Why did Luo Guanzhong write Zhou Yu as a person with small belly and chicken intestines?

Because Luo Guanzhong wanted Zhuge Liang to be more evil. 01. Zhou Yu, a small-bellied chicken with a small belly and chicken intestines, is just Zhuge Liang’s background.

As a literary novel, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is indeed an excellent work, but if it is used as historical data, it can only be a joke. Many of the contents in it were made up by the author Luo Guanzhong. Luo Guanzhong was the famous Liu Bei. He believed that Liu Bei was the orthodox one and the most corrupt. Therefore, when he was criticizing Liu Bei, he also criticized Liu Bei's subordinates and even made up some false stories to highlight the power of the Liu Group.

Zhou Yu is one of the victims. Zhou Yu is often Zhuge Liang's background in the novel. His main role is to highlight Zhuge Liang's magical calculations and broad mind. For example, the three-qi Zhou Yu, straw boat borrowing arrows, etc. all show that Zhou Yu is a small-minded person. But to be honest, Zhou Yu was really wronged and aggrieved. Zhou Yu was not such a person in history. On the contrary, he was a very broad-minded gentleman. 02. Luo Guanzhong’s purpose.

For example, there were two factions in Soochow facing Liu Bei at that time. One was the faction led by Lu Su that united with Liu to resist Cao, and the other was the faction headed by Zhou Yu that swallowed Liu. It can be said that Zhou Yu and Lu Su are politically opposed, but the two have a very good relationship in private. Moreover, before Zhou Yu died, he recommended Lu Su to Sun Quan and asked Lu Su to succeed him. It can be seen that Zhou Yu is not a big-hearted person. A narrow-minded person is actually a broad-minded person.

So why does Luo Guanzhong want to slander Zhou Yu? The first point is that in order to praise Zhuge Liang as mentioned earlier, Zhuge Liang is completely deified in the novel. Since he wants to be praised as a god, someone must be there to set him off. , Zhou Yu meets the requirements both in terms of fame and talent. The second point is that Zhou Yu is the Liu Bei faction. Zhou Yu has always disapproved of the alliance between Sun and Liu, and also suggested that Sun Quan put Liu Bei under house arrest. It can be said that Zhou Yu and Liu Bei have an antagonistic relationship. Luo Guanzhong is also a die-hard fan of Liu Bei. It is natural to face the enemy of his idol. It needs to be darkened.