In the beacon of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"

Author | Mo Yu

Source | Confucius Old Book Network APP Dynamics

When I was a child, I heard a white-bearded old man say: Tang lied, Song Ribai, false gods, and the Three Kingdoms ⑴. Although I was a little ignorant, I only knew the names of these four books roughly, but my natural affection for "true" made me like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" all of a sudden.

In the fourth grade of elementary school, his father fell ill and was admitted to the hospital in the county town. During the summer vacation, my mother took me to the county seat and stayed at my grandmother's house. Across the street from my grandmother's house, there is a small rental book stall with hundreds of comic strips, among which is the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" series. As long as I have change, I will happily go to the rental book stand, sit on the small bench, and watch the episodes of the Three Kingdoms that I like very indulgently, often for an afternoon. Many characters from the Three Kingdoms came out of the comics and were deeply engraved in my mind.

In the second semester of high school (2), a classmate in the dormitory got a set of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" from somewhere. After the evening self-study, he wore an oil lamp and saw it late. I have had a fondness for "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" since I was a child, and I was lured by the big characters on the cover, which were so clear that it was terribly clear. I sat by his bed, guarding him, absent-mindedly looking at the textbook that should be strengthened, waiting for sleepy to capture him. Because, he told me: after he sleeps, the book belongs to me. At twelve o'clock, he finally fell asleep. In the dead of night, all the sounds were still, I took the book, and in the snoring of my classmates, I marched towards the Three Kingdoms with full energy, and slowly walked into the beacon of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty , the imperial family was weak, and the foreign relatives and eunuchs successively assumed the power. In the turbulent times, heroes are rising together, and heroes are emerging. Everyone has an unwilling ambition to compete in the Central Plains. In this rare chaos in Chinese history, the Cao, Liu, and Sun groups gradually came to the fore and established the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu respectively. The Three Kingdoms fought against each other and fought against each other. They fought a life-and-death war in the Jianghan River Basin, the Qinling Mountains, and the North and South. Luo Guanzhong Starting from " Three Kingdoms " and folklore, Romance presents a text feast that has never been seen before and has never come since. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" takes time as the warp and Wei, Shu and Wu as the latitude, carries out the plot evolution in a single line, and describes the scene in a laid-out manner. Although the integrity of its literary creation and the typicality of its characters are slightly lacking (3), The twists and turns of its story are thrilling, ups and downs, and twists and turns, but it can be ranked first in the classical masterpieces.

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is at the heart of a reader like me who likes storylines more than literary quality. I lingered in the thrilling stories of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" one after the other, lingering in the endless twists and turns of these stories, sometimes with Luo Guanzhong to enjoy the climax after another, and sometimes I imagined the twists and turns in my own imagination. I like the story of Zhao Yun on Longbanpo and Zhang Fei at Dangyang Bridge Head. Zhao Zilong with silver spear and white robe came and went among millions of troops, beheading countless soldiers, seeing Cao Cao was shocked and envied, and wanted to take it as his own. It's a pity that what he rescued was an Adou who couldn't be helped. This reluctant Ah Dou not only wasted Zhao Zilong's loyalty and courage when he saved him, but also blasphemed Zhuge Liang's dedication and painstaking efforts when he helped him. Zhang Yide , who had been reckless all his life, not only gave birth to wisdom in a hurry at Dangyang Bridge, creating the illusion of an ambush by many soldiers, but also scared Cao Ying general Xia Houjie to death with a loud shout. Although the demolition of and of Dangyang Bridge was regarded by Zhuge Liang as a continuation of the dog's tail, the head of Dangyang Bridge was a rare flash of inspiration in his life. When

reads "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is naturally impossible to avoid Cao Cao, Liu Bei, , and Zhuge Liang, three characters who have been formulated by legends and romances. In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Cao Cao is a formulaic traitor and hero, starting from "I would rather lose the world to the world, not the world to lose me" and kill the whole family of Lu Boshe, he killed all the way, killed Chen Chen Gong , killed Lu Bu , killed Kong Rong , killed Hua Tuo , killed Yang Xiu , killed Ma Teng ... Beyond that, there was blood all the way. Although not all of the people who left these bloodstains were innocents, killing people, after all, made people like me who had no ability to kill and could only be killed hated. More importantly, he empties historical and traditional recognitionFor the orthodox Han Dynasty, his son Cao Pi simply usurped the Han Dynasty and established himself.

