From the first banquet hosted by Luo Guanzhong in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in the early Ming Dynasty to the hero of the yellow turban insurrectionary, he made the first contribution.
In the Peach Blossom Garden, black cows, white horses and other sacrifices were prepared. The three of them lit incense and bowed their heads and swore: "Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, although they have different surnames, have become brothers, so they should work together to help the poor; Serve the country and the people. I don't want to be born on the same day in the same year, I just want to die on the same day in the same year After heaven and earth, through the facts to verify the mind, whoever is ungrateful, God and people will not forgive! "
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The story of Taoyuan Sanjieyi is fictional and not recorded in the history books. According to Chen Shou's biography of the Three Kingdoms Guan Yu, Guan Yu ran to Zhuo Jun County in desperation, and Liu Bei was an apprentice in the village, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei voted for him. Later, Liu Bei was a plain facies, and Yu Hefei was another Sima, which was divided into different parts. Liu Bei and two people sleep in the same bed, so they are brothers.
The above historical data show that the Liu couple are close "brothers", not sworn brothers, and there is no so-called loyalty in the historical data.
Luo Guanzhong, the author of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, launched the "Taoyuan Hero Banquet" at the beginning according to the needs of novel creation. Because Liu, Guan and Zhang had low social status at that time, they needed to unite in the name of Taoyuan. It was Liu, Guan and Zhang who became brothers when they were humble. They kept their vows and worked hard to achieve the great cause of the Shu-Han Empire.
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