Why is Liu Bei called "Big Ear Thief"?

The reason why Liu Bei is called "Big Ear Thief";

In A.D. 198, Lu Bu made an alliance with Yuan Shu, and he sent Gao Shun and Zhang Liao to attack Liu Bei stationed in Peicheng. Liu Bei was hard to resist. Cao Cao sent Xia Houdun to save Liu Bei, but he didn't want Seibel to defeat Xia Houdun, so he broke Peicheng and captured Liu Bei's wife and children. In desperation, Liu Bei had to go to Cao Cao.

Because Lu Bu has always been a menace to Cao Cao, and Lu Bu has captured Yanzhou occupied by Cao Cao, Cao Cao did not hesitate to lead an army to personally conquer Lu Bu. At that time, Cao Cao led Liu Bei and others to capture Pi City. Lyu3 bu4 saw that Cao Cao was brave and worried that he could not resist. He wanted to go out of the city and surrender, but Chen Gong and others were worried that after Lu Bu surrendered.

Cao Cao would never let go of those who had betrayed him, so he discouraged Lu Bu in succession, hoping that Lu Bu could fight Cao Cao to the end. Although Lyu3 bu4 agreed with Chen Gong and others' suggestions, after Hao Meng's rebellion, he gradually alienated Chen Gong, unwilling to use Chen Gong's suggestion, and his generals were suspicious of each other. Therefore, even if Lu Bu confronted Cao Cao, it would be more defeated than less.

After three months of siege, Cao Cao decided not to wait. He decided to besiege the city with water, which led to the chaos of Lu Bu's army. At that time, Lu Bu's people, Hou Cheng, Song Xian and Xu Wei, rebelled first. They tied Chen Gong and surrendered directly to Cao Cao. When Lu Bu saw that the tide was gone, he was disheartened. He asked his subordinates to give his head to Cao Cao, but no one wanted to do this to him.

In desperation, Lu Bu had to go out of the city to surrender and come to Cao Cao himself. Originally, Lu Bu had a heart of death, but after surrendering to Cao Cao, he felt that he still had the possibility of survival, so he made a noise to persuade Cao Cao to let him go. Lu Bu said that as long as he took refuge in Cao Cao, Cao Cao would lead the infantry and he would lead the cavalry, and the world would be unified. And Cao Cao knew that Lu Bu was brave and good at fighting.

So I hesitated in my heart. I didn't know whether to listen to Lu Bu and let him go. But this time Liu Bei said a word to Cao Cao. He asked Cao Cao how Lu Bu treated Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo. After hearing this, Cao Cao made up his mind to kill Lu Bu. Before he died, Lu Bu shouted "Liu Bei with big ears is the most incredible" and then died in the White Gate Tower.

It was because of Lu Bu's voice that Liu Bei was asked to intercede for him when Lu Bu passed by, but Liu Bei promised Lu Bu that he would die. It is precisely because of this contrast in The Romance that Liu Bei was named "Big Ear Thief" from now on.

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Liu Bei's appearance characteristics:

In the Records of the Three Kingdoms about Liu Bei, there is a description of Liu Bei's appearance. The book says that Liu Bei is "seven feet and five inches long, with his hands hanging over his knees and his ears staring". Because Liu Bei can see his ears, later generations think that Liu Bei is a man with big ears, and the nickname "Big Ear Thief" has spread all over the world with "Liu Yuzhou" and "Liu Huangshu".

In Yan Guangji, there is a record that "the ears are four inches big, and those who hold their chests out and hang their shoulders live long". It can be seen that Liu Bei's big ears in the History of the Three Kingdoms are actually to highlight Liu Bei's life style of being rich or expensive and living a long life.

Another feature of Liu Bei's appearance is that he has little beard.

According to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, there was a man named Zhang Yu under Liu Bei, with a big beard. Liu Bei joked that his hairy face was a pig's hairy ass, and Changyu retorted that Liu Bei's bearded face was a naked ass. Later Liu Bei found an excuse to kill him.

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