1. Follow Liu Bei
Guan Yu's original name is Changsheng, but later changed to Yunchang. In his early years, he fled his hometown for committing crimes and lived in Zhuojun, Youzhou. During this period, he met Liu Bei and became brothers with Liu Bei and Zhang Fei. Their relationship was so good that they even slept together. When Liu Bei served as Prime Minister of Pingyuan, he appointed Guan Yu and Zhang Fei as commanders of other departments to control the divisions.
2. Formation to kill Yan Liang
In the fifth year of Jian'an (200), Cao Cao sent Liu Dai and Wang Zhong to attack Liu Bei, but they were defeated by Liu Bei. Cao Cao then personally sent out the army, and Liu Bei He was defeated and fled to Yuan Shao. Guan Yu was defeated and captured alive. He had no choice but to surrender. Cao Cao treated him generously and appointed him as a partial general.
3. Guarding Jingzhou
In the 13th year of Jian'an (208), Liu Bei took refuge with Liu Biao and stationed troops in Xinye. Cao Cao led his army southward, and Liu Bei fled south. He sent Guan Yu to take hundreds of ships to join Jiangling (now Jingzhou, Hubei). However, Liu Bei was chased by Cao Cao's army at Changbanpo in Dangyang (now Yichang, Hubei) on the way. Fortunately, Guan Yu sailed to the south. Arrive at Hanjin (now Jingmen, Hubei) and take a boat together to Xiakou (now Wuhan, Hubei).
4. Powerful China
In the 23rd year of Jian'an (218), imperial physician Ling Jiben, Shaofu Geng Ji, Sizhi Weihuang and others rebelled. But soon the matter was revealed and several people were killed by Cao Cao. Cao Cao then summoned Cao Ren as his general to conquer Guan Yu. During Cao Ren's time in Tunfan, corvee recruitment was carried out on a large scale, which made the soldiers and civilians in Nanyang County miserable.
5. Defeat Maicheng
At the end of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), Cao Cao thought that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was in Xu and was close to Guan Yu's army, so he wanted to move the capital to avoid his advantage. Sima Yi , Jiang Ji and others dissuaded him, thinking that Sun Quan must not want to see Guan Yu succeed, so he could use the promise of granting Jiangnan to Sun Quan as a condition for him to send troops to attack Guan Yu from behind. At the same time, Cao Cao sent Xu Huang, Zhao Yan and others to lead troops to rescue Fancheng, and even prepared to personally conquer Guan Yu.
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Folk beliefs
The "Guan Gong" worshiped by the people is also called "Guan Gong" by Taiwanese believers. "Benefactor" means savior. In Southeast Asia, countries such as Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines, and even in the Chinese areas of the United States and the United Kingdom, the belief in Guan Gong is also very popular. There are many overseas Chinese doing business abroad, so they also worship Guan Gong as the god of wealth and wealth.
Cultural Beliefs
Taoism regards Guan Yu as the "Guan Sheng Emperor", which is often called "Guandi", and is one of the four guardians of Taoism. Buddhism's belief in Guan Yunchang is limited to worship, and there is no prayer, praise or worship ritual. In Tibetan Buddhism, many masters have written worship rituals, such as Master Zhangjia, Master Tuguan and the great treasure of this life. , Yaqing Monastery Aqiu Rinpoche, etc. Doshi Rinpoche also wrote a brief tribute to Yunchang.
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