However, what we are going to discuss today is the name of Guan Gong. On the eve of the war between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, Guan Yu solved the siege of the White Horse by beheading Yan Liang and killing Wen Chou, which greatly depressed Yuan Jun. In order to reward Guan Yu, Cao Cao specially applied to the puppet emperor for naming Guan Yu the Hanshou Pavilion. To be precise, this marquis was given to Guan Yu by Cao Cao.
Then, why did Guan Yu use this name for nearly most of his life, and later Liu Bei became the king of Hanzhong, but Guan Yu shirked Liu Bei's reward? At that time, after two years of confrontation with Cao Cao, Liu Bei claimed to be the king of Hanzhong, named Guan Yu as a former general, Huang Zhong as a post-general, and Zhang Chao as a left and right general.
But Guan Yu didn't want this award at first, because he didn't understand the award of veteran Huang Zhong, even a little angry, and said, "A gentleman will never be in the same column as a veteran." Guan Yu wouldn't even accept Liu Bei's award if others didn't dissuade him. This shows that Guan Yu's arrogant character has begun to appear.
Later, Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, and immediately gave Zhang Fei the title of Hou of Xixiang. At that time, Guan Yu had been buried for more than a year, and Liu Bei did not pursue the title again. After all, Hanshou Pavilion was given to Guan Yu by the imperial court. Although Liu Bei's Shu Han is also a country, it is one of the three major regimes with limited national strength in the world. That is, because the gold content of Hanshou Hou Ting is higher, Guan Yu has always used it as the basis for self-weighing.
In fact, Guan Yu likes this title, the main reason is that he is more orthodox. Although this title was requested by Cao Cao, it was the will of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty, which was very important for the situation at that time, because their team aimed at reviving the Han Dynasty.
It is precisely because of this that after Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, Guan Yu still did not change this title, which just proves that Liu Bei inherited the Eastern Han Dynasty. The History of the Three Kingdoms records: "Almost the ancestors gave the name of the Han Dynasty to the public, so they did not change it and set the county as the public." So Guan Yu likes this title not because of Cao Cao, but because of Han orthodoxy.