Guan Yu didn't have many glorious battles in his life, so why can he be called a Martial Sage?

Sage? is a Chinese word: one refers to the highest moral character, the highest wisdom of the most super people; two specifically refers to Confucius; three refers to the monarch of the era of the emperor's honorifics; four said the Empress, the Empress Dowager; five generally known as the Buddha, Bodhisattvas, such as the virtuous; six refers to have the magic of the Immortal Taoist, Founder of the honorary title; seven refers to the alias of the clear wine, but also refers to the clearer of the wine. Here, we are talking about ? Sage? means a person of great goodness whose thoughts can influence a country or even the whole world.

In the history of China, a person who can be called? Sage? There are very few people who can be called saints in Chinese history.

Like the supreme saint Confucius, the Asian saint Mencius, the medical saint Zhang Zhongjing, and so on, they are all people who have reached the ultimate in a certain field, and at the same time, also have a sound and perfect personality. As for the Sage of Martial Arts Guan Yu, I am afraid that many people are not sure why he got this title. After all, in China's history of more than 5,000 years, the martial arts than his high strength of a few people, has a noble personality to look up to the future generations are countless.

So, what did Guan Yu rely on to secure his position? The Sage of Martial Arts? The next step is to discuss the issue with me. Next, follow me to explore.

The first thing to mention is of course the martial arts aspect.

In the Three Kingdoms Chronicle, Chen Shou ranks him alongside Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun, calling him ? An enemy of ten thousand men, a tiger minister of the world.? This shows that Guan Yu's force value is not only on par with his contemporaries, but also, has the ability to defeat ten thousand people with one.

He was as skillful in martial arts as he was in strategy, and no less skillful than the average general. In his sixties, after a long siege and confrontation, he was still able to flood seven armies, kill the young general Pang De, and capture Wei's fifth son, Yu Ban, alive. He is not only old and strong, but also has the wisdom and tactics far beyond the average fierce general.

When all is said and done, one can't help but question, because, only his successes are recounted, like his defeat in Mai Cheng, being captured alive by Cao Cao, being captured twice by a villain, and what's more, being shot with an arrow by Pound, so what can be said about all these?

Guan Yu's defeat at Mai Cheng counts as surprising, and even more unbelievable is the fact that he was set upon by a little-known general of the Eastern Wu. However, although Guan Yu was captured, it does not mean that he was a failure, and many famous generals in history have had similar experiences. Like the brave and fierce Lu Bu, also had three times changed his master, many times defeated, but this will not hide his super high force value, this fact.

Like the Republic of China's Cai E, in the fight to protect the country, out of political considerations, temporarily to Yuan Shikai's banner, but this does not prevent him from a piece of the heart of patriotism. What's more, after being captured, Guan Yu still survived and is still working towards the goal of restoring the Han Dynasty.

Additionally, Guan Yu's capture was due to the fact that there was a huge disparity between the forces of Shu and Wei at the time, with Cao Cao's men having many capable generals and Liu Bei just starting to establish his own regime. Therefore, the first time Guan Yu was captured, he was honored despite his defeat, while the second time he was defeated was mostly due to objective reasons. In addition to Guan Yu's own overconfidence, at that time, it was the Cao-Sun alliance, Jingzhou infighting, Liu Bei is not defeated is surprising.

As for, when fighting with Cao Wei's army, being shot by Pang De is also reasonable. Guan Yu, at that time, was already in his sixties, while Pound was young and strong. Moreover, during the Three Kingdoms period, the average age of a man was only about thirty, and Guan Yu, who had already reached the end of his life, was considered to have lived a long life. Imagine, a gray-haired old general, and a strong general in the prime of life fighting, the old general is at a disadvantage is understandable.

And, the final victor of the battle is still Guan Yu, who, in his prime, managed to kill Pound, capture Wei's fifth son, Yu Ban, and flood the seven armies. He is the one who has been the most powerful and the one who has been the most resourceful.

Of course, Guan Yu's martial arts skills were not the strongest in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and the "Three Kingdoms Chronicle", but in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he was the most described general. Although Guan Yu was only the fifth in the ranking of force value at that time, and the first was Lu Bu, but this did not hinder Guan Yu's popularity in the people's voice.

