Are there three outstanding men in Taoyuan in history?

There is no meaning of "Three Knots in Peach Garden" in history. The meaning of "Three Knots in Peach Garden" in Romance of the Three Kingdoms was invented by the author according to folklore and the plot of the novel.

Taoyuan Sanjieyi was originally a story recorded in the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It tells the story of Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, three people with lofty ideals, who share the same interests and share joys and sorrows in order to achieve the goal of * * * *. They chose a peach blossom season and a gorgeous peach blossom garden, raised their wine and swore allegiance to heaven, sharing weal and woe, sharing weal and woe.

Taoyuan Sanjieyi is the first story in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. When Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are mentioned, people will always associate them with the Taoyuan that flourished after Zhang Feizhuang in Zhuo Jun County in their early years. They prepared black cows and white horses, sacrificed to heaven and earth, burned incense and worshipped again, and became half-brothers. They don't expect to be born on the same day in the same year, but only want to die on the same day in the same year. People have been telling this story, and others have followed it again and again.