to do the latter, but I have only seen long earlobes on some Indian Buddha statues as works of art
experienced similar examples. So my conclusion is that if the Chinese historians are not deliberately exaggerating, then
Liu Bei may be a big man of Indian descent who meets NBA draft standards and has atavism, because
According to an anthropological point of view, it is impossible for modern humans to possess both characteristics at the same time.
Liu Bei's life experience is full of contradictions and mysteries. He claimed to be a member of the royal family, but he was just an ordinary craftsman.
The family tree can only prove his connection with the Han Dynasty. The royal family has an extremely distant blood relationship. However, this does not
prevent Liu Bei from becoming an ambitious politician. He is good at communication, energetic, and good at inspiring the masses with fanatical speech
; his royal status It provided objects of allegiance for the remaining royalists of the Han Dynasty. So
Soon a group of heroes gathered under his command, including Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun. Unfortunately,
Liu Bei's poor military talents offset his achievements in interpersonal relationships, and he spent the first half of his life wandering around among various lords - including Even Cao Cao and Sun Quan - like Napoleon on St. Helena Island
: noble, respected, but with nothing.
This embarrassment continued until the Battle of Red Cliff. Liu Bei got the wisest
Riset Sulfur-type prime minister in the Three Kingdoms period and even in Chinese history - Zhuge Kongming. Liu Bei's unplanned military actions were corrected in time. Zhuge Kong Ming predicted the future strategic balance and formulated a plan to attack Sichuan accordingly. This time they succeeded
. But soon this victory was betrayed by Wu. The angry Liu Bei stubbornly decided to teach Wu a lesson and refused to listen to anyone's opinions. As a result, he was defeated by Lu Xun, another young general of the Wu Kingdom, and died in Baidi City as a loser.
When Chinese people comment on Cao Cao, Liu Bei and another monarch Sun Quan, they always like to use the words "right timing, right place, right people" to describe their respective style. When Cao Cao got his way
Sun Quan got his place, and Liu Bei was recognized as a master of winning people's hearts. His team consists of almost all the elites of the same generation. In addition to Zhuge Kongming, Liu Bei also has five people known as the "Five Tiger-like Generals" Excellent generals, three of whom joined Liu Bei's brotherhood from the beginning. Brotherhood is an ancient tradition in China. Any number of people can join through a "sworn sworn" ceremony and swear an oath of eternal loyalty to other members. Although this relationship is not recognized legally, it can be recognized by the vast majority of the people. The first four members of the "Five Tiger Generals" are undisputed, but my friend Terry
insists that the fifth member is Wei Yan and not Huang Zhong, claiming that Huang Zhong is too old He may be able to defeat any mentor, but he is definitely not suitable to become a member of the Five Tiger Generals. I have repeatedly checked the information and consulted several unrelated Chinese people. They all agreed that Huang Zhong was the fifth member and Wei Yan was just a pregnant one. Just an ambitious war maniac.
Liu Bei is not a homosexual as some people say. This is a widespread misunderstanding, but he does care more about men
than women. The performances of Liu Bei and Cao Cao were completely different: while Cao Cao showed unusual interest in women-especially other people's wives, Liu Bei rarely cared about his own wife. He
had three wives, one of whom was the sister of Sun Quan, Emperor of Wu. However, historical records show that every time Liu Bei was defeated and fled, he left his wives behind and ran away until his chivalrous enemies returned them. Liu Bei. When his third wife, Sun Quan's sister Sun Shangxiang, attempted to flee back to Wu, he simply asked to keep his son and let his wife go. ; Even
In some cases, his son seems not that important. During the great retreat at Changbanpo (Dynasty Warriors completely failed to express the tragic situation of Liu Bei's army in this battle), Zhao Yun rescued his son Liu Chan back to the great retreat.
In the main camp, Liu Bei threw the innocent baby to the ground, saying that it was not worth exchanging the life of my precious general.
Contrary to Liu Bei's indifferent attitude towards his wife and son, he was very concerned about his brothers: when his two brothers
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were killed by the Wu State who betrayed the alliance. , his reaction was violent, and he did not hesitate to mobilize all the troops of the emerging Shu Kingdom to punish the Wu Kingdom. This disastrous decision led to the annihilation of the elite troops of the Shu Kingdom. By the way, three of the Five Tiger Generals died in this war.
