The story about Cao Cao in Shi Shuo Xin Yu!

I think the record of Cao Cao's killing of Xiongnu messengers in Shi Shuo Xin Yu is false. The original text is as follows:

In Shi Shuo Xin Yu Rong Zhi XIV, it is recorded that Wei Wu will meet the Xiongnu ambassador. Because of his unattractive appearance, he is far away from home, so that Twiggy will take his place and the emperor will seize the knife and stand in bed. After that, the spy asked, "Where's Wang Wei?" The Xiongnu messenger replied: "Wang Wei is very elegant; However, grabbing a knife by the bed is a hero. " Wei Wu heard about it and came to the envoy.

Let's analyze the relevant information records in this passage.

Clues about time:

1, Cui Yan is under Cao Cao,

Cao Cao was Wang Wei at that time.

In 205 AD, Cao Cao broke Yuan's rule, led Jizhou as a shepherd, and appointed Cui Yan as a driver. Cui Yan has since returned to Cao.

In the 21st year of Jian 'an (AD 2 16), Cao Cao was Wang Wei.

In the same year, due to Yang Xun's praise of Cao Cao and Cui Yan's sarcasm, Cao Cao gave Cui Yan a gift.

In other words, the story told in Shi Shuo Xin Yu took place in Jian 'an in 2 1 year, which is 2 16 year.

Here is a brief introduction to the contact history between Cao Cao and Xiongnu:

1. During the Zhong Ping period of the Eastern Han Dynasty (184- 189), the government of the Eastern Han Dynasty recruited the southern Xiongnu army to suppress the uprisings in various places, and Yu Fuluo, the son of the southern Xiongnu Khan, led the troops in the Central Plains.

2./kloc-In the spring of 0/92 (the third year of Chuping), Cao Cao wiped out the heishan thieves and the Xiongnu Yu Fuluo Department.

3. In A.D. 193, Yu Fuluo joined forces with the remnants of the Black Mountain Army to assist Yuan Shu, and sent Liu Xiangbing out of Kuangting with Yuan Shu to fight against Cao Cao, which was defeated again.

4. 195, died of illness, his brother Hu Chuquan succeeded to the throne, and his son Liu Baoming left.

5. In A.D. 196, Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty returned to the east and was pursued by Guo Si. Hu Chuquan sent you to Beijing to escort him to fight with others. After Xian Di moved to Xudu, Hu Chuchun returned to China.

6. In 207 AD (the 12th year of Jian 'an), Cao Cao led Guo Jiaji to levy 50,000 troops from three counties in the north. Cao Jun was blocked by the Bohai Sea, so he led his troops out of Lulongsai (now xifengkou, Hebei Province to Lengkou) and marched into Liucheng (now southwest of Chaoyang, Liaoning Province). In August, he climbed the White Wolf Mountain, and Cao won a great victory in the battle of Wuhuan, slaying King Tadun of Wuhuan, and Hu Han surrendered to more than 200,000 troops.

7. In 2 16 AD, Cao Cao sent Xiongnu right Wang Xian to the northern suburbs to lure Hu Chuquan to appear in front of Yecheng. Cao Cao took the opportunity to leave Hu Chuquan in Yecheng and sent him to the northern suburbs to govern the country. Later, Cao Cao divided the southern Xiongnu into five parts, with Jinyang Fenjian as the boundary.

That is to say, in Shi Shuo Xin Yu, the seventh thing about Cao Cao's meeting with Xiongnu envoys-Cao Cao detained Attila and divided up the Xiongnu ministries.

Cao Cao had dealt with many Xiongnu ministries before, and Xiongnu envoys would not know what Cao Cao looked like.

This is one of the fallacies in Shi Shuo Xin Yu.

Cui Yan is a very serious and orthodox person with Confucianism.

It was because Yuan Shao attacked Cao Cao, who welcomed the Emperor of Heaven, that Cui Yan was unhappy, complained to Yuan Shao and was finally jailed.

How can Cui Yan go against his will and use the Prince, his own chief executive, Wang Cao? This is not in line with his character.

This is the second fallacy of Shi Shuo Xin Yu.

Shi Shuo Xin Yu said: Cao Cao wanted to "make the country far away", and Cao Cao wanted to impress foreigners and replace himself with others. If the Huns find out later, they will only laugh at Cao Cao and despise him. What is the service?

This is the third fallacy in Shi Shuo Xin Yu.

As we all know, Cao Cao was so afraid of being assassinated that he didn't let his cronies near him when he slept, and he didn't cover himself with a quilt.

No matter how close he is to the defender, Cao can't let the knife sway in front of his eyes. Shi Shuo Xin Yu said that Cao Cao asked Cui Yan to play himself and waved his knife in front of the king of Cao Cao. Is it possible?

Will anyone believe such an abnormal thing?

This is the fourth fallacy in Shi Shuo Xin Yu.

Cao Cao asked the spy to ask the messenger, "What does Wang Wei look like?" People who can perform tasks must have some brains.

The Huns have repaired Cao Cao so many times, but no matter how stupid he is, he can't say: Cao Cao, he looks gentle, Xiu Xiu, like a woman. The man standing next to him is a hero. This is the fifth fallacy in Shi Shuo Xin Yu.

Hearing this, Cao Cao sent someone to kill the messenger. Not to mention.

The purpose of Cao Cao's diplomacy towards Xiongnu is to win them over and divide them. If the emissary is killed, diplomatic relations with Xiongnu will not be broken immediately. Would Cao Cao be stupid enough to do such a thing?

This is the sixth fallacy in Shi Shuo Xin Yu.