After the Battle of White Horse, Guan Yu left Cao Cao and returned to Liu Bei's camp. However, the title of Han Shou Hou Ting was accompanied by Guan Yu's life. Even in 2 19, Liu Bei did not give Guan Yu a new title, and Guan Yu did not pursue the title after he proclaimed himself emperor. It was not until the third year of Jing Yao, Liu Chan (260) that Guan Yu was posthumously made a strong empress of the temple. Hou Ting of Hanshou became synonymous with Guan Yu, so is it Hou Ting or the county magistrate? The periods of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty and Liu Bei are different. Let's take a look.
According to the classification of counties, townships, pavilions and customs in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Hanshou Pavilion in the reign of Emperor Xiandi of the 200-year-old Emperor of the Han Dynasty was undoubtedly a pavilion, but its interpretation has always been different: the first explanation is that it is the Han and Shou Pavilion; The second explanation is that Hanshou and Hou Ting are also a Hou Ting in Hanshou County, Wuling County, Jingzhou. The third view is that it is Hanshou Pavilion and Hou, that is, a pavilion in Hanshou Pavilion (the administrative division of the Eastern Han Dynasty is state, county, county and township, so-called? Ten miles and one pavilion, ten pavilions and one township? There is a pavilion below the township), but it is impossible to determine which county this Hanshou Pavilion is in.
Lu Bi, a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, explicitly mentioned it in Collection of Records of the Three Kingdoms? The name of Hou Ting shall not be copied from the county name. ? This statement makes sense. The pavilions sealed in Cao Cao's period are all the same, such as Guo Mingting in Cao Hong, Bochang Pavilion in summer, Yishou Pavilion in Yu Jin and so on. Guan Yu's Hanshou Pavilion can't be the pavilion in Hanshou County, Wuling County, Jingzhou. As for whose Han Han is, it is a bit far-fetched, so the most likely interpretation is the pavilion in Hanshou Pavilion.
After Guan Yu left Cao Ying, he still retained the title of Hanshou Hou Ting, and Guan Yu was proud of it. So Hanshou Hou Ting has always been Hou Ting? This is not the case, because Hou Ting has a food city, but Guan Yu left Cao Ying, and the original food city can no longer belong to Guan Yu. In other words, Guan Yu has the title of Hou Ting but no food city. Since Liu Bei recognized Guan Yu's Hanshou Hou Ting, he will certainly be given a new food city.
Jiameng County belongs to Guanghan County of Yizhou with a long history. In 3 16 BC, King Huiwen of Qin attacked Bashu and established Jiameng County, which remained in use until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In 2 14, Liu Bei entered Yizhou. In the 22nd year of Jian 'an (AD 2 17), Jiameng County was changed to Hanshou County ("Hanshou County"). Jinshou County is a prosperous city, and Liu is more famous for Hanshou. ? )
Liu Bei will not change a county name for no reason, and the changed county name also corresponds to Guan Yu's Hanshou Hou Ting, so it is certain that Liu Bei's move to change the county name is to use Jiameng County as Guan Yu's food city.
Taking a county as a food city, it is obvious that Guan Yu's Hanshou Pavilion Hou is a county Hou rather than a pavilion Hou. Why not change it directly to Hanshou Hou? In fact, the reason is very simple. The pavilion of Han Shou was sealed by Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty, and Liu Bei was still a minister of Han Dynasty on the surface. Of course, in order to respect the emperor, he would not change his title at will.
Therefore, Guan Yu's Hanshou in Liu Bei's period was actually a county magistrate, although it was a name. Hanshou is not Hanshou County in Wuling County, Jingzhou (now Hanshou County, Changde County, Hunan Province), but Hanshou County in Guanghan County, Yizhou (now Zhaohua District, Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province).