What happened to Sun Quan? Why is Guan Yu unwilling to marry his daughter anyway?

First of all, tell me where Sun Quan is.

The most important point is the word "power" in his name. His strength is unstable.

When analyzing the legitimacy of power, Weber proposed that there are three types of power: legal authority, Christian authority and traditional authority. "Legal power" was generally elected, but did not exist in the Three Kingdoms period; "Ye Zhang authority" originally refers to ancient religious prophets and war heroes. This kind of power is considered as a leader's unique personal temperament, which can arouse the public's warm loyalty or strong enthusiasm. Sun Jian and Sun Ce are both such leading figures, especially Sun Ce, who is not only superior in force, but also highly valued. His wife Da Qiao is also a stunning beauty, which adds to the aura of Sun Ce.

However, Sun Quan is not "Ma Chaoquan", and the force value is very general. He can't fight against enemy generals, and his personality is much weaker. He belongs to the "traditional" authority, which is based on his inheritance from his father and brother. The reason why his subjects obey the rule is that this relationship already exists in the sacred tradition, and Sun Quan exercises legal rule by virtue of the traditional power. However, we should know that Sun Jian, whom he inherited, was just the Hou of Wucheng and the prefect of Changsha, and the sanctity of his lineage could not be compared with that of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty. Therefore, Sun Quan's power source is very unstable, which also causes Sun Quan's timid and hesitant character.

Second, let's talk about why Guan Yu refused to marry a woman.

Because in ancient times, marrying one's daughter to other forces was a "pro-marriage" policy and was considered a humiliating method. During the Western Han Dynasty, the nomadic Huns in the north intermarried many times, all of which were married by the daughters of the maids or clansmen of the Han Dynasty. Until the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were used to repel the Huns in one fell swoop.

During the Three Kingdoms period, it was also a sign of cowardice to marry her daughter to other forces. For example, when Lu Bu was besieged, he married his daughter to Yuan Shu Camp in Huainan in exchange for Yuan Shu's military support.

Therefore, Guan Yu, as the highest military officer in Jingzhou and the second brother of Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong, how could he do something that insulted Guan Yu's personal dignity and the dignity of Shu and Han countries by marrying his daughter to Sun Quan camp?

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