In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Xu Shuhua was blessed and defected to Liu Bei's camp. After talking to Xu Shu, Liu Bei admired Xu Shu so much that he appointed him as a military division. Under the command of Xu Shu, the combat effectiveness of Liu Bei's army soared, and he defeated the Cao army that came to fight.
Cao Cao later learned that Xu Shu was Shan Fu. So he adopted Cheng Yu's strategy, first earning Xu Shu's mother to come to Xuchang, and then imitating Xu Shu's mother's handwriting and tricking Xu Shu into coming to Xuchang. Xu Shu therefore left Liu Bei and went to Cao Cao's men. When he was leaving, he recommended Zhuge Liang and promised Liu Bei that he would not set up a conspiracy for Cao Cao for the rest of his life. Did Xu Shu leave Liu Bei really because of his mother? The answer is yes, and the following are personal opinions.
First, analyze how it is recorded in the history.
Historically, Xu Shu's mother fell into the hands of Cao Cao, not by Cao Cao to Xuchang, nor before Zhuge Liang came out of the mountains. In the history books it is recorded:
The first lord was in Fan Wenzhi, leading his people to the south, Liang and Xu Shu and from, chased by Cao Gong, and obtained shu mother. Shu Ci pointed to his heart before the Lord: "Those who want to work with the general to dominate the industry, and use this square inch of land." Now that I have lost my old mother, every inch is chaotic, it is useless, please leave it from now on. "Sui Yi Cao Gong."
We can see that in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and in the history, the reason why Xu Shu left Liu Bei was because his mother fell into the hands of Cao Cao. It was only in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that some artistic processing was done. It highlights Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness, and highlights Cao Cao's treachery. So we say that Xu Shu's mother fell into cao Cao's hands, and Xu Shu had to leave Liu Bei?
Secondly, Xu Shu is a filial piety, and he is willing to pay for his mother.
The first thing we have to make clear is that Cao Cao captured Xu Shu's mother alive in his own hands. Moreover, Cao Cao knew that this was Xu Shu's mother and let Xu Shu know. It can be seen that Cao Cao attaches great importance to Xu Shu. Moreover, he also has a deep intention in doing this.
We modern people regard filial piety as a virtue of human beings. In the Han Dynasty, filial piety was a person's way of survival. In the Han Dynasty, the world was ruled by filial piety, and it was known that "loyal subjects will come out of the door of filial piety". When we look at the name of the emperor of the Han Dynasty, we must add a filial piety character. Therefore, at that time, if a person was regarded as unfilial, then that person could not survive in the world.
Cao Cao made a fuss about Liu Bei Group in response to this. At that time, he also did this to Kong Rong. When he killed Kong Rong, he put the hat of filial piety on Kong Rong's head, not only for his life, but also for his reputation. In order to flaunt his morality, he regarded himself as the Duke of Zhou, so he made a fuss about Liu Bei's reputation for benevolence and righteousness.
Xu Shu was an important strategist under Liu Bei, and he defected to Liu Bei and won Liu Bei's trust. Moreover, it was Xu Shu who recommended Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei, and it can be said that Xu Shu played a pivotal role in Liu Bei's career development. If Cao Cao made a fuss about Xu Shu, it would achieve unexpected results.
Again, after Cao Cao captured Xu Shu's mother, he let this news reach Xu Shu's ears, which not only gave Xu Shu a problem, but also gave Liu Bei a problem.
If Xu Shu did not care about his old mother and was indifferent to her mother's life and death, then the reputation of filial piety would fall on him. In that feudal society, he could say that he could not gain a foothold in the world.
Take Ma Chao as an example, although Ma Chao had strong military ability, he also established a great achievement in the northwest. However, it was because of the murder of his father and brothers in Cao Cao's place that he refused to go forward, and he gained a reputation of being cold in nature. This made him despised by everyone, his family was all killed, his career was not supported, the lonely family turned to Liu Bei, and they could not get Liu Bei's trust, and finally they were depressed.
When Xu Shu bid farewell to Liu Bei, he said that his square inches were in chaos, and it would be useless to stay here with Liu Bei. This sentence is the voice of his heart. If he stayed here with Liu Bei, he would have to bear the unbearable pressure of ordinary people. On the one hand, he had to bear the pain of being separated from his mother, and on the other hand, he had to bear the trade-off between fame and career.
If he stayed here with Liu Bei, no matter whether Xu Shu's mother was dead or alive, Xu Shu's reputation for filial piety could not be run away. In this way, carrying this burden of filial piety is intolerable to a sage like Xu Shu. This was the reason why Xu Shu finally chose to leave.
In terms of Liu Bei, Liu Bei was definitely unwilling to let Xu Shu go. However, Liu Bei had no choice. Because Cao Cao's plan was not just to poach Xu Shu as a person. He wanted to use the method of dealing with Kong Rong to make Liu Bei's reputation stink and let Liu Bei fall into the abyss of eternal disaster.
Liu Bei was born into poverty, but he raised an army under the banner of descendants of the Han Dynasty. He presents himself with kindness and righteousness at every turn, and he wins the hearts and minds of the people. In response to Cao Cao's political strategy of blackmailing Tianzi to order the princes, he proposed that Cao Cao's name was Han Xiang, which was actually a slogan of Han thieves. Taking the Kuang Fu Han Room as the call, he unites the heroes of the world and makes meritorious achievements.
summary:
The Han Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety. If Xu Shu disregarded his mother, then he would inevitably bear the reputation of filial piety. And if Liu Bei dared to stop Xu Shu, then he would have taken over Xu Shu's reputation for filial piety. Then, his years of political image will be destroyed. He would lose the political banner of confrontation with Cao Cao. In this way, the Liu Bei group will immediately fall into the abyss of destruction.
This is the most fundamental article that Cao Cao used Xu Shu's mother to do. Therefore, for the sake of his mother's safety, for the sake of his own reputation, and for the sake of Liu Bei's group, Xu Shu had to go to Cao Cao to rescue his mother. Of all the harms, only this option is the least harmful. Therefore, Xu Shu chose this method, and Liu Bei also understood the stakes in the middle and did not obstruct it.
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