Because of these things, Cao Cao has a reputation of injustice for thousands of years

Luo Guanzhong’s “Three Kingdoms interpreting the meaning” is one of the four famous great works of Chinese literature.

Also by possessing high artistic value, many characters built in this literary work have become classic images such as Zhuge Liang, Cao Cao, Guan Yu…

There are opinions that, “Three Kingdoms interpreting the meaning” is not simply a book that rigidly re-creates history, but also author La Quan Trung has sent many artistic creations with personal colors.

However, this is also the reason why many readers when reading the Three Kingdoms interpret the meaning often easily confuse the fictional details in the novel with historical events in real life.

Typical examples that can be mentioned are the following 4 famous rumors that appeared in the Three Kingdoms of Dien Nghia but are not true below. Among them, the last fictitious rumor even caused Cao Cao to have a bad reputation for thousands of years.

The truth about Quan Vu’s “single knife vice guild” story (Quan Vu alone took a knife to Dong Ngo to party)

In the novel of the Three Kingdoms, the image of Guan Yu is built with two outstanding qualities: bravery and loyalty. This character, while receiving the task of defending Kinh Chau, also had a famous case called “single sword deputy guild”.

This story was built by La Quan Trung based on the fact that Guan Yu, representing Shu Han alone, went to talk with Lu Tuc and Ton Ngo’s faction on the issue of Kinh Chau.

According to fictitious details, Quan Vu did not lose his reason before Lu Tu, but on the contrary, he used his cunning and might to escape the threat of Dong Ngo’s army, took Lu Tuc hostage, and watched enemy generals. childish.

However, in fact, although the “single sword deputy guild” is real in history, the key role does not belong to Quan Vu alone. Lu Tuc in real life is not as weak as the Three Kingdoms portrays.

Historically, Luu Bei, because he borrowed Kinh Chau, never returned it, so Ton Quyen sent La Mong to raid 3 districts of this area.

However, Luu Bei did not consider Kinh Chau as borrowed land, so he personally led the army to fight with Ton Quyen.

Under the situation of the two sides struggling, in order to maintain the Thuc – Ngo alliance, Lu Tuc proposed that each side appoint one person to negotiate. The person sent by Shu Han was Quan Vu, and the messenger from the Ton Ngo faction was none other than Lu Tuc.

After a period of negotiation, the two sides still have disagreements. The conversation thus ended in an unhappy context.

However, at that time Cao Cao attacked Han Trung, Liu Bei could not help but withdraw his troops. The two new sides for this reason ceased the war and continued the alliance.

The truth about Zhuge Liang’s “borrowing east wind” flock

Zhuge Liang is a character “divine” in the Three Kingdoms. One of the details to prove this is the fact that Zhuge Liang established the Seven Tinh Dan to “borrow the east wind”.

In this situation, Chu Du also used the east wind to burn Cao Wei’s army, thereby winning the battle of Chich Bich.

Judging from a scientific point of view, this detail is completely fictitious. However, La Quan Trung’s construction of that episode in the Three Kingdoms is somewhat reasonable.

Because there is an opinion that, on the night Chu Du burned Xich Bich, the battlefield here really had the Southeast wind. However, this is not the wind that Zhuge Liang can “borrow the force of heaven” to create.

The real origin of this scheme comes from the unique natural features of the Dong Dinh lake area. This place has a topographical wind, in some specific climate situations, there will be a Southeast wind blowing when the sky is clear.

Chu Du was originally a native, so he noticed this. Meanwhile, Cao Cao was a Northerner, so he could not predict the magic trick “borrowing the east wind”.

From another perspective, the ancient people did not have much scientific knowledge about climate. Therefore, the rise of the east wind, causing the Cao army camp to be burned, is explained by the reason “God intended”.

Since then, La Quan Trung has borrowed the above details to fictionalize, so the plot of Zhuge Liang borrowed the east wind.

Did Cao Cao assassinate Dong Zhuo?

The segment Cao Cao loves Dong Zhuo is one of the few “bright spots” of this character in the Three Kingdoms.

However, in reality, this detail is also completely fictional. Even judging from a logical perspective, readers can fully detect the strangeness of that episode.

The novel describes, Cao Cao entered Dong Zhuo’s bedroom in an unannounced situation. This shows that Dong Zhuo (in the novel) trusts Cao Cao, or at least on the surface.

However, when the Great Tu Tu Vuong Doan secretly held a banquet to entertain the great god, the people attending the party even spoke badly of Dong Zhuo but still allowed Cao Cao to participate. Are they not afraid that Cao Cao will pass these words on to the ears of the bandits?

Historically, Cao Cao actually did not like Dong Zhuo. At that time, Dong Zhuo originally wanted to entice him, Cao Cao because he refused to flee from Luoyang city.

Behind the famous saying of the “evil hero” character

Although Luo Guanzhong when building the image of Cao Cao gave him a prominent “bright spot” through the detail of Dong Zhuo’s behavior, however, not long after, the author himself made this character suffer an hour. thousands of years of injustice.

That is the detail that Cao Cao and Tran Cung mistakenly killed the whole La Ba Sa family – who had a close relationship with his father and also had the grace to take care of him while he was wanted.

According to the “Wei Shu” record, Cao Cao on the way to escape did indeed pass by La Ba Sa’s house. But at that time, there were only sons and guests in the Lu family.

This group of people at that time became greedy and wanted to appropriate Cao Cao’s horse and belongings. However, they did not expect Cao Cao to have a strong sword skill, so he died at his hands.

This detail, when included in the Three Kingdoms, was changed a lot by La Quan Trung, and also became a thousand-year injustice that was difficult to wash for Cao Manh Duc.

This fictional event is also the origin of the famous saying of the character Cao Cao in the novel: “I would rather be the world’s father than the world’s father”.

In addition to the above fictional details, Tam Quoc Nghia still has many other details created by the author himself.

Therefore, this work can be considered as a literary work rich in art, but cannot be equated with historical documents to avoid causing misunderstandings.