Differences between Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Official History

The biggest difference between Romance of the Three Kingdoms and History of the Three Kingdoms is that in the official history, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan are all heroes who reach the same goal by different routes, and there is no distinction between decent and villains. In the romance, only Liu Bei was regarded as decent, and others who opposed Liu Bei's forces were villains. It seems that it is right to let Liu Bei unify the world. It is wrong for others to unify the world, which can be understood as seeking usurpation.

In fact, the general trend of the world, long-term division will be combined, long-term division will be divided, the Han Dynasty has run out of luck, in name only, it is inevitable to change the dynasty. Heroes from all walks of life, such as Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Sun Quan and others, all rush to unify the world, and there are no decent villains. Liu Bei, like them, also wants to get a piece of this troubled times, and also wants to prohibit Xian Di from achieving the hegemony of the new Liu.

Some people say that his starting point is to help the Han people and revive the Han family. In fact, at that time, there was no possibility of revival for a long time. The period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty laid the foundation for the demise of the Han Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Gaozu Liu Hong, he only wanted to have fun and personally trained eunuchs to disturb the country. Loyal ministers of Manchu Dynasty were persecuted and killed countless times, which broke the hearts of people all over the world. At the same time, he also took the initiative to implement the policy of selling officials and titles, and auctioned official positions with clear price tag, in order to temporarily enrich the national treasury for him to build a magnificent West Garden for his own enjoyment. Its fatuity is incomparable to the emperors of Han Dynasty.

In this case, the Hanting was corrupt, the border was constantly in war, eunuchs were rampant, and there were few loyal ministers. Nevertheless, Liu Hong still doesn't know how to remedy it. On the contrary, he likes pleasure and has no sympathy for people's sufferings. Even if there was a drought and farmers failed to harvest, the court not only did not reduce taxes, but increased taxes every year. The Han dynasty has lost the hearts and minds of the world, and there is no possibility of revival.

So, opening angle roar? Heaven is dead, and yellow sky stands? Millions of people immediately responded positively. Everyone's heart fell to the side of overthrowing the Han Dynasty. In addition, after Liu Bian and Liu Xie came to power, the chaos in the imperial court became more rampant, the people suffered more, and the people lost their hearts. No one can save this crumbling Han Dynasty.

Liu Bei must know in his heart that there is no possibility of revival in this fragmented Han Dynasty. Reviving the Han Dynasty and eliminating the yes-men in his mouth are just a cover for recruiting soldiers, which is no different from Cao Cao and others. What was the slogan of every warlord at that time? Help Han get rid of thieves? Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others all did, and even the early Cao Caoju militia used this slogan. Therefore, only teachers are famous, and the main purpose is to develop their own strength, and then represent Han Zili.

So I think both Liu Bei and Cao Cao are fighting for the great cause of reunifying the world, not to mention who is decent and who is mean. The biggest difference between romance and official history is to distinguish good from evil. However, novels are literary works, and Luo Guanzhong wrote them correctly in order to encourage people to resist.