First, let's talk about Lu Bu, although he was ranked first in terms of force, he was notorious for his bad behavior and had an extremely bad reputation. In his life, he killed his father twice, changed his master six times, was obsessed with women, greedy and cunning, and was capricious. He could not withstand the temptation of Dong Zhuo's power and color, and first killed his own lord, that is, his righteous father. Later, when he was bewitched by Diaochan and could not extricate himself from his obsession with women, he killed his current lord, Dong Zhuo, again.

Afterward, he only cared about his own personal desires, to the desperate situation to turn to Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao refused to accept. Instead, he went out of the city for 200 miles to welcome Liu Bei, who had come to join him. However, the downtrodden Lu Bu even saw the opportunity to join Liu Bei, can tolerate people Liu Bei kindly accepted him, I do not expect to invite back a white-eyed wolf, Lu Bu in the twinkling of an eye to seize Liu Bei's chassis.

Such a Lu Bu, even a sound personality, have not had, and for Confucianism? benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith? s standards, how could he be worthy of the ? Martial Sage? Such a name?

Then again, the fifth-ranked Guan Yu, although, his force value is lower than the previous few, but, not inferior to the general fierce generals. Moreover, nowadays, when people mention Guan Yu, the first word that comes to mind is ? Loyalty? This is evident in the word "loyalty and righteousness". In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the author also spends a lot of ink to describe his deeds, such as warm wine beheading Hua Xiong, three Ying battle Lv Bu, thousands of miles to go a single rider, through the five passes to cut six generals and so on.

The war scenes, the dialogues between the characters, and the atmosphere of the detailed scenery all make us more y appreciate Guan Yu, such a full-blooded historical figure. In addition, in the folklore, the ranking of the top Dianwei, Xu Chu and other military generals, and not many deeds can be proclaimed. But only Guan Yu, the people mentioned, said a three days and three nights can not stop, here we can see? The Sage of Martial Arts? The reason why it is Guan Yu.

Additionally, contemporaries such as Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu and Guo Jia also spoke very highly of Guan Yu.

The second thing to mention is his personal charisma.

Historically, there are many famous surrendered generals, but, like Guan Yu, after being recruited and surrendered, still able to maintain their loyalty, but also, by the enemy courtesy can be said to be few and far between.

In the early days of Liu Bei's regime, he was attacked by Cao Cao's powerful conquests, but Liu Bei's military strength was weak and he soon lost Xuzhou. When Guan Yu was ready to die in battle, he remembered the weak women and children in Liu Bei's family and surrendered. However, he made three agreements with Cao Cao on Tushan Mountain:

One, he would surrender only to the imperial court and not to Cao Cao;

two, he would take care of Liu Bei's family and children, and would not be harassed by uninvited people;

three, he would be free to leave at any time after he learned of Liu Bei's whereabouts.

Cao Cao readily accepted these conditions; after all, the man who could make the Shorter Songs was no small rat.

From the three events of Guan Yu's Tupo, we can see that Guan Yu was a righteous man, and it's not hard to understand why he let Cao Cao go at Huarong Road during the Battle of Red Cliff. Similarly, Guan Yu not only kept his ambition in mind when he surrendered to others, but also, when he defeated other generals, he was still able to recruit and accept rebels with a wide and generous heart. Like he once captured the great general Huang Zhong alive, he still managed to treat him with courtesy and maintain his usual good style, which has to be admired.

It can be said that Guan Yu's charisma is more than just ? captured? his superiors, his rivals, his colleagues, but also, in the folk harvest a large number of ? die-hard fans? , not to mention later generations. Otherwise, why is Guan Gong, not someone else, posted on that door painting, and why is there a Guandi Temple dedicated to Guan Yu, but not to any other general?

In fact, in later times, Guan Yu's image was mostly deified, mostly according to people's spiritual needs. And the proud, arrogant and a bit cocky Guan Yu has long been asleep in the annals of history. Like in the Qing Dynasty, most of the emperors of that period liked to give themselves and the people they admired, additional titles. And Guan Yu, on the other hand, was honored? honored? was posthumously awarded the title of ? Zhongyi Lingwu Shenyou Renyong Weixian protect the country to protect the people sincere appeasement Yizan Yide Guansheng Da Di?

See, Guan Yu after the deification of the image, not only deep into the hearts of the people, but also meet the spiritual needs of the rulers.

To this day, Guan Di Temple in front of the incense, people with good wishes into, with good prayers back. In the temple of Guan Di, the unsmiling Guan Yu, a super idol originating from reality and higher than reality, will be the eternal saint of martial arts.