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What's Guan Yu's name ah?

Guan Yu (? -220)[1], born around the Eastern Han Dynasty Emperor Huan Di Yan Xi years[2], the word Yun Chang, the word Chang Sheng, Hedong Xiexian people (now Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province), the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms period of Liu Bei forces of the important generals. Guan Yu's most special feature is that he has been revered by Chinese culture throughout the ages, and because of his loyalty and bravery, he has been praised by emperors and kings for many times, up to "Emperor Wu", so he is also known as Guan Sheng Di Jun, Guan Di Jun, Guan Di, etc. In Confucianism, he is regarded as one of the Five Wenshangs, and in Confucianism, he is regarded as one of the Five Wenshangs. Confucianism as one of the five Wenchang, and honored as "Wenheng Sheng Di", "Guanxi Fuzi", Taoism as "Xietian Da Di", "Yihan Tianzun ". The Chinese Buddhist community as one of the Dharma God, known as "Galangal Bodhisattva". Folk due to the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and other traditional works of influence, it is generally believed that Guan Yu and Liu Bei, Zhang Fei is a sworn brother, Guan Yu ranked second, so it is also commonly known as Guan Gong, Guan second master, Guan second brother, Guan Lao Laojie, until the modern era of certain social groups and occasions, there are still often worshipped Guan Yu situation. The emperors of various dynasties took Guan Yu as the representative of loyalty and righteousness, and took Guan Yu as the example of educating the belief of loyalty and patriotism, and the process of his "Hou and King, King and Emperor, Emperor and Sage, Sage and Heaven", please refer to the following table: Dynasty Emperor Time Seal Northern Song Dynasty Emperor Huizong Chongning First Year (1102) Zhonghui Gong Northern Song Dynasty Emperor Huizong Chongning Three Years (1104) Chongning Zhenjun Northern Song Dynasty Song Huizong Daguan two years (1107) Wuan Wang Northern Song Dynasty Song Huizong Xuanhe five years (1123) Yiyong Wuan Wang Southern Song Dynasty Song Gaozong Jianyan two years (1128) Zhuangmu Yiyong Wuan Wang Southern Song Dynasty Song Xiaozong Chunxi fourteen years (1187) Zhuangmu Yiyong Wuan Yingji Wang Yuanyuan Taiding Emperor Tienli eight years (1335) Hianling Yiyong Wuan Yingji Wang Mingming Emperor Shenzong Wanli forty-two years (1613) ) single sword voodoo, God's might far Zhen Tianzun Guan Sheng Emperor Ming Si Zong Chongzhen three years (1630) the true yuan show should be Zhaoming wing Han Tianzun Qing Qing Shiji Shunzhi nine years (1652) loyalty and righteousness Shenwu Guan Sheng Da Di Qing Shizong Yongzheng three years (1725) three generations of dukes, St. Great-grandfather, Kwang Chiu Kung, Holy Ancestor, Yuchang Kung, Sheng Kao, Cheng Chung Kung Qing Qing Gao Zong Qianlong years (1736) Shanxi Guan Fu Zi Qing Gao Zong Qianlong thirty-one years (1767) Lingyou two words Qing Qing Renzong Jiaqing eighteen years (1813) Renyong two words Qing Xuanzong Daoguang eight years (1828) Zhongyi Shenwu Lingyou Renyong Weixian Guan Sheng Da Di Guan Yu's shrines and temples are located all over the world, for the most shrines and temples of one of the most Chinese gods. Ancient sacrifices to the god of war is the "Lord of the soldiers", that is, the invention of many weapons Chi You. On the official sacrifice, the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there will be martial arts temple, but the main sacrifice is good at military Zhou Wu Wang Chancellor Jiang Ziya, and Guan Yu is from the sacrifice of God. If he went to war on weekdays, he worshipped Vishamon Heavenly King, one of the four heavenly kings of Buddhism, who was in charge of the north, and painted the flag of Vishamon Heavenly King to bless the victory of the war. By the end of the Song Dynasty, temples dedicated to Guan Yu were already "found in counties, states, counties, and townships" (Hao Jing, "Lingchuan ji"). Although the Yuan Dynasty court believed in Tibetan Buddhism, but did not restrict the people's beliefs, so the folk of Guan Yu's reverence for unabated, and the Yuan Emperor and had sent an envoy to pay homage to the sacrifice. Ming Dynasty, the official belief in the god of martial arts for China's northern Zhenwu God, and even to Zhenwu God's manifestation of deeds, on behalf of the legitimacy of the reign of Emperor Chengzu. Since the Qing Dynasty, temples dedicated to Guan Yu have not only spread throughout China, but also to Mongolia, Tibet, the Korean Peninsula and even overseas. Today only in the old Beijing city, there are more than a hundred temples dedicated to Guan Gong or both. Because Guan Yu is not only worshipped by Confucians, but also by Taoists and Buddhists, he is a deity that cuts across the three major Chinese sects of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. However, among them, the Confucian Guan Yu embodies more of Guan Yu's true colors. As Guan Yu's status became more prominent, he was honored as the "King of Wushu" and the "Sage of Wushu," standing side by side with Confucius as the "Sage of Wushu and Wushu". Because Guan Yu is so prominent, in addition to the military, martial artists worship him as a god of the industry, even business, tobacco industry, tracing gold industry, incense and candles, education, fortune tellers and other irrelevant industries also respected Guan Yu, so also believe in him as the "God of Wealth", but also one of the five Wenchang