Therefore, no matter how heroic, talented and strategic he is, whether he is military or military, he is a family of his own, no matter how he unified the north to save the people from war and chaos, and laid the foundation for the Jin Dynasty to rule the world later. In "Romance", it can only be a great evil and a great evil. Liu Bei, a formalized symbol of orthodoxy and leniency, has been working hard in the cracks of heroes since the Taoyuan marriage ⑷. Later, he finally visited Wolong Zhuge Liang, and gradually the weather got better, but he was chased by Cao Bing all the way to Jiangxia, his wife was killed in the chaos of the army, and his son was barely saved. After the battle of Chibi, borrowed from Jingzhou, entered Xichuan, occupied Chengdu, and finally achieved Hanshu. Because of his surname Liu, because it is said that he was after King Jing of Zhongshan, , because he kept trying to help the Han family, no matter how thick-faced he was, he was considered orthodox, and no one would hold him accountable for his unjustified behavior of proposing himself as an emperor. Zhuge Liang is a formulaic spokesperson for wisdom and ingenuity.

In the rumor that "You can win the world if you get one of the dragons and phoenixes"⑸, he was called out by Liu Bei three times. As soon as he appeared on the stage, he was shocked, and he scored three points with " Longzhong vs. ". In the subsequent political and military career, he shook a feather fan, sat in a wheelchair, swayed freely, and was full of ingenious strategies. Six out of Qishan, thinking of the Central Plains, died of illness five feet of the original, which is embarrassing. Because he knew he couldn't do it, because he had the confession of " Apprenticeship " before and after, because he was loyal to the orthodox Liu Bei, and always helped Adou who couldn't be helped, so even though his "demon" law was inexorable, it was almost impossible to do so. As a human being, he is still admired and admired.

Watching "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", my thinking was completely formatted. I followed Luo Guanzhong's brushstrokes to see Cao Cao's white face, Guan Yu's 's red face, and Zhang Fei's black face; following Luo Guanzhong's emotions, I hate what I hate, I love it The love; standing in Luo Guanzhong's position, quietly internalizing the world affairs thousands of years ago into the environment in which he lives, sometimes rejoicing, sometimes secretly hating. All the likes and dislikes that Luo Guanzhong infiltrated in the novels were received by my ancient brain and stored in my own thinking, which will not change over the years. Many years later, although I know that the characters in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" have been personally "Romance" by Luo Guanzhong and have lost their true colors, I still want to believe that he and them in history are the characters in "Romance". look.

In the flames of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", I imagined that I was Liu Bei, who had the spirit of accommodating all rivers and rivers, and could accomplish a great career; I imagined that I was Zhuge Liang, who had the miraculous ability to observe the sky and measure the earth, and could help Liu's family. Unifying the Central Plains and rectifying the world; I imagined that I was a general by Guan Yu's side, who would turn the tide when he was defeated by Maicheng and save Wu Sheng from his death; Moments before Fengpo, the resistance and the phoenix continued to move forward.

I fantasize that I am Ma Chao . When confronting Cao Cao, I don’t fall for tricks and unite with Han Sui ; I fantasize that I am Dianwei , fighting to the death to save Cao Cao’s enemies; I fantasize about being Dianwei I myself Cao Zhi, weak and slender, suave, exporting into poetry, writing into chapters; I even fantasize that I am Cao Cao, with his literary and martial arts, but not a traitor, nor a hero, but wholeheartedly helping the Han family , to be a virtuous prime minister who will last forever...