The monarch became a philosopher before he died and said many philosophical words, but said nothing about his failures
Zhuge Liang served as regent and maintained this troubled country for forty years
later.
Sun Quan
There are not many topics worth mentioning about this monarch who is as famous as Cao Cao and Liu Bei. While Cao Cao and Liu Bei were struggling for their respective goals, Sun Quan did nothing - the Kingdom of Wu was actually the property of his father and brother. It was just inherited naturally.
According to historical records, Sun Quan's appearance is completely different from that of his family. His physical characteristics of blue eyes and purple beard can easily make people doubt the purity of his bloodline. Considering that China had extensive contact with Central Asia at that time, we cannot rule out the possibility that one of Sun Jian's favorite concubines came from the Persian Empire. In China, foreign blood is not unacceptable to the royal family, so Sun Quan's accession to the throne was not interfered by any racists.
Sun Quan was the longest reigning monarch during the Three Kingdoms period. Except for the two threats
by Cao Cao and Liu Bei in the early days, everything went smoothly for him. In his later years, the monarch fell into the usual plight of the elderly and became very violent; he liked to hide in his farm to receive guests, and often launched wars without any reason——
These wars usually fail. (Well... the farm... Crawford...
)
Lu Bu
Lu Bu is a perfect character , he is a tough guy with a strong "Hummer" temperament; his girlfriend is the most beautiful
; he has the widest attack range, the highest attack power and the most powerful combo; he can always ride The luxurious
red rabbit horse appears. A standard college football quarterback!
These are things the game tells us. However, as a fervent supporter of Lu Bu, I sadly discovered that my idol in history was not as good as I imagined - at least morally disreputable. China has always had strong patriarchal social characteristics. Respect for elders, especially fathers, is extremely important. Violating this norm will be regarded as treason. Sadly, Lu Bu violated this rule, twice.
His earliest father was Ding Yuan, a small lord in the north. When Ding Yuan had a military conflict with Dong Zhuo
Dong Zhuo took a fancy to Lu Bu's talent, so he used a red rabbit horse to seduce Lu Bu.
As a result, just like all eighteen-year-old boys
who cannot resist the charm of Harley-Davidson motorcycles, Lu Bu was also deeply fascinated by this purebred maroon horse;
As a result, he He killed Ding Yuan, recognized Dong Zhuo as his adoptive father, and received the horse as a reward. Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo lived in harmony for a long time until Diao Chan appeared.
Diao Chan, the Chinese Cleopatra, triggered a fight between men. The result of the fight was that Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo and recognized Diao Chan's father. Wang Yun is the father. Wang Yun himself was a royalist. He cleverly used men's jealousy to eliminate Dong Zhuo's threat to the Eastern Han Dynasty royal family. Unfortunately, this situation did not last long. Wang Yun was soon killed by Dong Zhuo's revengeful subordinates, and Lu Bu was also defeated - yes, you heard it right, Lu Bu was defeated
——He started his wandering career with Diao Chan.
Lü Bu’s notoriety for killing his two fathers brought him a lot of trouble. Lords from all over the country considered him untrustworthy.
Even Zhang Fei once called him A lowly slave who was sold to three masters. Lu Bu's record of betrayal did not stop with this. He betrayed his good friends Zhang Yang and Liu Bei successively, and seized the territory controlled by the latter. At one time, he also controlled Received part of Cao Cao's base area. The lords who felt the threat united again
Cao Cao and Liu Bei attacked Xuzhou where Lu Bu was entrenched, but Yuan Shu, the only one who could help, refused
to send troops. Lu Bu was defeated again and even he was captured. His attempt to beg for immunity from the death penalty was almost accepted by Cao Cao; at this time, Liu Bei cited the precedents of Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo, and Lu Bu was eventually sentenced to death.
