Who do you prefer, Zhang Liao or Guan Yu?

Similarities and differences of selecting subjects

Zhang Liao and Guan Yu chose their masters in different ways. Guan Yu was loyal to Liu Bei from beginning to end. Although he served Cao Cao for a period of time, he was still tied to Liu Bei as a whole. Zhang Liao changed hands several times. Of course, this is not his fault, because which master he followed will soon be in trouble. Finally, he settled down when he got to Cao Cao's side, until it was his turn to have bad luck in the era of Cao Pi. It is not refreshing for a general to watch his boss die again and again. Fortunately, he met Cao Cao, who was very kind to him, so Zhang Liao was also very lucky.

Zhang Liao is also loyal to his master, which is the same as Guan Yu's, but they are loyal in a different way, which is left to the following.

Similarities and differences in communication

During the war, Zhang Liao and Guan Yu showed different manners. Before Sun Quan attacked Hefei in the north, Zhang Liao and Li Dian were at odds, but once the enemy came, Zhang was able to put aside personal grievances and unite with the outside world, and finally successfully held Hefei. On the other hand, Guan Yu's northern expedition to Xiangcheng clashed with Mi Fang and the Stone Man. Mi Fang is Liu Bei's brother-in-law. Liu Bei wandered around, and when he changed hands several times, like Guan Yu, he always followed Liu Bei faithfully. But now he has gone to Wu Dong. What caused this, Guan Yu's fault, Liu Bei's fault, or his own business? This question has always been my thinking. But in any case, Mi Fang will choose betrayal, and Guan Yu may not be able to escape responsibility. If Mi Fang has been living in the Shu-Han regime and has no worries, he doesn't need to run away, and his brother is beside Liu Bei, so he has no reason to run away. So I think Guan Yu is probably responsible. Of course, the contradiction between the two sides is mainly due to the fact that there are many mistakes in the United States. Even if it's entirely rice's fault, Guan Yu lacks the wisdom to know people and be good at their duties. He appointed such an unreliable object to guard the door and called it "yet to be dealt with". It seems that some people are suspected of making mistakes. So Zhang Liao can unite internal relations better than Guan Yu.

Similarities and differences between loyalty and righteousness

Everyone calls Guan Yu loyal and righteous, and whether a soldier is loyal or not is measured by him. I have always disapproved of this. First of all, I think there were many loyal ministers in the Three Kingdoms period, such as Zhang Ren, who would rather die than surrender, and Feng, who was "no different" from Su Wu, and so on. Aside from these people, comparing Zhang Liao and Guan Yu, Zhang Liao is obviously more loyal than Guan Yu. Guan Yu's "righteousness" is a personal emotional meaning and a buddy's loyalty. While dealing with people who are also Shu generals, such as Huang Zhong and Ma Chao, he may not be so. His righteousness is limited to Liu Bei. Zhang Liao's "righteousness" is the meaning of the country, which includes the interests of the whole country.

One thing I like about Guan Yu is that after he was captured by Cao Cao, he beheaded his generals and finally returned to Liu Bei. No matter how the world evaluates this matter, for example, Guan Yu should never surrender to Cao Cao and so on. Personally, I still agree with Guan Yu. Guan Yu and Zhang Liao have a good relationship. Before leaving Cao Cao, he had a talk with Zhang Liao, saying that he wanted to leave Cao Cao. Guan Yu dares to tell Zhang Liao this idea, which also shows that he has a friend Zhang Liao, but this is not the proper behavior of a politician, because if Cao Cao is a bad king, Guan Yu is undoubtedly pushing himself into a pit of fire. Zhang Liao listened to Guan Yu and didn't dare to tell Cao Cao because he was afraid that Cao Cao would kill Guan Yu, but if he didn't say it, it would violate the "way of the monarch and the minister". After a little hesitation, he made up his mind: "Cao Gong is my monarch, equivalent to my father; Guan Yu is my friend, just like a brother. " So he put his friendship aside and reported Guan Yu's words to Cao Cao. Hearing this, Cao Cao admired Guan Yu's loyalty and promised to let Guan Yu go. Zhang Liao attaches great importance to national affairs, regardless of personal feelings. This is the sense of honor and loyalty. Doesn't he value Guan Yu as a friend? No, he attaches great importance to it, so he hesitates and sighs. But once he enters politics, he will serve the national interests, so he puts his career first. If Cao Cao finally kills Guan Yu, I think Zhang Liao will be very sad. Zhang Liao couldn't have missed it, but he told Cao Cao that it was an atmospheric pressure.

On the contrary, the enemy and our two armies fought head-on, but Guan Yu did not forget to catch up with another friend of Wei, Huang Xu. When he heard Huang Xu say, "Guan Yu was rewarded with his first prize", he was shocked and shouted, "Brother Xu, what do you mean?" Nevertheless, Huang Xu is very generous. He calmly explained to Guan Yu, "This is a national event, which cannot be replaced by your brotherhood." Guan Yu seems to have forgotten his identity. Yes, he values justice. Judging from his attitude towards Huang Xu, he is a man who values his friends. He won't betray his friends easily, so he will be surprised when he hears Huang Xu's words. From this point of view, Guan Yu is very cute. If Guan Yu had not been in politics, I might have liked him. But this is a war. How can Guan Yu be a child's play? And chatting with enemy generals and changing to a more suspicious monarch, Guan Yu may be accused of being a "thief." Sadly, Guan Yu didn't consider these at all. He spent all his "righteousness" on the places where these children are deeply in love. He should apply "righteousness" to his own people, such as Huang Zhong and Ma Chao, instead of enemy generals.

