Why did Liu Bei only have two sworn brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, during the Romance of the Three Kingdoms? Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei married Jin Lan in the Taoyuan next to Zhang Fei's village, and they became brothers who were closer than their biological brothers. This historical story has left a long story for future generations. In fact, the Taoyuan knot has become synonymous with sworn brothers. Judging from Liu Bei's temperament, he is relatively forthright, a person who likes to interact with people, loves to make friends, and has many friends. But why are Guan Yu and Zhang Fei his only brothers? This starts with the analysis of Liu Bei's life experience.

Looking at Liu Bei's life, it can be roughly divided into the following stages:

First of all, it was before Liu Bei's debut.

This stage is the stage when Liu Bei grows from childhood to adulthood. During this period, Liu Bei was in a difficult situation. His father died early, and the family life was very difficult, leaving only him and his mother. It wasn't until he was 15 years old that his uncle offered love and support to the disaster area, and Liu Bei had the opportunity to put down the straw sandals he was knitting and go to school. Just imagine, at my age, I have graduated from junior high school and now am in high school, and Liu Beize has just entered school. His foundation must be quite poor. Naturally, his academic performance cannot be good. He cannot keep up with the lectures and his interest in learning is not strong. He will inevitably become tired of studying. mood. Although Liu Bei didn't study hard, he made friends without hesitation, especially with the children of cadres and children of rich families in his class. Gongsun Zan is the most representative, because he was the son-in-law of Liu Taishou of Zhuozhou at that time. However, although Liu Bei tried his best to follow these superior children, others were not interested in him. Therefore, at this stage, although Liu Bei seemed to have many friends around him, none of them could influence life or death. Either he looks down on others, or others look down on him. But the experience at this stage also made Liu Bei realize that life requires not only friends, but also life-and-death acquaintances in order to achieve great things. This laid the ideological foundation for Liu Beineng's sworn sworn relationship with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Secondly, it is the initial stage of Liu Bei's entry into the world.

At this stage, Liu Bei was fighting, struggling, and constantly exploring. Although he did not achieve much in his career, he left himself the most valuable asset, which was his sworn brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Liu Bei met Zhang Fei for the first time. Zhang Fei is engaged in the butchering and pork business, with one-stop production and sales. It is estimated that due to the constant war at that time, the price of pork was also very high. It was a high-end consumer product and he made a lot of money. He was considered a wealthy person in Zhuozhou County at that time. The reason why Liu Bei took a fancy to Zhang Fei and became his brother was partly because of his character, and partly because of his wealth. Sure enough, after Zhang Fei recognized his eldest brother Liu Bei, he donated all his property without reservation, purchased military supplies for him, recruited troops and horses, and gave Liu Bei the first pot of gold to develop his career.

There were some accidental factors in Liu Bei's sworn sworn relationship with Guan Yu. At that time, Guan Yu's identity was a wanted criminal with multiple lives, and he happened to be exiled in Zhang Fei's village. After Liu Bei heard Guan Yu's story, he keenly realized that Guan Yu was not only a man with a sense of responsibility and justice, but also a very powerful martial arts talent, which would definitely be helpful to his future career. So, out of this consideration, Liu Bei took Zhang Fei and Guan Yu to worship.

Liu Bei and Fei became sworn brothers and not only gained material expansion, but also gained their own hardcore talents. Sure enough, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were Liu Bei's capable generals. They are not only close revolutionary comrades, but also capable assistants. In the years to come, they played an extremely important role in Liu Bei's career.

Later Liu Bei got to know many important figures, including Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and some high-ranking officials in the imperial court. However, these people looked down on him, thinking that his status was low, and did not share with others, let alone become friends with him. Brother. Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao are representatives of these people. Although some people have a good impression of him and even appreciate him, they can only be friends, but cannot be sworn friends with him due to reasons such as status, age, relationship, etc. Cao Cao is the most representative figure. Therefore, after Liu Bei has been wandering in the world for N years, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are still sworn brothers.

The last stage is when Liu Bei's career flourishes and he finally achieves great success.

This stage begins with Zhuge Liang, the master hired by Liu Bei. Under the guidance of Zhuge Liang's important strategic thinking of "Longzhong Pair" and with the specific guidance and help of Zhuge Liang himself, not only did he gradually get out of the predicament, but he also had his own territory and his sphere of influence continued to expand.

He no longer lived a homeless life, but also ate young grass and married Sun Quan's sister, Sun Shangxiang, the national flower of Wu Dong. His status in the world is slowly rising, and his official position is getting bigger and bigger. The first is to lead Yizhou Animal Husbandry and become the highest-ranking cadre in the local area. Although he had served as Xuzhou Mu and Jingzhou Mu before, they were all in name only. After serving as Yizhou Shepherd, he really had his own base. Then, he became the king of Hanzhong, a prince in southwest China, and laid the foundation for the founding of the country. In the end, Liu Bei finally became the emperor, climbed to the pinnacle of power, and created a glorious life.

During this period, Liu Bei contacted all his subordinates internally. The only way to command subordinates is to rely on scientific management systems and use systems to manage people. It is obviously not possible to rely on the original simple methods of asking for help and making friends with others. Therefore, Liu Bei and anyone under his command did not and could not become sworn brothers. Although Liu Bei sometimes verbally calls his subordinates "brother", this is just to win people's hearts and show his approachability. Externally, at this time, there were very few people in China who could be on an equal footing with Liu Bei. After years of survival of the fittest, only Cao Cao and Sun Quan remained. The relationship with Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan is a kind of deception, for fear that the other party will not die. They became sworn brothers and became the kind of flesh-and-blood family relationship between life and death like Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, which was probably even harder than the sun rising from the west.

So, Liu Bei, who experienced a life of wealth and ups and downs, had only two sworn brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, until the end of his life.