The real character of Liu Bei in history is very good.
The real Liu Bei in history was generous, knowledgeable, and unyielding. His act of entrusting the country to Zhuge Liang before his death was praised by Chen Shou as "a great tradition in ancient and modern times." Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang governed the country by using both law and etiquette, and by combining authority and virtue.
Emphasis on "exercising the law and clarifying the law" and "encouraging the good and deposing the evil", that is, taking the law as the body and focusing on the principle of fairness and objectivity; using virtue as the application and focusing on education as the basis. Use Shang Yang's method, but not superstitious in its authoritarianism, adopt its principles and methods, combine them with Confucian teachings, and combine the practice and teachings into one.
The story of Liu Bei's generosity:
Liu Bei pacified the Shu region. The area had experienced chaos and destruction, and learning had not been carried out for a long time. So he gathered legal codes and books, eliminated various schools of thought, and made many achievements. Ci and Hu Qian were both bachelors, and together with Meng Guang, Lai Min and others, they were in charge of classical documents and ancient books.
It was the time when all businesses were being established, and a lot of doubts arose at every turn. Xu Ci and Hu Qian fought and attacked each other, and they were angry and slanderous. They never exchanged books, and sometimes They also pick fights to scare the other party.
They boast about themselves and belittle others to such an extent. Liu Bei felt sorry for their situation, so he gathered all the officials and asked actors to pretend to be the two of them. They imitated the situation of them accusing each other. They drank and played music to have fun. At first, they argued and challenged each other, and finally they attacked each other with swords and sticks. , I want to use this performance situation to understand them.