Taoyuan SanjieYi is not only a good story of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but also a model of brotherhood that people have been praising for thousands of years. Ning learned the three knots of Taoyuan, and did not learn Wagang a pot of incense. The three brothers who were loyal and righteous founded the Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period, and most of the descendants of the three brothers also dedicated their last blood after the fall of the Shu Han. Later, Liu Chan surrendered and was given the title of Duke of Anle; Zhang Fei's family was also saved for some reason, but the Guan Yu family ushered in a catastrophe. It is said that among liu guan and zhang's three brothers, only Zhang Fei had nothing to do with Cao Wei, but he was treated well after the fall of the Shu Han dynasty; Guan Yu was treated with courtesy by Cao Cao and made the Marquis of Han Shouting, but after the fall of the Shu Han Dynasty, he was exterminated. What is the reason, we will elaborate on it below.
In ancient dynasties, the inheritance of imperial power was cruel, and the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu all fought each other for unification. As a result, Shu Han became the first country to be destroyed, and the most important thing to insist on was the surrender of Kaesong by the lord Liu Chanwonan, and Le Bu Si Shu was enfeoffed as the Duke of Anle. The crown prince Liu Xuan, together with Jiang Wei and Zhong Hui after his father Liu Chan surrendered, prepared to raise an army against Wei and was killed; Zhang Fei's grandson Zhang Zun was killed when he was stationed at Mianzhu to counter Deng Ai's raid, but Zhang Fei's second son Zhang Shao was made a marquis and enjoyed glory. Guan Yu's descendants, who had been made the Marquis of Hanshouting by Cao Cao, were exterminated after the fall of the Shu Han Dynasty, which made people lament. The reason why Zhang Fei's descendants were treated preferentially after the fall of the Shu Han Dynasty was that the daughter-in-law that Zhang Fei had stolen was Xiahou Ba's sister, and Xiahou Shi was highly powerful in Cao Wei so he took care of Zhang Fei's descendants
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Marquis Zhang Fei of Xixiang was a great husband with a leopard's head and ringed eyes, but Marquis Xixiang was also a blessed man. Xiahou Yuan's niece went out to collect firewood and was snatched away by the bandit-like Zhang Fei as a wife. The couple had four children, two of whom became empresses of the empress dowager Liu Chan, and after the death of the eldest son Zhang Baozhan, the second son Zhang Shao inherited the title of Marquis of Xixiang. Therefore, although Zhang Fei and Cao Wei Xiahou were enemies of the two countries, they were indeed relatives recognized by both sides in private. During the two countries' conquest of Dingjun Mountain, Xiahou Yuan was beheaded by the veteran general Huang Zhong, and Zhang Fei's wife buried Xiahou Yuan with the etiquette of a junior.
Let's talk about xiahou's position in Cao Wei, that is simply the same as the imperial family. Because Cao Cao was born in the Xiahou clan, Cao Cao's father Cao Song was originally a Xiahou clan; he was given the surname Cao Teng. Therefore, in the Cao Wei generation, the Xiahou clan was almost on the same footing as the Cao Wei clan. You said that Zhang Fei's descendants, who were such close and real relatives of the Xiahou clan, could not receive preferential treatment after the fall of the Shu Han Dynasty? Secondly, the two empresses of Liu Chan, the lord of the Shu Han Dynasty, were both daughters of the Xiahou clan of Zhangmen, and Cao Wei could not treat the wives of the Duke of Anle badly.
Let's talk about the second reason is the later lord Liu Chan, who was enfeoffed as the Duke of Anle after the surrender of Kaesong. Liu Chan's crown princess from the time of the crown prince was Zhang Fei's daughter, and the later empress was also another daughter of Zhang Fei. Therefore, Zhang Fei was a relative of the emperor during the Shu Han Dynasty, and as Liu Chan's wife, Zhang Fei's family would also be treated very well. After Zhang Fei's eldest son Zhang Baozhan died, the second son Zhang Shao attacked the Marquis of Xixiang. In addition to the Marquis, Zhang Shao was also a servant of the Shu Han Shangshu, and he was also a high-ranking authority. After the lord Liu Chan surrendered to Cao Wei, he received special preferential treatment: on the one hand, because Liu Chan was very cooperative and did not resist, and secondly, he also gave the Wu state who did not surrender to see the treatment of voluntary surrender. Therefore, Cao Wei not only enthroned Liu Chan as the Duke of Anle, but also took very good care of him. As a descendant of Zhang Fei of Liu Chan's wife clan, even without the special care of the Xiahou clan, even from the identity of Liu Chan's wife clan, he could also be treated extra favorably.
The righteous Guan Shengren was very proud, and the flooded Seventh Army's killing of Pound was not a national vendetta; but Pang De's descendant Pang would exterminate Guan Yu's descendants after the fall of the Shu Han dynasty for more than 40 years, which was really narrow-minded. Relatively speaking, the treatment of Guan Yu's descendants was much worse, although it was related to Guan Shengren; but it could only be said that Pang Hui was too small. After Liu Bei entered Sichuan, Guan Yu defended Jingzhou and was promoted to king of Hanzhong after Liu Bei won the Battle of Hanzhong. At this time, Guan Yu reacted to the Xiangfan Campaign, and the flooded Seventh Army was in the limelight for a while. Although Guan Yu's rush to the Northern Expedition during the Shu Han Dynasty's unstable foothold led to the careless loss of Jingzhou, this is not the focus of this article. Because Guan Shengren was proud, he once rejected Wu Hou Sun Quan's courtship for his son. The Northern Expedition Xiangfan also wanted to rely on his own strength to help the eldest brother Liu Bei realize Longzhong's wish to restore the Han Room to Zhongxing and return to the old capital. The foreshadowing of the killing of Guan Yu's entire clan was laid during this Northern Expedition, and the focus of this time was the Cao Wei general Pound De.
During the Battle of Xiangfan, Cao Ren, who was stationed at Fancheng, was very difficult to face Guan Yu, so Cao Cao sent Yu Ban, one of the five sons, to lead tens of thousands of elite soldiers to rescue Cao Ren. As a result, Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army to break through Fancheng and surrender to Yu Ban, while the general Pound was captured after fighting to the death. Surrendering after defeat in the Three Kingdoms era was not a big deal, not to mention that Pound's cousin Pang Rou was still a vassal of Shu Han. Although Pound was a general of the Western Liang, he did not follow Ma Chao into the river. After Pound surrendered to Cao Cao, he was very loyal, so Guan Yu's persuasion was ineffective. After Pound was killed, Guan Yu was very respectful, and the formal burial in the form of courtesy was also very well done.
This incident seems to have passed with guan yu's careless loss of Jingzhou after the Xiangfan War, but more than 40 years later, the Guan and Pang families ushered in a greater conflict. Pang De's son Pang Hui was made the Marquis of Guannei by Cao Wei because of his father's loyalty, and followed him during the reigns of Zhong Hui and Deng Aifa Shu; it also laid the foundation for further conflicts between the Guan and Pang families. Pang Hui harbored a grudge against Guan Yu for killing his father Pang De decades ago, and waited for an opportunity to take revenge after the Shu Han Dynasty destroyed the country. Pang Hui was only six years old when He carried the coffin to aid Fancheng, and a few decades later Pang Hui was given the opportunity to avenge his father Guan Yu's descendants were exterminated.