The real Liu Bei in history

The real Liu Bei in history was charming and strategic.

Liu Bei worshiped Lu Zhi as his disciple when he was young, and later participated in activities such as suppressing the Yellow Turban Uprising and the crusade against Dong Zhuo. Due to his limited strength, Liu Bei suffered repeated defeats in the melee between princes, so he successively relied on Gongsun Zan, Tao Qian, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Biao and many other princes.

However, because he always adhered to the code of conduct of persuading people with virtue, he was respected by celebrities at home and abroad. Even Tao Qian, Liu Biao, etc. gave up letting their sons inherit the foundation, but chose to transfer their territories to Xuzhou and Jingzhou were given to Liu Bei.

Through unremitting efforts, Liu Bei successively captured Jingzhou and Yizhou after the Battle of Chibi and established the Shu Han regime. Later, because Guan Yu was killed by Soochow, Liu Bei refused to listen to the dissuasion of his officials and insisted on launching a war against Wu. As a result, he was defeated in Yiling and finally died of illness in Baidi City in the third year of Zhangwu (223 years) at the age of sixty-three. Years old, his posthumous title was Emperor Zhaolie, and his temple name was Liezu, who was buried in Huiling.

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Although Liu Bei was of royal blood, he experienced the tragedy of his family's decline and the loss of his father when he was young. When he was a child, he was forced to live with his mother and "trafficked". "Weaving mats as a profession" is the beginning of the hardships of life. This period of adversity forced by life sharpened Liu Bei's determination and created his character of being kind to others.

Liu Bei’s mother is a very knowledgeable person. Even though she is poor, she still wants to send Liu Bei to study. When Liu Bei was fifteen years old, he, Gongsun Zan, and Liu Deran studied under the famous scholar Lu Zhi, the prefect of Jiujiang. The young Liu Bei's extraordinary behavior and social insights greatly impressed his father, Liu Deran, who was from the same clan.

At that time, Liu Deran's father had to give Liu Bei a share every time he paid for his son's study. The two received the same treatment, so that Deran's mother inevitably complained, but Deran's father said, "There are people in my sect who This person is very human." It seems that the spiritual temperament displayed by this late Shu Han lord in his youth was extraordinary.

Lu Zhi was a very knowledgeable Confucian scholar with both civil and military skills. Liu Bei naturally gained a lot of knowledge by joining his disciples. After studying under Lu Zhi, Liu Bei was unemployed for a period of time. His hometown, Zhuojun, Hebei Province, was a place with extensive connections and a large floating population. During this period, young Liu Bei liked to socialize.

Because Liu Bei was personally taught by the famous scholar Lu Zhi, he gained a lot of knowledge including a grasp of the world situation at that time. In addition, he likes to make friends with the world's heroes and has an approachable spiritual temperament, which makes him extremely popular. Well, many young people often surround him.

Among these young people were Guan Yu, who was angry at the local bullies and fled abroad, Zhang Fei, who was bold and wealthy as a butcher, and Jian Jian, who was humorous, good at debating, and straightforward. Yong.

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