So why can it rise in troubled times and occupy a third place in the world?
There are two main points:
First, be ambitious.
Liu Bei is not ambitious, but he was born in poverty. Father died young, orphaned and widowed, claiming to be Han Jing's great-grandson, and later living in Zhongshan Wang Jing. But he actually sells straw sandals. Although life is hard, Liu Bei is full of hope for his future life. There is a towering mulberry tree behind his house. Liu Bei once pointed to it and said to his playmates, I will definitely be able to ride a feather carriage higher than it in the future! But all great people are not willing to be mediocre. Such is Liu Bei, who has been ambitious since he was a child.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was chaos in the government, wars among local governors continued, and people complained bitterly. As a result, Liu Bei also sprouted his ambition to become bigger and stronger and unify the world.
Second, personality charm.
Think about the talent pool in the Three Kingdoms, so that so many talents admire Liu Bei and willingly follow him. Why? Take Zhuge Liang as an example. He is an extremely intelligent person with strategy, foresight and ambition. Isn't he smarter than Liu Bei? Doesn't he have the ability to achieve great things? Indeed, why is he willing to follow Liu Bei willingly? Why are such rare talents as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei dead set on following Liu Bei and helping him become emperor? That's because of Liu Bei's personality charm! "Only virtue can convince people" is Liu Bei's political character and personality charm, which has made his great career.
First of all, although Liu Bei is like a cloth, he has the status of a royal aristocrat. At that time, the Han dynasty declined, and the powerful ministers repeatedly seized power. As an uncle of Han Dynasty, Liu Bei was recognized and respected by Emperor Gaozu.
Liu Bei's reputation soon rose, because Emperor Xian of Han admired him very much, and his reputation began to spread. This makes people feel that Liu Bei is an uncle and a loyal minister of the big fellow.
Secondly, after Liu Bei became famous, he acted kindly, which was in obvious contrast with Cao Cao. Cao Cao used violence, Liu Bei used righteousness, Cao Cao showed strength, and Liu Bei showed weakness.
After a long time, Liu Bei's name of benevolence and righteousness spread.
Finally, Liu Bei not only has the status of a royal aristocrat and the name of benevolence and righteousness, but also has lofty ideals and ambitions, and he also knows how to use people. Therefore, Liu Bei also recruited literati generals under his account, which laid the foundation for him to establish the Shu-Han point in the future.
So Liu Bei could have a place in the Three Kingdoms period. Later, after Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei established the Shu-Han regime and proclaimed himself emperor.
Liu Bei was a relative of the Han Dynasty after Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty. Therefore, the Shu-Han regime established by Liu Bei is a continuation of the Han Dynasty. At that time, although Wei Shuwu was the Three Kingdoms, Wei, Shu and Wu finally returned to the State of Jin.
Liu Bei's birth cannot be compared with Cao Cao and Sun Quan. Cao Cao is the official second generation, and Sun Quan is also the official second generation. Although Liu Bei can barely be called the second generation of officials, he really hasn't touched the light of his parents. Of course, there is still a little light on his blood. Liu Bei basically belongs to the category of starting from scratch. Liu Bei can achieve a generation of hegemony from scratch, and naturally has his own advantages.
Liu Bei's greatest advantage is that his ideal is firm and unshakable. Liu Bei lived in exile for the rest of his life, always attached to Gongsun Zan, Tao Qian, Lu Bu, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and Liu Biao. To make an inappropriate analogy, Liu Bei was a child who grew up eating hundreds of meals, but the child who grew up eating hundreds of meals never forgot his dream, and his dream grew bigger and bigger. At a young age, Liu Bei is not willing to live in a daze all his life. Therefore, no matter how hard Liu Bei suffered, he never gave up his ideal, which is also an important reason for Liu Bei's ultimate success.
He has great personal charm and is good at making friends with Liu Bei. No matter how bad he gets along, Zhao San and his brothers always support him. Zhang Guan followed Liu Bei before he made his fortune, but Zhang Guan was always too arrogant to live alone. Like Liu Bei, they have personal dreams in their hearts, but they faithfully followed Liu Bei as soon as they debuted, which shows Liu Bei's personal charm. When Guan Yu was forced to surrender to Cao Cao, no matter how good Cao Cao was to him, he never forgot Liu Bei. At that time, following Cao Cao was definitely better than following Liu Beiqiang. Zhao Yun abandoned Gongsun Zan and took refuge in Liu Bei, who was less powerful. It is precisely because of the loyalty of these old teams that Liu Bei has been in an invincible position and finally seized the opportunity of success.
Therefore, Liu Bei was born in the grass roots and weak, but he was able to win a place in the Three Kingdoms period. I think this has a lot to do with his great ambition and personality charm.