Guan Yu and Zhang Liao have different meanings and are not in the same category. Guan Yu's benevolence and righteousness are very emotional, while Zhang Liao's benevolence and righteousness focus on state affairs. So I think Zhang Liao is more in line with the standard of "loyalty", and Guan Yu is only loyal to his buddies at most.

Similarities and differences of results

Zhang Liao and Guan Yu both died in battle, which is what they have in common. And his own death, there is a chance to avoid, Guan Yu's death, mainly because of himself, although Liu Bei can't escape this responsibility, as I said in "I see Guan Yu", in Shu, on the one hand, Guan Yu's defeat in Jingzhou is his direct responsibility, which is that he pushed himself into a corner and led himself to the end of a hero; While Zhang Liao was killed by xelloss. Without xelloss's hasty expedition, Zhang Liao would not have died, so Zhang Liao's defeat was xelloss's responsibility.

To be fair, Cao Pi is not a mediocre man. He has literary talent, is good at composition, is politically scheming and knows tactics. Sometimes he can listen to some advice. For example, once when hunting, he lost his temper for no reason. Under the persuasion of Su Ze, he realized his mistake and corrected it in time. So xelloss also has advantages. However, I dare not compliment him on his diplomatic achievements, let alone being teased by Wu Dong diplomats time and again. Even on the question of when to March into Jiangdong, whether to attack Wu or Shu, he repeatedly made mistakes. Finally, because Sun Quan angered him, he launched the wrong war at the wrong time and place. Zhang Liao went out sick, and after this hopeless battle, he finally died in the barracks. Cao Pi once sighed, "Wei has thousands of fighters, but they are useless." Is this an explanation of General Wu Dong's fighting skill or his failure?

Zhang Liao and Guan Yu died for their own masters. However, personally, Zhang Liao's death is more worthless than Guan Yu's.

Who is the first general?

In my personal opinion, Zhang Liao should be better at fighting than Guan Yu. I'm not saying this to belittle Guan Yu, otherwise the word "Geng" would not be used. Guan Yu is indeed a brave general, known as the "enemy of ten thousand people." But Zhang Liao and Guan Yu showed different general manners. Zhang Liao repelled Wu Jun in the battle of Hefei, but it was not proud of it. He even praised the enemy general (actually Sun Quan) for his "excellent marksmanship". Even in the battle, he never forgets to know the enemy's situation and analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the enemy and ourselves, so as to know ourselves and ourselves. On the contrary, before going to war, Guan Yu looked down on the enemy, was blind and confident, and failed to handle internal contradictions, which made his troops weak externally. The seemingly powerful water army was finally vulnerable and collapsed under the attack of Lu Meng, completely failing; Different from Guan Yu, Zhang Liao was able to stabilize the morale of the army before the war, took advantage of the favorable terrain of Hefei City, accepted the challenge calmly and boldly, and blocked Wu Jun's attack with a crowd of one city, which finally made Wu Jun return in vain. Isn't there a sharp contrast between the two?

People like Cao Cao, Zhou Yu, Lv Meng, Lu Xun, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi belong to "commanders", while people like Zhang Liao, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Gan Ning and Huang Xu belong to "generals". Of all the generals, I think Zhang Liao should be the most representative, not Guan Yu, and Gan Ning, Huang Xu and others are not under Guan Yu. Among all the handsome talents, Cao Cao is the most representative, and Zhuge Liang is the only one. Zhou Yu, Sima Yi and others are as good as Zhuge Liang. However, people have always only praised Guan Yu, the "eternal warrior", and Zhuge Liang, the "eternal wise man", thus neglecting those military generals whose abilities are not below them. I am very dissatisfied with this.

Yes, Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang are both talented people, and I have written articles praising them, but I want to declare that this does not mean that my sight can only accommodate these two brothers. He is also a famous soldier, but he didn't get the same treatment. The star of Jiangdong people has been neglected for a long time, and almost no one mentioned it! I complain for Zhang Liao, and also for Gan Ning, Yu Jin, Huang Xu, Li Dian and Xia Houdun ... These people complain. They didn't get the evaluation they deserved, but Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang were over-deified. What a ridiculous thing it is, what a short-sighted and narrow academic discussion it is.

Surplus theory

Most of this article is criticizing Guan Zhang, but it's not that I have a hard time with Guan Yu, because what I want to express here is more to praise Zhang Liao than to belittle Guan Yu. Guan Yu's advantages, I have also expressed my views in some of my own articles, and Guan Yu also has many places worthy of respect. Zhang Liao is just a representative figure I want to talk about. As I said above, there are still many people in the Three Kingdoms worthy of our exploration and attention. The advantages of these people are just waiting for your eyes to discover.

