So, why did Yao fabricate this specific content? Unfortunately, no matter how wonderful it is, it will only be a collection of novels, and the collection of novels will serve the central idea set by the project founder-"respecting Liu and restraining Cao". Therefore, it is necessary to create a flawless and loyal Liu Bei (even seemingly weak at times), which is the same as the old gentleman Lu Xun's comment that "Zhuge Liang is wise and close to the demon".
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms really hurt them. Even poor students can express the celebrities and events in the Three Kingdoms. Even if you are not interested, you will occasionally hear others talk about people and things in the Three Kingdoms.
It's not a bad thing to know more about history, but Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a collection of novels after all. Although it is a trilogy, the historical position of the trilogy is really good.
However, when dealing with characters, there are often many flaws, and some even make mistakes in order to highlight the characteristics of characters. The most typical example is that Zhang Fei whipped Du You.
This is written in the novel to highlight Zhang Fei's reckless character, but in real history, it was Liu Bei who hit Du You, but in fact Liu Bei was not an impatient person.
Although in real history, Liu Bei will still get angry, in that case, it is obviously the main manifestation of impulsiveness that you beat court officials. Of the three kingdoms, only Liu Bei was born at the grass-roots level, and his ability to mix society all his life has long been at home, so he won't lose his temper inexplicably.
How can Liu Bei, who betrayed Ma Xie in this way, beat Du You? To understand this situation, we must first understand what Du You is. Knowing this, you may even hit Du You. What kind of official is Du You? Du You is actually a very special official. China's official system software was perfected quite early. After Qin Shihuang unified the whole country, a complex and meaningless bureaucratic system was established.
At this time, another wisdom of the ancients will be mentioned. In order to have a supervisory role, the bureaucrats of the ancients were all young and junior in the same dynasty, and there was no cornerstone in the local area. Only in this way, it is not easy to collude with the supervised officials, and there are not so many complicated relationships in the local area. Generally, they are immediately stationed at the middle level or at the provincial level, and the rotation system is implemented.
This has formed a feature, that is, Du You's front-line officials have extensive and shallow work experience, and their speeches are generally malicious and impolite. In other words, the DPRK hopes to use these young people. Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers and say politely. What else can they do to supervise senior officials?
Therefore, in ancient officialdom, no one likes Du You, because we have little work experience, have never experienced anything, and are looked down upon by senior officials, but their real identities are special, which will arouse the disdain of senior officials in most cases.
Liu Bei's beating Du You is such an environment, which is a bit like teaching the younger generation. If she is a normal senior official, then Liu Bei hits her and there is something immoral in the room.
In the political arena at that time, Du You was an abhorrent figure. Therefore, after Liu Bei hit Du You, his reputation in Liu Huangshu was not infringed, unlike Cao Cao's killing of Kong Rong, which greatly damaged his reputation.
There is a long distance between ancient times and modern times. Sometimes it is difficult for us to really understand how the ancients did this without mastering the environment. For example, everyone doesn't understand the story that Tao Yuanming didn't bend over for five buckets of rice. High-level officials sent troops to supervise the work and let Tao Yuanming wear it. Why did Tao Yuanming fly into a rage?
Let's say you are the secretariat. In general, you must be older than a county grandfather. Qualification is one of the political rules, but the supervision system is not this standard. As we just said, its front-line supervisors are young people who have just graduated.
Therefore, differences have emerged. According to Confucian etiquette knowledge, Tao Yuanming was unwilling to greet and visit a well-dressed young man, so he simply gave up his official position. If it were a respected secretariat, he would certainly be willing to visit him.
Therefore, Tao Yuanming's story warns us that it is very important to master the characteristics of the times. Tao Yuanming didn't bend over for five buckets of rice for no reason. He just doesn't want to bow to young people. He thinks it really hurts his self-esteem.