In the flames of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", I feel that I have become cold-blooded. After a battle, how many people died and how many lives were lost, I don't care, I only care about the famous civil servants and military generals; seven captured Meng Huo , Zhuge Liang set fire to the rattan soldiers, because it was too cruel, God shortened his birthday , I secretly thought that God was unfair, why did I make such a decision; Zhou Yu was killed by three anger, I didn't feel any pity, but felt that he deserved it, who told him to fight against Zhuge Kongming? Carrying the ancient sayings that made me famous, I went in and out on the battlefield where you attacked me and the bones were everywhere, and in the gleaming blood on the cold weapons, I searched for the civil governance and martial arts of my favorite characters, and I did not understand the war at all. The pain and blood and tears brought to ordinary people, I can't understand the endless expectations of a woman or an old man who lives alone in a vacant room for her husband and son...

In the beacon of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", history is simplified into a sceneCold-blooded wars, secret battles in the palace, one by one accident. Life is forgotten in the corner of history, the bones are piled up into a high mountain that towers into the sky, but no one is looking at it; blood is full of the pools where the great people bathe in power, and everyone jumps into it one after another, dyed all over The face is full of blood, and it is no different from the devil; treacherous, with wisdom, walking with benevolence and righteousness, there is no real difference between them, people can only judge by habitual thinking; men in battle, bloody, no Emotions, martial arts, inhumanity; men in the court, have scheming, no wisdom and courage, are weak, no ambition. The subtle human feelings, the sophistication of the village, the mundane ethics, everything, everything, everything, is lost in the smoke everywhere, hard to find a trace...

Now, I have two sets of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"⑹, but I have never recreated it. Look. The "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in my heart is a mixture of comic strip stories I read in elementary school, memories of staying up late in high school, and impressions of TV series. The characters in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" have a richer and more objective historical basis and humanistic flavor. They are no longer just characters written by Luo Guanzhong, but characters with the characteristics of "I" imagined by me combining history, literature, and romance.

Now, I read Chen Shou 's "Three Kingdoms" from time to time, I read Pei Songzhi's 's notes very seriously, and I am also doing extended related reading online; but I don't read Yi Zhongtian 's " Three Kingdoms ". Every time I read the Three Kingdoms, the beacon smoke that can only be found in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is always filled in front of my eyes.

Note:

⑴ Tang, refers to "The Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties". Song, referring to " Water Margin ". Fengshen, namely " Fengshen Romance ". The Three Kingdoms, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Lie: Chuandong dialect, lie. Ribai: Chuandong dialect, nonsense, nonsense chat.

2 At that time, high school only read for two years. The second semester of high school is the last semester of high school. In the last semester of high school, which was the most stressful time of study, I was staying up late reading novels. No wonder, I failed to get into college.

⑶ When Mr. Lu Xun commented on "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in " A Brief History of Chinese Novels ", he said a most classic sentence about its character creation: "Zhuge Liang is as wise as a demon".

⑷ ​​There is a very interesting folk legend about the marriage in Taoyuan: when Taoyuan was married, the three of them asked a wise man for advice on who should be the elder brother. The wise man said, there are three trees here, if you climb it, you will know who is the eldest brother. Zhang Fei wanted to be the eldest brother, so he quickly climbed to the top of the tree; Guan Yu took it easy and climbed to the middle of the tree; and Liu Bei stood on the ground without moving. A wise man said that when the tall buildings rise from the ground, the roots of the towering trees come first. Therefore, Liu Bei became the eldest brother, Guan Yu became the second brother, and Zhang Fei had to become the third brother.

⑸ Liu Bei won both the Wolong and the phoenix, but he failed to win the world. It can be seen that rumors are just rumors and must not be taken seriously. A set of

⑹ is a series of "Twelve Classical Chinese Classics" published by Bashu Publishing House , horizontal, simplified. One set is the Mao Zonggang Reviewed Edition published by Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House , vertical, traditional, with illustrations.