In addition:

I. Native place

Guan Yu is a good man, and Zhang Liao is from Yanmen. Now they are all from Shanxi, and they are evenly matched. The draw is 1: 1.

Second, the surname

One is Guan, and the other is Zhang, with similar meanings but opposite meanings. One word "Yunchang" translated into modern Chinese means "speak for a long time", and the other word "Wen Yuan" translated into "write more words", and then there is a draw, * * * 2.

Third, force.

Guan Yu once said to Zhang Fei, "This man's martial arts are not under you and me." . Logically speaking, Zhang Liao should be equal to Guan Yu's strength, and some probability is higher than Guan Yu's. 1: 0, Zhang Liao wins.

Fourth, record

Guan Yu is good at water attack, and once flooded the seventh army; Zhang Liao is good at fire attack, and once created "Puyang arson case". They are similar to each other, 1: 1.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) defense

Guan Yu was hit by an arrow four times and was injured; Zhang Liao was shot with an arrow 1 time, resulting in death. Superior quantity and inferior quality, 1: 1.

Intransitive verb state

Guan Yu is the first of the five tigers in Shu and Zhang Liao is the first of the five tigers in Wei. The door is right, and 1: 1 is juxtaposed.

Seven. culture

Zhang Liao once quoted the allusion of "Yu Rang Guo Shi Lun" in Guan Yu Returning to Cao Cao, and Guan Yu mentioned the story of "Zuo Yu" when he wrote to Liu Bei in Cao Cao. In view of the equal social influence of the two stories, let's judge that their cultural backgrounds are similar. However, Guan Yu studied Chunqiu as soon as he had time, and Zhang Liao didn't obviously show this hobby. It can be seen that Zhang Liao studied for a relatively short time, but their knowledge level is equivalent. Zhang Liao should have won slightly. The score of this game was 2: 1, and Zhang Liao won.

Eight. biographical notes

Guan Yu was captured twice, down 1 time; Zhang Liao was captured 1 time, down 1 time. Zhang Liao10 wins.

Nine, loyalty

According to the above file, Guan Yu's loyalty is 50% and Zhang Liao's is 0%. Guan Yu 1: 0 wins.

X. politics

Guan Yu's return to Cao was settled peacefully within the framework of political governance, while Zhang Liao's return to Cao was once called names, which was uncivilized. Guan Yu won, 1: 0.

XI。 affect

Zhang Liao made Jiangnan children afraid to cry at night, and Guan Yu shocked China (Zhongyuan). One affected Jiangnan and the other affected Jiangbei, with a score of 1: 1.

be equal to

Guan Yu 10, Zhang Liao 1 1 0, Zhang Liao narrowly won.

Zhang Liao Guan Yu is under siege (continued)

facial characteristic

Gaiju said Guan Yu was a good-looking archer, and Guan Yu also said Zhang Liao was a good-looking thief, so both of them can play a decisive role in the future. The two are equally divided, 1: 1. Specifically, in the middle and lower part of the face, Zhang Liao had three locks of beard and Guan Yu had five locks of beard, and Guan Yu won by a small score. The score of this game is Guan Yu 2: 1.

The relationship between colleagues

Zhang Liao and Li Dian had a personal vendetta, which was later reconciled. Guan Yu is more comprehensive in this respect. He blamed Zhang Fei for losing his second sister-in-law in Xuzhou and Liu cauldron for accepting Liu Feng. He suspected that Brother Pig had a talent for wind music and wanted to compete with Ma Chao, calling Huang Zhong a pancake. Most of the above problems are not serious, but the Liu Feng incident has brewed bitter fruit for itself. Zhang Liao 1: 0.

love

Zhang Liao was arrested in the White Gate Tower and called names. Guan Yu saved him once. In return, Zhang Liao Tu Shan served as a correspondent once, Bai Mapo gave a warm reminder once, and served as a peacemaker once when he passed the five customs. In other words, Zhang Liao won. Guan Yu Fang of Huarong Road once became a giant, but Zhang Liao had no record of giving preferential treatment to big ears, and Guan Yu won. The score is 1: 1.

Calm; calm

Taishi Ci instigated the groom to set fire to the fire, but Zhang Liao said he would not oppose all cities. It was reported that Lu Meng attacked Jingzhou, and Guan Yu said that Lu Xun's children were not worried and unmoved. Tie, 1: 1.

Executive leadership intention

The old pig hopes that Guan Yu will refuse Cao Cao's alliance with Sun Quan, and Guan Yu will refuse at both ends. Don't delay. Cao Cao summoned Le to guard the city, and Zhang Liao and Li Dian went to battle. However, Zhang Liao changed its policy without authorization and let Lejin seduce the enemy to ambush himself and Li Dian. Both of them have problems in implementing the leadership intention. Although the result of a big defeat was different from that of a big victory, considering that both of them adapted to the situation, they were awarded a draw of 1: 1.

be equal to

Guan Yu and Zhang Liao tied at 5: 5.