Diao Chan is Lu Bu’s wife.
Diao Chan first appeared in "Three Kingdoms Zhipinghua", the predecessor of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Diaochan is just her nickname, her real surname is Ren, and she was Lu Bu's first wife. After the two were separated in their hometown, they lived together and became Wang Yun's maid.
Wang Yun came up with a plan after learning about his life experience. He held a family banquet in honor of Grand Master Dong Zhuo and allowed Diao Chan to meet Dong Zhuo. Wang Yun hosted another banquet for Lu Bu to attend, allowing him to meet his first wife, and promised to reunite them officially another day.
After that, Wang Yun sent Diao Chan to Dong Zhuo's house. Dong Zhuo mistakenly thought it was a generous gift from the king to himself. He was overjoyed and went to Yun Yuzhuo that night. After Lu Bu learned about Dong Zhuo's behavior, he was furious and entered the hall with his sword to kill the drunk Dong Zhuo.
Extended information:
Although there are no records about Diao Chan in ancient books, there are many descriptions in literary works. Scholar Mr. Meng Fanren came to the conclusion after conducting research on literary works: Diao Chan, whose surname is Ren and whose nickname is Hongchang, was born in Mu'er Village, Jiuyuan County, Bingzhou County.
At the age of fifteen, he was elected to the palace and took charge of the Diao Chan crown worn by the courtiers. From then on, he changed his name to Diao Chan; at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, warlords in various places fought and fought, causing social chaos. She was adopted as an adopted daughter by Situ Wangyun.
At that time, the Eastern Han Dynasty was controlled by the treacherous minister Dong Zhuo. Coupled with the fact that he had a adopted son Lu Bu who was brave enough to win the army, he was even more arrogant and did evil things. The ministers in the court were in panic, and some people could not help but have thoughts of resistance. Situ Wang Yun was one of them.
One day after dinner, Wang Yun went for a walk in the garden, thinking about how to get rid of Dong Zhuo. However, getting rid of Dong Zhuo is not an easy task. You must first alienate the relationship between him and Lu Bu, otherwise it will be like striking an egg with an egg.
While Wang Yun was wondering what to do, a woman's sigh came from the other side of the garden. Following the sound, he quietly walked over and found Diao Chan, the singing girl in the mansion, sitting on the stone platform. Feeling unhappy.
On weekdays, Wang Yun treated Diao Chan like a daughter. He stepped forward and asked, "Diao Chan, what's sad about you? Why are you sighing here late at night?" When Diao Chan heard Wang Yun ask her this , told the whole story.
It turns out that she had always hoped to repay Wang Yun for adopting her. Recently, she always saw Wang Yun with a frown on her face. Especially tonight, she felt restless. She guessed that there must be something big and difficult, and she couldn't help him, so she sighed.
Then she said that as long as Wang Yun was of use to her, she would never give up. Diao Chan's words made Wang Yun immediately think that Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo were both lustful people and could use Diao Chan to create a serial beauty trap.
Wang Yun first promised Diao Chan to Lu Bu secretly, and then dedicated Diao Chan to Dong Zhuo openly. From then on, Diao Chan kept going back and forth between the two of them, sending her flirtatious glances to Lu Bu and showing her charm to Dong Zhuo.
Lü Bu became dissatisfied after Dong Zhuo accepted Diao Chan as his concubine. One day, when Dong Zhuo was going to court, Lu Bu entered Dong's mansion to visit Diao Chan and invited her to meet him at Fengyi Pavilion. When Diao Chan saw Lu Bu, she pretended to cry and complained about the pain of being occupied by Dong Zhuo, which made Lu Bu furious.
At this time, Dong Zhuo happened to return home and saw this scene. He angrily grabbed Lu Bu's Fang Tian Huaji and stabbed Lu Bu. Lu Bu flew away. From then on, the two were suspicious of each other. Wang Yun took the opportunity to persuade Lu Bu and eradicate Dong Zhuo.
Most of the above content comes from "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which is dominated by men, Diao Chan is undoubtedly the most dazzling among the few women.
It was precisely because of Diao Chan that Wang Situ’s clever chain of tricks was possible, that Lu Fengxian caused trouble in Feng Yi Pavilion, and that Dong Zhuo, who was so unscrupulous and powerful for a while, was killed in front of the palace gate. .
Her appearance even accelerated the end of the warlord era in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and promoted the rise of a generation of heroes such as Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan, thus allowing the turbulent Han Dynasty to continue.
However, in the romance novel, since the death of Lu Bu Baimenlou, this brave and strange woman has disappeared. There are different opinions about her funeral, but there is no consensus, which inevitably makes people suspicious.
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