Diao Chan disappeared after Wang Yun’s death, so we don’t know what happened to her after Lu Bu’s death. Considering
Cao Cao's hobby for other people's wives, maybe she was also included in Cao Cao's harem. There is also an interesting saying
Pointing out: Diao Chan became a female monk after Lu Bu's death, but she once again planned to use her beauty to seduce Guan Yu
. It's a pity that Guan Yu, like his master Liu Bei, lacked interest and care for women, so he simply killed her with the famous Qinglong Yanyue Sword. Considering the tradition of Shu in terms of gender, even if this legend is not true
it must have some degree of factual basis.
My final conclusion is: Lu Bu has always been like a college football quarterback - very strong, no brains, and notorious.
Zhuge Kongming
Zhuge Kongming is the most legendary figure in Chinese history. He is a resourceful genius who has achieved staggering achievements in many aspects
Get success. His ability to control the climate is like Merlin; he is proficient in Ptolemaic astrology;
His military cunning is comparable to that of Edward Longlegs; his political skills are as powerful as Richelieu; finally
One thing, he is also a technological inventor like Leonardo da Vinci. In China, the way people praise others for being smart is
"You are as wise as Zhuge Kongming."
The process of Liu Bei hiring Zhuge Kongming was quite dramatic. They conducted an interview, but the positions of the guest of honor were reversed. The interview was held by employee Zhuge Kongming, but Liu Bei sat in the seat of the interviewee. Zhuge Kongming behaved extremely arrogantly and deliberately hid twice. Liu Bei showed amazing patience towards men and finally successfully met Zhuge Kongming for the third time. . Zhuge Kongming showed Liu Bei a strategic plan that had been designed long ago. This plan saved the Liu Bei Group that was almost destroyed. Liu Bei was very satisfied with Zhuge Kongming's ability
, and Zhuge Kongming was also very satisfied with Liu Bei's patience, so the smartest and most arrogant guy in Chinese history finally became Liu Bei's chief Minister and maintained the Shu Kingdom for many years.
Zhuge Kongming's arrogance is also reflected in his contempt for traditional Chinese morality. Every
book I could find on China pointed out: "China has traditionally valued moral construction and despised scientific and technological progress
.
From the perspective of Confucius and Laozi, two philosophers who created the spiritual foundation of the Chinese people, scientific and technological progress will make people cunning, which will hinder his moral achievements. "Zhuge Kongming obviously disdained these rules of his ancestors. Not only did he behave arrogantly in front of Liu Bei, he also completely ignored Confucius' requirement to "be respectful to the king." admonishment; and he also put a lot of energy into scientific and technological inventions.
He invented a repeating crossbow that could fire ten crossbow arrows at a time, and the West still had it a hundred years later.
While fearfully calling the crossbow a cursed weapon; he also invented two - maybe one - automatons that could be used to Improve the efficiency of transporting food. Zhuge Kongming also invented landmines to deal with the southern barbarians. This may be the world's first thermal weapon. Part of this should be attributed to his wife.
Zi Huang Yueying
The members of Shu had a strange attitude towards women: Liu Bei was basically indifferent to his three wives, and Guan Yu killed them without mercy
After leaving Diao Chan, Zhang Fei never had any contact with women, while Zhao Yun simply rejected the love of a noble widow. Zhuge Kongming is probably the only exception among these heroes. Married a woman and loved her very much. His wife Huang Yueying was a beautiful elf witch in Dynasty Warriors, but in fact she was an ugly nobleman. Woman. The reason why Zhuge Kongming fell in love with her was because the two had the same interest in engineering. This kind of spiritual love was a unique example of Zhuge Kongming's invention during the Three Kingdoms period.
Huang Yueying's contribution in the Ming Dynasty
Zhuge Liang's death was very dramatic. After Liu Bei's death, he had been committed to defeating the Wei Empire in the north.
Six wars were launched, each time failing for different reasons. The last war took place in Wuzhangyuan.
Zhuge Kongming's health deteriorated extremely, so he used a mysterious method. Astrology, praying to heaven for a longer life
At this time, a Shu general who was in a hurry to report the military situation accidentally broke the structure of the prayer ceremony. Zhuge Kong Ming thought this was wrong. God rejected his request and gave up praying. A few days later, this famous man with countless legends died of illness.